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[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are enough games that can be enjoyed bullshit free, that you'll never have to buy a new game again.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess indy devs will pop up faster than corps can buy them out and shut them down, but it's still a depressing race to watch.

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

This has been the trend since early 2010. More and more games made by small companies are exploding and outselling AAA games. Stardew Valley had its all time peak 2 months ago despite being 8 years old, Dave the Diver popped off last year, Helldivers 2 broke records before Sony decided to fuck it up and subsequently get dragged through the mud, and Hades 2 is apparently awesome.

The slow death of AAA games has been great to watch. There's so much more variety than 5 years ago and you don't have to give your money to soulless corporations to enjoy them.