It's the year 2023 where everyone has many different options which games to play. It's the equivalent of complaining about the music industry releasing pop music instead of more rock music and how they should cater to what I want. The music industry isn't a singular entity that makes it own individual decisions. It consist of many different individuals who can post any content like on Spotify, Soundcloud and Youtube. There are also many different genres out there that you must also include. Many of those genres don't cater to anyone and only satisfy people who enjoy those niche genre.

I really don't get why so many gamers are unable to comprehend this. I see more people who only play single player games constantly whining about multiplayer games such as Battle Royal and looter shooter games being popular. Many of them felt "abandoned" by the gaming industry. First of all that's not remotely true when the gaming industry constantly releases AAA+ games. I also find it interesting that alot of folks here aren't even political ,but still manages to have the aesthetics of anti capitalism (without the actual substance of it ,but that's an another conversation). One of the main thing about capitalism is the supply and demand aspect. When there is a demand the industry must increase its supply to keep up with the demand. Wanna know why the video game companies also release alot of multiplayer games? because there is CLEARLY a demand for it. It shows that there is clearly a market for MMOs, battle royale and multiplayer FPS games. Video game companies can't specifically cater to you. There are many different video game companies out there that produces many different genre of games. I enjoy multiplayer games and MMOs more than single player games ,but I don't go out of my way to demand the industry to stop producing single player games to produce more multiplayer games and MMOs just to cater to what I want. I would just go out of my way to ignore them.

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HoshiChiri t1_ja1txbc wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:14 AM

There really is a reason for the complaints- they're more valid than you give them credit for! The reason is, as you state, money. Big triple-A publishers want more money than ever before. So, the games that get made are not inherently what people want- they're what turns the highest profits. That means genres getting homogenized into identical gameplay frameworks in an attempt to get the largest fantasy possible... 100 million kind-of fans is better than 10 million diehards as long as they all buy the game. It means Live Services rule the roost because a game you keep paying for month after month for years is way better than one you only buy once. It's way cheaper to maintain & patch a game than make a new one.

I don't play first person shooters. Something about the camera angle doesn't click with me. So after Halo blew up & companies had time to copy it for the 7th generation... well, I didn't play much in the AAA space that generation. It doesn't mean I played nothing, but when you can beat a game in a couple weeks & there's less than 10 releases in a year across 3 consoles you want? It certainly can feel like you're left out.

Of course, the complaining still seems a bit silly to me for one big reason: screw AAA, embrace the indie & retro. There's still a wealth of the purer, niche genres to be had if you move to smaller publishers- far easier to do since 8th gen saw the rise of the boutique, limited release publisher. And there's no reason to not just keep replaying your favorite old games! There's always something to play, if you're willing to find it- so keep looking & enjoy what's out there!

Poweredkingbear OP t1_ja1ydd3 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 6:02 AM

Same thing with my music industry analogy too. There are so many choices to choose from that specific niche genres or bands only fills the void. I also replay older music and bands too because they never get old. Pop punk music for example didn't died out because they weren't as popular back in the 2000s. I still encounter alot of new and upcoming bands that I found on Youtube and Spotify.

Indie games fills the void that some people are looking for if they feel that AAA isn't providing them enough content.

Georgio36 t1_ja1sp8l wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:02 AM

You raised a very great perspective on the current state of gaming in turns of how people are acting. I don't complain about games I don't play. I do share what I think could make the genre of games I play better. There's a lot that needs to change in terms of content games have at the price we are paying. Like $69.99 but the game can't play at 4K 60FPS or it has tons of bugs and lack of game modes. That's a big issue that needs to be fixed. I want us all to have great quality no matter what type of game we play.

Poweredkingbear OP t1_ja1wxsk wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:46 AM

Exactly!

This is the best way to have nuance conversation surrounding the gaming industry. The focus should be about the quality of games if gamers wants to improve the gaming industry. Focusing too much on which genre is being produced and which genre is better is just vapid because it just goes nowhere. Gamers vote with their money and the market will obviously follow through the most popular product.

-_Sentinel_- t1_ja1yk4m wrote on February 26, 2023 at 6:04 AM

I don’t know man, sometimes I think that they just found a way to monetize some newer games in a way that they know that 10% of gamers will spend more money than the 90% ever would and with live services (whales), loot boxes, card packs, etc. a company can monetize a game for a long time without adding too many new assets.

Maybe I’m off base here, who knows? So many newer games fall flat for me. I had more fun playing neverwinter nights (2002) than I have playing newer games for a while. There are still good games being made, please don’t misunderstand me, just not as many of them from my point of view.

Richmondez t1_ja3d6lz wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:27 PM

I think there is a perception that there is demand based on one or two massively popular games and a lot of the similar releases are "me too" efforts that want to steal share away in a saturated market and many ultimately fail and shut down after making a loss or barely breaking even.

The bemoaning of all these releases, many of which fail in an effort to grab share away from established games, is because money is being wasted developing a lot of these that could have gone I to under served gaming niches instead and probably made as much or more money.

Poweredkingbear OP t1_ja3hup2 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:59 PM

I feel like it has always been that way. The popularity of Mario lead to the rise of side scroller games. The popularity of Doom lead to the rise of first person games. The popularity of Dota lead to the rise of MOBA games. Same way the populatiy of Dark Souls lead to the rise of Souls likegames. This is just the market forces doing its own thing which is inevitable. Hype do actually die down ,but as long as people keep buying those games then video game companies will continue producing them until it loses it relevancy.