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60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows (kotaku.com)

submitted 5 months ago by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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At first I thought "hey, patient gaming is taking off" when I read this headline, but really, what it's saying is that people are spending most of their time on evergreen live service titles like Fortnite. Ugh.

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[–] blusterydayve26@midwest.social 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, Folding Ideas broke down Fortnite's monetization policies, and they're pretty damn barbaric, particularly in how they target kids.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

My biggest gripe is that fortnite(along with a lot of games that feature battlepasses and rotating stores) preys on FOMO. If they didn't do that, I probably wouldn't mind nearly as much