7 Reasons The Gaming Industry Is Broken

[@WhatCultureGaming]

Massive thank you to everyone for checking out the video. I went back and forward on making it - whether it was "too negative" or not - but VERY reassuring to know it's not just me noticing these things, and wanting to talk about them. Cheers! - Scott

[@DelSolTypeR1987]

never have doubts Scott, pretty much the entire gaming community is lamenting the lack of inspiration, remakes after remakes. Glitch and bug ridden games upon release. Franchises that are turning stale. Potentially good games ruined by microtransactions fuelled by a younger generation or by a couple dozen of "whales" that bring more revenue than 1000s of gamers would ever bring..

[@guillepankeke2844]

Cheers mate, great video, you can see the honesty. Thanks.

[@mistro0014]

I agree with the majority of what you say all I can disagree with is I had a day 1 xbox one until recently and the load times drive me insane. I only have a little te to play. When 15 to 20% is loading then I am better of just watching tv or a movie or whatever. I was playing warframe with a friend and he had an issue with his Xbox one and had to reset it then reload the game. It almost took him 5 minutes to get back into my party and game. The SSD is incredible. That alone is worth the money for a new console

[@likeandsharedeeznutsbruh2845]

This is why gate keeping is a good thing. Too many casual normies starting to get into gaming and are a very loud bunch. Companies are starting to pander to people who spend more time being offended by games then actually playing them, these losers are ruining it for everyone. But money talks so eventually these companies will realise the stupidity of their decisions.

[@jesterknight7760]

@@guillepankeke2844 Lpppp

[@PaulGirdlestone]

I adopted a mindset of delaying my gaming brain by a year. If a game comes out in 2022, I wait until 2023. I get it at its cheapest and usually complete. I have been doing this with every game I buy for the last 5 years and I have saved so much money while enjoying the games much more.

[@Cornfed_MF]

The only game I can remember actually buying at launch recently was Kena, for my girls. I'm so backlogged in all the freebies from PS+ I want to play it just doesn't make sense to buy Eldon Ring or anything else...

[@kimsoer5750]

Yes exactly this! I do this too for a couple of years now and I fully enjoy games for a better price. 🤗

[@jifij89]

this is what i’ve been doing, except with games i don’t want story spoilers for!

[@georgejones5019]

Honestly the best appraoch. I wait 3 month after release to catch reviews so I can get a full in-depth review. Elden Ring made waves, I've enjoyed the Souls games, so I got it new. But it's a rare case any more. I played Halo Infiinite on Game Pass, refuse to buy it, barely played the poor multiplayer. Honestly, you still get a great gaming experience on nintendo as far as enjoyment goes.

[@PhillKaggitz]

Exactly this.

[@CheapestGamer]

The problem with gaming is three fold. 1. Too much "future monetization" including DLC (that's sometimes on disc from launch), loot boxes, "micro" transactions and requiring paying for online multiplayer. 2. Companies releasing broken games and making gamers their unpaid beta testers. But the biggest problem with this is... 3. Idiot consumers supporting both of the above things. Stop buying broken crap and allowing yourself to be nickel and dimed and those practices will change.

[@iconiastar6192]

I totally agree with you. Especially point 2. When I was a child, if a game company launched an incomplete or buggy game people wouldn't buy from that company in the future because they couldn't be trusted. Now, that's what the majority of games are. I tend to wait a few months or years and I know that I'm going to get all of the content at least (I just got 5 games on PS+ all from 2011-2013.) But gamers nowadays are kind of silly. They'll regularly just pay the full price for half a game then pay the full price again in a few weeks for the "DLC" which should have been part of the original release. Look at the Arkham series or Spiderman. Both ended up with DLC that cost more than the original games and they were only a few extra missions. Another thing to add though. The developers don't care what players want or think. They just see the money rolling in from their overhyped titles and forget that a real person paid for it. It's no longer about creating good, original content. It's a race to see who can make the most money by building on an already successful title. Like Assassin's Creed which is currently on it's 13th game in the series. 13 games and most are practically identical in terms of gameplay with a couple branching out into pirates and ignoring the assassin side of the story. I used to pre-order games that I expected would be worth playing. Now I just wait until the bug fixes are released or the DLC comes with the full game.

[@stevenlynch33]

My dream is gta 6 is a woke watered down shitty game full of griefers and no good way of making money then I can laugh at all the idiots who bought it while I sit back and enjoy the circus below knowing I'm not buying it. I'm sure it will break all the sale records but that don't mean it will be good fingers crossed

[@iconiastar6192]

@@stevenlynch33 Well, It has been said that the single player story will be short. Focusing on the online aspect (have to wait and see if that's true.) But we can almost guarantee that the first set of online players will be kids who steal their parent's credit cards to buy their way to the top and only want to ruin the game for everyone else... much like GTA5 quickly became. You know the ones... shouldn't be playing the game because of the rating but Rockstar don't care because they're getting all the stolen money.

[@adultmoshifan87]

There’s a difference between something that’s old school and something that’s outdated Old school is the Sega Master System: its games have aged quite a bit, but they’re still fun to play! You can ALWAYS go back to them! Outdated is those freemium smartphone games, MOBA titles like Fortnite and those more recent 1st party Nintendo titles that feel more like demos than full games! You will NEVER want to go back to them!

[@stevenlynch33]

@@iconiastar6192 I'm 30 no fucking way I'm getting a new gta it was fine when I was 20 I had time

[@kpegc]

I wish developers would realize that forced DRM and Internet connectivity for games is a step backward. Look at the debacles GT7 and SimCity have endured; what's the point of paying a full $70 for the game if there is no guarantee you can play it at your leisure, especially if this ridiculous requirement is in place for SINGLE-PLAYER modes? In my opinion, at that point, you can't help but wonder if spending time with the game is either fun or just another full time job. This is not why people play games.

[@residentevilclone]

I buy physical games and regularly don’t play them for a while. Having just moved to a place where I don’t have internet yet, I now understand how frustrating these restrictions are. I can install a game but can’t play it because it requires a patch, or even the second half of the game needing to download because it isn’t even on the fucking disc. I have an entire library of games and movies on my hard drives that I don’t have access to because the console can’t verify the digital licenses. Absolute garbage.

[@cobalt-snake6125]

100% agree. What really grinds my gears is having to sign up to some service when you want to play a single player game. I don't want a Bethesda/EA/UbiSoft/Blizzard/2k/etc. account, I just want to play my game that I purchased with my own hard earned cash. Why do I have to sign up for these accounts when I play single player games? EA is one of the worst offenders of this practice, where with some games you can't even get past the start screen until you agree to sign up for an EA account, or they hold certain content hostage and only allow access to it once you sign up for an account. This is bloody ridiculous!

[@mark_spit7839]

@@cobalt-snake6125 Exactly this. And the fact you have to agree to an absurd EULA just to play the damn game as well. Gone are the days of simply popping in the disc / cartridge and hitting start. However, I've found a work-around that has worked for some games that "require" an account: Go to settings and turn off the internet. It should then take you straight to the start screen without registering.

[@nickelpickel3924]

Exactly.

[@nickelpickel3924]

@@cobalt-snake6125 100%

[@Corpsman01]

I used to pre-order games to get the “collectible” toy that was sought after. The items got really cheap really fast. Not worth it. They also tell you that there may not be enough copies, that never happened! There was always enough copies!

[@mosstwig3591]

Honestly! These days the special edition goodies are just extra in game armor or something.

[@Marquis-Sade]

Copies of the collectible?

[@weedspagon4522]

still pissed about the promotional master chief helmet that didnt even fit my cat

[@lambchu6459]

@@Marquis-Sade Copies of the game

[@whome6020]

i've NEVER not been able to walk into Gamestop and buy a game lol, they always have tons on release day. but before games come out they SWEAR you need to preorder or they'll be sold out lol

[@LilDiabloRob]

Any 90s kids around? I remember back then you bought a game from a game store or major chain store and that was it. Some games, such as Final Fantasy came with 3-4 discs. And I remember what you got was a COMPLETE GAME at the start. Granted it took longer to make games back then and even in the 00s. But now, I see what’s going on. I get the add ons and such later on but it’s becoming too much and a lot of greed. A lot of stuff that you pay extra for should have already been in the game from the start. Some new versions of older games are so unplayable, WWE 2K series, i hook up my PS2 and play the smackdown games and SVR games. Also what really did it for me was Forza. Car guys loves car games but with Emotes, or whatever Fortnite BS, needs to stop. It’s a racing game! Christ.

[@uscp2]

born in '89 here... another factor is that we got to read and maybe see some pictures about an upcoming game in magazines you had to buy. the actual gameplay was a complete mystery unless the magazine had some demo's or maybe a trailer on a CD. nowadays you could have watched 80% of the epic moments of a game online. -"ohw nice, this was from trailer number 38" Games are less of a surprise when they finally come out. Not saying games where better back than, maybe they where, maybe not... but it felt more like you where playing what the devs wanted you to play, some games are a form of art. Now it feels like you're playing what the executives want you to buy and keep spending money on. Also, developers seem to be less and less free to build what they want in the current political enviroment, and are pretty much bullied into political correct game design. I remember E3 was something to look out for because the magazines would show all the games presented there giving me something to read and to look out for. This year E3 took gaming as an excuse to provide us with a shitload of political correctness bullshit, without any really exciting games presented to us at all. Ohw yes, that extra emote for 299,99 so you can show everyone online you are rich enough for that nonsense...

[@LilDiabloRob]

@@uscp2 ‘87 here. And yes I remember the magazines and E3. I even remember the gaming channel back in the early 00s. Now with most new games, those who are lucky to get them early than the release date beat ‘em and post about the experience before I even have a chance to play. Yes I agree with everything you’re saying. Where’s the surprise? Where’s the expectations? Granted I look to see some gameplay and graphics but don’t spoil the entire game. I miss progression too. Back then, NOTHING was handed to you at the start of the game like it is for these new games. That aggravates me. Don’t give me fast cars or endgame weapons at the start. Let me work and grind to get them. Not doing that defends the purpose, IMO.

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

Born in '84 - I miss those much more honest times for sure.

[@jfz9119]

Sorry I was a 2000s kid I just saw the end

[@holy9781]

Remember when we didn't have patches to make a game work.back in the day cyberpunk would have had a 4 score but now its ok to be broken on launch,basing a game on potential or what it could have been smh

[@erikt6]

Great vid, points are spot on, only 4 or 5 years ago, feels like I bought every major release at midnight, and after Cyberpunk, Fallout, No Mans Sky, I’m never buying a day one game again. My gaming and spending habits have completely changed. The gaming biz can’t devolve and expect players to keep up the old pace.

[@michaelcollins3380]

Amen, to that. I will never play day 1. To many bugs, the servers lag because so many people log on at the same exact time. Even if I was given the game for free, I would not play in the first 2 weeks. You MUST wait for the first bug patch and for the new smell to wear off before you can truly play a new game. I am super stoked for Diablo 4. Going to wait until they patch and also see how loot boxes bonuses work. Diablo Immortal is super pay to win.

[@AelaofAlba]

The other thing is that I think the indie game video industry is booming, I actually much prefer paying for indie games now than I do AAA games because it seems there is more originality, more quality gameplay and just overall a lot more care put into it .

[@ArrowValley]

I tend to stick to games made before 2010 as they give the best value and experience. Feels like games were made for fun rather then rip off the player.

[@Thor-js2rb]

This is truth. Peak gaming era right here. I’ve worked on collecting a bunch of these games over the last couple of years. So much good content from the PS3/360 era and early PS4 era

[@naiveoptimist5637]

@yello you gotta be a kid if you believe such agressive monetization is normal. Not everyone wants to spend $1200 on a PS5. The problem is that they're shitting out garbage online only games and ignorant people like you are feeding them money and saying it's ok to rip us off

[@inyu00]

@yello only cuz you youngins couldn't see a good game it it slapped you in the face. bright and shiny colors, emotes, skins, loot boxes, and rewards for minor tasks is enough to placate you. Anything to make you pay more for what should be already available. only someone eating rubber cement would say other wise. to which I suggest you stop bad for your pallet😆 Sorry I had to it was to good to pass up. tho seriously it's hard to take the game industry serious anymore it's become who can make the most broken game or be the most controversial company anymore. and at least back then if it was a broken game it was only $20 not $60 and maybe DLC's. had a bud buy fallout 76 pre order for $200 game sucked at launch, the store currency thing was dumb, his helmet had to be recalled for mold issues they were having, the canvas bag was basically a fancy garbage bag. at least back then the game worked or it didn't and you owned it not some digital copy in "the cloud". he might be biased but there is some truth in there as well.

[@inyu00]

@yello 40 years and you have yet to understand everyone is a free individual with their own likes and interests. Both the shills(that's you) and the nostalgia crowds are allowed to exist. old games had their problems, but for some reason people still go back to them I can't say "some newer games will get that same treatment for "some reason" Your just being belligerent for no reason other than your right everyone else wrong. Oh and I do play the newer games finished Elden ring, hollow knight, playing no mans sky right now and valheim but I aslo know where my love for games started not just threw them away and forgot about them. I'm just saying your comment is as asinine as the comment your having as tissy about. your what they call a hypocrite.😆

[@inyu00]

@yello Too long didn't read.. Ya you did you just deleted your post nice try tho.🤡

[@emperor_prime2011]

When I think about the games I played the last few years, I must say, that I almost always enjoyed indie titles alot more than big IPs. So I rather pay 30€ for an indie title, that is really inspiring with fresh new ideas than wasting 60€+ on a broken AAA title without any innovations.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

3rd person open worlds have been done to death, I really enjoyed Stray though. It’s been a while since I played a game for hours.

[@erakfishfishfish]

So much money is pumped into making AAA titles that the devs don’t want to innovate-they’d rather make something with a history of selling. Indie games are less risk, and as a result, can be more interesting.

[@georgehazard1986]

Same.

[@mr_indie_fan]

@@erakfishfishfish indie games are usually what the creator wants to make, its not about money, its about the game.

[@mr_indie_fan]

Glad people are starting to wake up! Indies have been better for quite some time.

[@gamerkingdom1442]

I can think of one thing that’s absolutely damaged the gaming industry more than anything else: IGNORANT DUMB GREED. My favorite hobby in the world, breaking apart because the leaders of these companies can’t comprehend there destroying themselves. At least there good hope on INDIE GAMES, and Nintendo has kept some of their integrity, FOR NOW…..

[@damonke79]

Nintendo games are way overpriced by comparison and they also lock awesome old games behind their subscription service....so no...Nintendo has not kept their integrity

[@mr_indie_fan]

Indies will take the industry, the evercade proves indie consoles can work.

[@damonke79]

@Multi Mario Odyssey and BotW are good games. (Haven't played Odyssey but I'm sure it's good) That being said...they should not cost 40 bucks on a "sale" five years after release.

[@alfredogonzalez9420]

I think any sane gamer will agree with this video, the current state of the industry is just sad, for the first time in my life I was reconsidering if I still like gaming or not

[@alfredogonzalez9420]

@yello not sure how, but k

[@alfredogonzalez9420]

@yello I'm bitching about the industry as a whole, mostly executives and such, not the quality of the newest games, a ton of new stuff is fun and a breath of fresh air like stray, but those games are the minority, most are repetitive formulas with a ton of microtransactions, but that's just my opinion, yo do you homie.

[@trevorphilip9728]

I know it may not be for everyone. But I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed Elden Ring. It was the first game I bought in a long long time that to me felt original, it felt fresh.. I can’t remember what game I bought before that. But the industry is so stale, for so many reasons it’s actually sad that I have no intentions of buying the next gen consoles because there’s nothing else I would want to play other than Elden ring.

[@alfredogonzalez9420]

@@trevorphilip9728 agreed, I haven't played Elden Ring yet, but I watched a ton of content about it, you can feel the passion of everyone involved in that game trough the screen, not something you can say about many other releases this year.

[@z216ghost]

KZbin/Twitch streamers People supporting microtransactions Constantly releasing broken/unfinished games Remakes/Remasters Needing to install a game from disc to play it on console Season/Battle passes Infinite sequels instead of new games

[@dysartes]

...what's wrong with streamers?

[@z216ghost]

@@dysartes paid/sponsored reviews/streams. Or popular stream raves about trash game or trashes an amazing game for whatever reason to both statements and manages to "influence" a portion of the community, then you get other lower channels going along with that person's opinion. Then there's games like Bio mutant, that every channel was raving about when they were being paid to, but when not paid they utterly shat on it.

[@DelSolTypeR1987]

I havent bought a game on release for the past 6 years now. The gaming industry has changed for a while now, and its only getting worse. I buy 3~4 games per year at most and usually heavily discounted. Quality multiplayer games are a rarity nowadays, CoD and Battlefield lost their way. Quality single player games are still a thing but are often filled with bugs on release so i wait it out and buy GoTY editions usually and often second hand (gotta love disc edition systems). I refuse to fuel bad descions made by money hungry devs or publishers.

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

As an Xbox owner, this rings true but hollow. The amount of games that miss Xbox for physical releases is frustrating. I get jazzed up over Cherobylite getting a next gen version disc, only to find it's PS5 ONLY? Why did I buy this Series X again?

[@whome6020]

I wait an average of 3 months for new games. I bought Elden Ring near launch only because I had a ton of Microsoft points and it cost me about 20 dollars, but I stopped buying day one years ago. the people who buy day one are guinea pigs to help the developers know what to fix in the first few patches lol

[@Hard2hit94]

Such a sad state

[@Extreme2SwaggerHD]

What are you guys gonna do about it tho. Don't just sit there and say the gaming industry is declining, do something about, because then things will start to change. We already have the head of Xbox saying "we don't need to create good games to sell consoles" because we've hardly been doing anything to change stuff.

[@kenbressler1920]

Good video. These are the kinds of topics and discussions the gaming industry needs to need to be having now. Publishers, developers, the media, and gamers themselves. Have to throw one in though. For every game with a yearly release, I also have to point out games with decade or more release cycle. How long between GTA 5 and 6? Fallout 4 and 5? Skyrim and Elder Scrolls 6?

[@john-doemcalias4759]

They take that long only because expectations are high. Those IP are the cashcows of their respective developers. If a bad TES or Fallout game dropped then so would Bethesdas credibility along with their investors bottom lines. Have to keep in mind that this is a business and unfortunately most of the money men dont game at all or even understand the industry. They just get an investor document and make arbitrary decisions based entirely on maximizing returns.

[@kenbressler1920]

@@john-doemcalias4759 oh, I understand why. I'm just pointing out a contrast to the yearly release cycle. Bigger games require more time, yes, and also higher expectations. But there a lot of games out there and in the future that are seeing 10 year developments. For better or for worse. I guess celebrate the good games that can get a quality product out in a reasonable few years.

[@john-doemcalias4759]

@@kenbressler1920 amen to that and massive respect to any ground floor devs hustling for what they love 😆

[@Zeivusgaming]

@@john-doemcalias4759 - You mean like Fallout 76?

[@john-doemcalias4759]

@@Zeivusgaming yes. Exactly like 76 😂 look at the hit their reputation took? Akin to a cyberpunk situation. The damage done was irreparable

[@DB800187]

As a 49 yr old die hard gamer, ever since the 1st Atari console, I dont ever remember a period like the past couple of years, where damn near every game I have played is a disappointment and doesnt live up to the hype. I thought maybe it was just me, and my expectations were too high, but it seems alot of others feel the same way too. I feel like the video game industry as a whole have lost their souls. It seems now more than ever, it is about money over delivering the best product they can. I really hope some games surprise me in the future and are better than expected.

[@GHOST91141]

I'm 38 and I feel what you're saying, I thought I was tripping for a while because my expectations for certain games were so high only to be let down & it's all about greed with these gaming companies

[@kayus83]

You´re forgetting an important point. IF you could play "the perfect game" , would you buy the next one after it? No. Because you already have the perfect one. Easy enough, yes? I always asked myself when I was 16-20 years old, why nearly each game besides some excepts for its generation misses characters or specific content? The answer is clear: It´s intended! If the industry developes perfect games with EVERYTHING you want, you wouldn´t buy their next products, so they have to find concepts to keep you interested, but also grow your desire for more and better products. And this is what they actually do. And they MUST do it, because they need money ALL the time.

[@devilpunishr]

Could not agree more

[@12thMandalorian]

I used to be excited for DLC to get an extra bit out of a video game i loved, but now DLC can and literally has been what should have been included in the main game, looking at you Dead Rising 4

[@xLanzer]

we don't talk about "Dead Rising" 4

[@Marquis-Sade]

@@xLanzer No, we play it. Love that they got rid of that damn timer. Timers in games past the 00's? Thats a crime

[@samgreen8902]

This is the big downside to gamepass nobody likes talking about, need to make the cash somehow

[@12thMandalorian]

@@xLanzer i played it solid for 12 hours around Christmas, loved it, then the ending happened and i thought "wtf?"

[@xLanzer]

@@Marquis-Sade timer is a key part of DR.

[@toptiertech7291]

Gaming is expensive now ? It always was. The PS3 was $500 and games were $50. In 2006 that was A LOT of money

[@MrSkullMerchant]

I remember when the first assassins creed came out with a 50 price tag

[@slimboyd]

I remember how amazing Need for Speed underground 2 was which seems like a lifetime ago. Back then the PS2 games were amazing and replayability was insane. Nowadays they hide new unlocks under micro transactions and release incomplete games. Greed got to the companies and we the older generation just are tired of our lifelong hobby as we're to tired of being disappointed because we have grown up in the greatest generation of gaming.

[@JMONE3Y1000]

i feel like a real big change is happening in the gaming industry we're going into a gaming depression where all the game companies are going into greed and suffering for it or making stupid mistakes and starting to go out of business. its totally gonna reset the industry and we're gonna be left with no leaders for us, we're gonna be left with indie stuff for a long few years and then it will slowly rise back up but it'll never be the same.

[@ryanseijuro5279]

All the points are spot on. It's really sad actually. This era is the height of gaming and yet it's the worst generation to date. As we can see from long time gamers prefering to stick with older titles. new games are expensive, the game is broken, aggresive microtransactions, everything is open world with nothing to do, and if they're open world games, mostly they're bloated with a bunch of nonsense amount of collectibles to hit that "100 hour" mark. With all the advancement in gaming technology, their quality somehow became worse. A lot of developers seems to lost their passion for video games and just pumping out games for the sake of sales

[@fgc_roofer_07]

Unfinished games is the main point for me, try that back in the 90s... oh wait there was no Internet to Patch the game...

[@BrokenNoah]

Not exactly 90s but I remember Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Dranor's bug where it wipes system files if you uninstall it. The real dread and relief I felt as I learned about the bug several months after on some obscure forums and luckily I didn't experience it after uninstalling the game.

[@fgc_roofer_07]

@@BrokenNoah yeah that May be true but i basically mean that it wouldnt be possible to release unfinished games like nowadays back then or nobody would play your game.. The game industry is just lazy nowadays like "just throw the game on the market we can add stuff later" or get missing content via dlc so they extra Charge you for things that already should have been in the game

[@BrokenNoah]

@@fgc_roofer_07 No, I get what you are saying, however, the 90s and even most of 00s aren't without faults either. I lived through all of that and while some industry problems are new to this generation, there is always the scummy part. Unoriginality is always there in the industry as it always had a "me too" (I don't mean in the current context) problem. Trend-chasing instead of trend-making. When fighting games was the hottest thing, a lot of the devs and publishers tried half-hearted, shoddy attempts. When MMOs were getting beigger, everyone saw dollar signs and a lot of those projects crashed and burned at the gate. When FPS and open world games became trendy, everyone made their attempt at gray and brown shooters. MOBAs had that short window of this as well. Don't even get me started at all the one-year developed movie or TV show tie-in games that plagued the mid/late 90s to the end of 00s that ends up in the bargain bin as fast as they were released. As far as unfinished games back then, Lands of Lore 3 was a technical mess, even Fallout 2 had it's fair share of game-ending bugs like NPCs not getting out of your way, blocking an exit or an entrance so you better be save-scumming. Things like that just as an example. You can get stuck in a wall in Chrono Trigger if I'm remembering correctly as well. If anything this generation, or even the last few, did get right is making patching games way easier as internet has become ubiquitous. Of course it's a double-edged sword as it has also became a crutch as we are seeing now with day-1 patches and the way some devs and publisher kinda settled into the mindset that they can fix their game later. I guess my point is, corporations aren't your friend today nor were they back then. It's just that the money involved right now and mainstream coverage is a lot greater that a lot of the shady things they are doing now are more apparent (and some like Blizzard's Diablo Immortal or Ubisoft trying to chase the NFT money have dropped any pretenses what they truly are)

[@AllyC_Rhythms]

This is an important video I think. People are just accepting the bare minimum for maximum cost

[@nickynoo86]

This video made me a bit sad. Made me realise how the industry has changed, and not for the better. I have young children so can’t game like I used to but when I do have time I find myself increasingly drawn back to older games that I’ve played before but adore, the vast majority of new games just don’t appeal to me. As for the new gen consoles…what’s the point, all they seem to be doing is rereleasing older gen games. Yawn

[@stevenlynch33]

If I had a kid I would outright refuse to buy him/her any ea ubisoft or Activision games some others mainly the studios who are aggressive with mircotransactions I know every game has them but as an example Start up a game and before the home screen a pop up for the store comes up so back away out of that go to multiplayer portion immediately brought to the store and 25 euro gun skins is just insane I hate Activision so so much I love shooters mainly cod but what a terrible year for fans of that genre between cod halo and battlefield its impossible to pick the worst every game is as bad as the other thank god sniper elite came out on gamepass this year only high point

[@mr_indie_fan]

Play indie games when you have the chance. I guarantee behemoth games, running with scissors games and new blood interactive games are much more fun then modern triple a stuff.

[@stevenlynch33]

@@mr_indie_fan I see triple A and/or live action service I'll keep my money in future

[@HylianFox3]

What saddens me the most is how many amazing development studios either simply don't exist anymore or are just phoning it in.

[@nickynoo86]

@@mr_indie_fan absolutely! Some of the best, most memorable gaming experiences I’ve had have been playing indies

[@littleaussierippa]

All very valid points Scott. I've been gaming since the Atari days and I've never felt more annoyed or dis-interested in video games than I have in the last 5 to 10 years. The big one for me is bug filled unfinished games that lock half of the content behind a pay wall. If publishers cared about giving us a complete working product instead of how much money they can squander out of us, the industry would be in a much better place than it is now. I've pretty much stopped buying games altogether because my love and passion for games just isn't there anymore.

[@Deadclown45acp]

I say the same thing. We're basically getting "working" betas of games now.

[@GrimGalore]

You forgot to add The Stockholm Syndrome that gamers en masse suffer from.

[@chatten_0927]

Stockholm syndrome ?

[@medicusofthedamned]

Lol sports gamers.

[@UncomfortableShoes]

@@medicusofthedamned the new madden came out and a few channel I sub to are tired of it being broken and shitty every year and have called it out for years now. Helps me avoid buying such crap. As a result of watching those I got a suggestion of some channel about Madden, I clicked on it. It was the kind of channel the channels calling out madden complain about. This guy was the largest douche I’ve ever seen, opening packs of players and spending over 1k on them. It’s a part of the madden community/sport community I’ve never been interested in and just the 2 mins of that guy’s video made me nearly rip my tv off the wall and toss it in the trash. Just the most, annoyingly vapid content I’ve ever seen. Jesus.

[@justinsinke2088]

I think a fair bit of this can be summed up in a trend that reached it's natural conclusion: Finding a cash cow, milking the cash cow, and milking the cash cow dry. A lot of companies have reached that third stage and a lot of consumers are seeing that as well. Problem is, it's hard to find a cash cow, so companies are just trying to find ways to milk the consumer directly now (and refusing to admit that the cash cow is no longer as strong as it used to be) rather than take any risks, unable to get away from their "research" of what sells that tends to miss the point entirely.

[@Mgvember]

There's an *8th* reason in there somewhere... Something to do with alienating target audiences for political brownie points.

[@deldideldeldidumm4280]

Nah, those hating Twitter "gamers" who can't stand diversity a just a small, pitfull lot

[@user-DrKritz115]

@@deldideldeldidumm4280 the moment your diversity is dumbed down to "white people bad" means you fucked up

[@nintendians]

7. got to do the next best thing. 6. newer tech. is costly than old tech. 5. there's not much to do, since recent games play similar to previous game. 2. the reason for a sequel is to continue what the previous left. 1. people just want to play the game, even if they brought the wrong one for them.

[@turbonerd3075]

Not broken. The best it’s ever been. Just like the comic industry. That’s what we kept getting told anyway, personally, I hate what’s been happening

[@daniellatkowsky6284]

Do you think the comics industry is in a bad place? I’m not trying to start an argument, I love comics and am honestly interested

[@turbonerd3075]

@@daniellatkowsky6284 I’m not trying to start an argument either, so enjoy it. Best it’s ever been for some people

[@daniellatkowsky6284]

@@turbonerd3075 gotcha..Have a good one

[@DJBV]

There is no originality anymore its profit over risk taking, games are being released in broken incomplete state...

[@ravenchelsvokia]

The problem is that these days publishers demand games to come out within a few years when in reality a GOOD game takes time and careful planning. Too many games these days are realised as half of a game then updated over time and then given a list of DLCs to make the game more enjoyable and in many cases, more playable. CyberPunk 2077 was in development for a long time but CD Projeckt Red made too many promises and didn't even pay attention to previous generations. The game also was eventually put on a deadline which made them completely ignore all the problems the game had. And once again it was realised as barely a game and then updated over time. What needs to happen is for developers and publishers to be more patient and take more time to further develop, test, and polish their games. And don't give me that "But fans will be demanding the game sooner" crap. Because they don't REALLY have to answer to the fans. Especially when the game the developed properly and had more time to do so on released and it's a true game worth its price tag.

[@cabbit82]

I agree. The gaming industry has become rigid and stale. Countless remakes, sequels, and remasters filled with blatant skinnerbox manipulation.

[@timlowdon2943]

I'm dumb. He says, "500 pound console," and for a second I was thinking, "Why's it so heavy?"

[@HighStakesBBall]

I feel like they started the next generation too soon. So these developers are stretched cause they are no longer producing games for 2 systems, they are developing for 4-5 systems. Once a full scale conversion to current generation happens, things will get better

[@burnttoastbrain]

The question remains if that conversion will ever happen. MS seems happy to release all its games on all past and present systems. It’ll likely get better on Sonys side once they get through production hell. But even then those true next gen only Games are still in pre production at best currently

[@whome6020]

the new machines DEFINITELY should have been delayed until last year at the earliest. when almost every game in a calendar year gets delayed, you know there's a problem lol

[@georgejones5019]

Honestly could have held off for two years and had a bit bigger leap in hardware upgrades.

[@GunbladeRevolver]

Yeah agreed. Like y'all REALLY wanna release a new console.... during a pandemic!? Plus the scalpers didn't help with ppl who ACTUALLY wanted to get new system to play and not try to resale for double the price.

[@orc001]

Games can't be edgy or push boundaries anymore... Otherwise they run the risk of being cancelled. Everyone is afraid of getting their toes stepped on, so no one can make characters with nuance and flaws

[@residentevilclone]

I do believe this plays a huge role. No one wants to say things or have opinions anymore when money is on the line. You’re not even allowed to be neutral- you have to pick a side.

[@iyeetsecurity922]

_Everything_ that becomes more common/mainstream gets ruined thanks to greedy CEOs and Shareholders.

[@ChewieLewis]

ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN TWO MONTHS Nothing on this list is the problem, we gamers are the problem. We put up with this crap and allow it to keep happening

[@mosstwig3591]

Seriously. Why would they change anything if they can make 100 million in 2 months? It would literally be an awful decision to go away from their current business model. If we want change, we have to stop giving them money

[@MrSkullMerchant]

Nothing but facts

[@rosecity_chris]

Hands down my biggest gripe is that I'm still playing upgraded ps4 games on my ps5, and will continue to for a while. People spend a lot of time money and effort just to get one, we should be able to enjoy it to its fullest potential this deep into its life cycle.

[@TasmanianTigerGrrr]

PS5 lineup looks disappointing ,i am just sticking to my ps4 ,not that i can find a ps5

[@Mueslinator]

Reason 8: Core gamers (or gaming enthusiasts, or nerds, or whatever you want to call the dudes that are really *deep* into gaming) are increasingly turning away from big publishers, and towards the indie side. Numerically, that group may be negligible in terms of sales numbers, and thus are no longer catered to by the likes of EA, Activision-Blizzard-King or Ubisoft. But they are the ones who build and sustain communities, who shape the social ecosystems around 'their' games. Without them, mainstream gamers in the long run either move on or fail to even arrive at your game in the first place. Watch how over the next years, small enterprises will grow, while big publishers bloat up with marketing and shrill and shriller sales pitches while they continue to produce visionless, boring, forgettable, by-the-numbers drivel until at some point, they either get gobbled up, change their target group (gambling and gachas anyone?), or wither away.

[@inyu00]

I have noticed I've been doing that didn't know it was wide stream.

[@stevegallo8483]

The reason so many games are still being released on last gen consoles (particularly PS4) is the next gen consoles aren't readily available for purchase (particularly PS5). That's also why Sony isn't selling that many PS5 consoles. Microsoft is in a similar situation with their consoles: Xbox Series S and X aren't as readily avaiable as they could be either.

[@angelplayz5783]

I’ve been seeking out and playing old games with great stories I never had a chance to either because I couldn’t afford it or I was too young to enjoy it. This is what modern gaming has done to me.

[@benthompson5254]

For me this absolutely nailed how I feel about gaming at the moment. I am sticking with my Xbox One X until I absolutely have to upgrade.

[@donaldfrederick501]

If you have the X that makes sense in comparison to the series S. Personally still waiting to actually get a PS5 since nearly 6 yrs of my PS4 pro has to be on last legs

[@benthompson5254]

@@donaldfrederick501 Friends that have upgraded to the Series S or X have only done so as they had original Xbox ones that were on their last legs.

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

Good call.

[@TristanTheVRGamecat]

Yeah I imagine sticking with Xbox you would feel like that , pc and playstation there's still some quality left but Xbox.......nope

[@benthompson5254]

@@TristanTheVRGamecat its an opinion I guess, but as my friend group plays xbox, PS exclusives are single player experiences and none of my friend group are PC gamers(Yet), sticking with xbox makes sense. I do have a PS4 and Switch in the household, so not really missing out on any exclusives if I want to play some of the great PS4 exclusives. Plus Sony seem to be branching into releasing exclusives on PC, so investing in a PC might be the way forward where I can play remakes of old RTS... looking at you Age of Empires 😂

[@Esiaa]

Money is the problem here, mostly. Big companies don't care about quality, just money. I'm so pissed that many of them (EA mostly) have bought out smaller companies just to shut them down. Without those smaller companies that actually care about the player, I don't think the game industry will get better. AAA developers are too stuck up in their old money grabbing ways to change their behavior.

[@gobblegobble7]

I'm prepared to stick with Nintendo or just give up gaming entirely. I have no interest in an creatively bankrupt industry that only creates multiplayer/GAAS/microtransaction nonsense.

[@Stickman0660]

Nintendo is bad in its own way. None of the companies are very appealing recently

[@army103]

I've owned 9 home consoles over the last 35 years, and I've only paid full price for a game 1-2 times per console at most. I basically allow myself one cutting-edge game or new release from beloved franchise on each system. Beyond that, there have been so many games out there for so long that unless you literally buy everything you're interested in as soon as it comes out, it's virtually impossible to not be surrounded by games you didn't get around to right away that are now 1/2 price or less.

[@davidjacobs7465]

I think I'm just gonna quit gaming once the xbox one stops being supported. I see no reason to get the series x/s. It has nothing to do with the console, just the games themselves. I couldn't care less what exclusives are on what platform, the overall experience just feels half baked, too expensive and broken.

[@sleepingkirby]

I remember getting and playing the first Star Wars: Battlefront in the early 2000's by Pandmic. Big props to them for release the dev kit. We modded the game like crazy. I'll always remember being on the mod forums and asking "Hey, this explosion 'push' property. Has anyone tried a negative number?" And that's how my the vaccum beam was born. Granted, I did a lot of other crazy things but yeah, that was the most memorable moment for me.

[@TwistedTZ]

I understand it's more convenient to get a game from psplus or game pass but I refuse to do that because it gives the money to everything versus showing them where I enjoyed the game, I prefer to wait until the game of the year edition or whatever they call it that comes with all DLC and buying the hard copy that way

[@Elixir6336]

And many studios are shutting down because when gaming became mainstream, they decided to cater to casual players instead of loyal fans that, in some cases, have followed them for decades.

[@Cornfed_MF]

I really wish they'd adopt a policy of leaving micro transactions out of the picture completely, even only for the first year the game is live. What incentive do we have to buy a brand new broken game? You buy new, you're left alone. Wait for a sale down the road? Well, monetize that version...

[@cheese5130]

Kinda unrelated but elden ring blew my mind just for those reasons alone. I pre ordered it and played the minute it released. Felt like a complete game right there. I can count on one hand how many bugs I’ve found and still have fingers left to this day. And the best part. Not a single damn micro transaction. From software is setting the standard for todays gaming developers.

[@man_without_fear6518]

They can explain to the shareholders that they left millions on the table for no reason.

[@Cornfed_MF]

@@man_without_fear6518 I disagree. If a developer came out with this structure/mentality they could ultimately add micro transactions to EVERY game they make... Eventually. The players couldn't see this as anything other than fantastic. If they buy full price it's a seemless ad/store free experience while it's hot. Then when things die down a bit they throw it on sale or move to FTP with all the bells and whistles, costumes, new weapons, blah, blah, blah and there's an entire new launch for an entire new crowd. They get to have 2 releases, extending the life of the game while making even more money at what would normally be the end of the games life and literally everyone's happy... Gaming refuses to acknowledge anything other than that day 1 release mentality and THAT'S where they're leaving millions on the table. The poors (myself included) haven't been able to keep up with every game we've wanted to play when it released but we still want to be a part of that community that can talk about something new to them, seperate the gaming communities from the "Day 1's" and the "When we can's". Make them focus on the whole picture, the hype train has been carrying most of them for yeeeaaaars, my way checks all the boxes: They have to focus on releasing a good product day 1 if they want that market to keep purchasing, but they also get to look down the road at what changes can be made for the longevity of the product and how to monetize it. This isn't the PS2 era where they're popping out new amazing games every year and if one flops, it's not that big of a deal. Games today take a literal decade to create sometimes so why not focus on making sure people want to keep playing it for even longer all while proving that they're listening to their fans. If every game took the approach kinda like GTAV of "here's the main game, now here's the thing that's mostly like the main game that's new all the time that'll keep you hooked..." Game developers are evolving their monetization because frankly everything about gaming is different now with huge gaps between releases but players still have the "gimme gimme I want it now, ok, I'm bored with it, what's next?" mentality. Games used to be cheap sprints across the field and now they're risky, expensive ventures. We have to evolve together to make it work. It's a win-win.

[@Cornfed_MF]

The developers get to focus on creating a somewhat smaller, more refined product without having to add bloat to extend the life of the game because they know that's just part of the crowd. Then they get to implement all the extras and busy work to keep people going... The Day 1's get a straightforward video game with an expiration... No, not an expiration date, an evolution date, to enjoy and then put behind them. The rest of us get the same game later on, it's just a different version that has different expectations. We need to accept that not every game is going to be something we can go back to later. I think today's throwaway society has created a monster within the gaming sphere and all we can do is try to make it the best version for everyone. And remember, just because the idea exists doesn't mean they have to follow it. There will be developers still doing their thing like Fromsoft, but for the EA's and the Ubisoft's of the world... We need balance. They give us the damn game we want with no fluff, we play it, enjoy it and hand it back and tell them to do whatever the hell they want with it. Gamers are going to have to choose which experience they want with these huge AAA titles, and have as much fun as possible, because it is what it is now.

[@johnwrath3612]

They make more money on mtx than direct game sales, why the hell would they do that?

[@someguywithnochallenger8178]

I got a theory of what is hurting gaming Number one hiring political activists over creative minds Number 2 most of the companies were oriented in pleasing investors than the actual consumer 3 There is huge disconnected between the fans of a franchise and the Studio Meaning that there is no gatekeeping for anything so anybody can come in and alter the identity of a franchise Number 4 The coof Altered some deadlines and altered some scheduling but extremely manageable And yes there are more reasons to but I did not list here that contribute to games sucking Most of them he named in the video was well

[@mikedalton268]

I personally have been buying old games on sale and loving it. There are a lot of older games out there that are better than many of the new ones. The last new game i bought was Halo Infinite, what a waste of money. Its sad that so many of these companies are copying each other by turning out stuff that isnt good, isnt finished, and is just trying to get our money without really caring about the economics of the consumer. I cant afford to throw money away gambling whether or not a game will be any good or not. I will wait and see before I buy anything new from now on.

[@Nanashinoshi]

ITs $70 for the game. Another $20 for the Day1 DLC another $30 for the Season pass 1... before you know you've spent nearly $250 on a game that's buggy and unfun. I feel bad for my friends who want me to play games with them, like Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Game was terrible and I refuse to play. Even after they fixed it.

[@andykegs5584]

Only seen the first point so far but glad to see Capcom aren’t in that list, they have been one of the most consistently good developers the last few years with Resi 8 and the remakes and the monster hunter franchises both being real while only having a few stubbles but nothing like the rest of the industry.

[@skubbasteve6576]

I won't lie, I only buy games when it hits 40 or less. What blows my mind is that the old school cod games still sell for $50+

[@jakemun2077]

I seen where this was going back in the PS3 day so I never upgraded from there and I'm glad I didn't bother they are still making the same broken high priced repeats coming from someone who was raised in the 90s I genuinely don't care about graphics and graphics seems to be the only focus so I don't see myself upgrading anytime soon I think I might give VR a shot if they make the headsets less bulky another thing that grinds my gears is EA Scripting and Ive definitely seen it in others online games as well so online gaming isn't exactly a selling point for me either

[@Estorium]

What do you have against full stops?

[@TheLittleNoobThatCould]

In a capitalist society where if you aren't making more money this year than you did last year, the product is inevitably going to suffer along with the consumer. These immense companies are only going to go with what they believe is going to net them the most cash for the smallest cost. And that means more microtransactions, as well as fewer well-trained and high-paid employees. As long as they know they can get away with a low effort, high return product they'll keep making utter trash regardless of how many people hate it. The 80s were teeming with every dude and his friends wanting to make a quick buck from the lowest form of shovelware. That was followed by a boom of actual high quality artwork. Now we are back to that 80s mentality, but all those dudes and there bro friends are running unimaginably wealthy corporations.

[@Nykona-Sharrowkyn]

I am so happy that Ubiscum are having issues, the total disrespect of Splinter Cell fans with no new games in more than 9 bloody years means they get what they deserve

[@Marquis-Sade]

Ubiscum? That's the weakest attempt at a reputation-damaging amalgamation I've heard. You can do better than that.

[@Nykona-Sharrowkyn]

@@Marquis-Sade oh I have, but I only do that when I contact Ubisoft themselves 😎

[@ieatcheeseinthedark199]

Back in the day it was all fine , you could play your happy rayman game thinking all is good in the world , that when I grow up I can join a company like ubisoft they are so neat , jump to today and I'm more concerned about being fingered by an exec in the break room

[@Marquis-Sade]

@@Nykona-Sharrowkyn As if they would care, lol

[@Marquis-Sade]

@@ieatcheeseinthedark199 😂 Underrated comment

[@griffin3578]

What boggles my mind is when I was playing Halo:Reach in 2010 as well as other games. We didn’t have constant updates , no battle passes , skins were not a thing yet. And people never complained as much as they do today.

[@zengram]

No services for me. I dont like the subscription system,because if I don't have time ,I am paying for a thing I am not using

[@mattc9209]

“500 pound consoles.” Funny how different the meaning of that sentence is in the US compared to England.

[@BurningRubber454]

For saint row I wanted a 5th game

[@briangallardo5645]

Too bad😂

[@xLanzer]

Let's be honests. What could they do after SR4?

[@xLanzer]

@matt exactly

[@riggivannia]

this year I have been spending more money on ps2, ps3 and 360 games, and I don't even miss or care for 90% of what has been releasing on current hardware since most of it is not for me or put me off by their practices, not even indies since they are plagued with rouge+any genre or survival (not horror), I'm tired of them. The most exciting things this year were hatsune miku and warriors orochi 3 on pc, which are great games in their own right, but both ports and one of them is 11 yrs old.

[@AelaofAlba]

I used to buy games (not on day one though because ouch in price!) But the odd time that I have bought new games it'd literally came onto subscription a few weeks to months layer and its made me raging that I spent that much money on a game. So nowadays I just wait untill it's available on gamepass/psplus

[@voiceofreason4551]

Why buy at launch when a year later you get it cheaper and possibly beter quality.... As for the 'new gen': if ps5 didn't have ps4 bc i don't think i would care to get a ps5. Gonna wait for the Pro to be released and MAYBE i will buy it...

[@AwfulWaffle8474]

Rockstar was the saddest. They used to really support fans and their properties and then Take2 just ripped their soul out.

[@XJ0461C]

There are certainly some precedents for seeing it as a broken thing, but looking at the bigger picture, it's actually the corporations that produce it that are broken. That said, being pessimistic bastards about it changes nothing. We need to rise up to fix what has been broken and indie development is a step in the right direction. It's not the end of the gaming world.

[@john-doemcalias4759]

Anyone pre ordering or buying day one is just being silly. You'll get an unfinished over monetized mess. Wait 6-12 months to avoid post review period MTX inclusion AND for all of the inevitable patches and hot fixes. Sucks to say any of that but thats just the reality we live in.

[@logank.70]

Here's a thing Metroid Dread did so well that other games should learn from. I click the icon... and it's title screen immediately and you can just play. No minutes of splash screens and cutscenes. Just like the days of old where you put the game in and when you hit power it just played. Go back to that experience. I didn't know how much I missed it until Metroid Dread reminded me.

[@Drstrange3000]

Presentation is huge. Metroid Dread actually has great a great presentation and it definitely did have cutscenes when I started playing the demo. There is nothing wrong with cutscenes when done well and are engaging instead of wasting time. A good splash screen can make you hyped for a game like in Dragon's Dogma or Deus Ex Human Revolution. There have been numerous games that put you right into the gameplay. If all you are doing is playing the most mainstream AAA annual titles, I can see how this would feel new. Even similar games like Ori do the same as Metroid in it puts you right into the game. If you like Metroid Dread and haven't played either Ori, you are in for a treat.

[@MS-on9dy]

I really thought that Metroid Dread was a great example of how to modernize an old school genre with all the new tech and design advancements invented over the years. The controls were the most refined of any Metroid game to date and it was joy to just move around the world. I really like how they integrated the cutscenes into the game. Just enough exposition to get the point across and you were back to playing.

[@pitchblack189]

Graphics over gameplay seems to be a big issue too. Who cares if hair and teeth is super detailed if the game is a drag

[@jimmideerichards9554]

I find 2 main reasons for me personally that effect my gaming experience. 1. Games just including so many collectibles which is getting really boring now, I’m a completionist and love getting Platinum trophies so collecting so many collectibles gets on my nerves, as much as I love The Last Of Us franchise, the collectibles aspect were very frustrating, and 2. Which the first point is also included within this point, how long game are these days, like I personally want to play the Yakuza franchise, obviously starting with 0, and when I saw it’s like a 140 hour game to 100%, it just puts me off playing it, because, I just don’t have the time to sit around playing that solidly, so it will take a while to finish it, and when there’s plenty of other games I wish to play, any long ass titles I just side line. Like the longest game I recently completed was probably Lego Star Wars the Skywalker saga, and that was a slog at 60 odd hours, so titles ranging over 100 are just exhausting. It also has a knock on effect, as like I said with Yakuza, 0 is that long, how long are like what…. The other 6 there are…. Too long winded. Exactly why I’ve not gone further in the Assassins creed franchise, Last one I finished was Revelations, and now there are so many and so long to complete, it just throws me off bothering. I just feel with games being rolled out so regularly there’s no chance to play everything with really long titles taking up your time. So be nice if the gaming industry could cut back on the duration these things take to finish. Less is more as they say.

[@Ryan-lx6oh]

And here I won't bother playing a game that is only 100 hours long as it's hardly worth playing as it will all be over so quickly. Each to there own I guess.

[@amreelhaziq9764]

I really don't understand. People keep saying they don't want sequels but everytime I'm in the internet everyone kept asking for sequels like fallout, elder scrolls and GTA.

[@zaczane]

I own 2 ps4s, a PS5, a Switch, and a Gaming laptop. I am a gamer at heart, and always will be. I have bought 1 game this year. When I shed to buy 10+ That should tell you something is very very wrong. And it’s not that I’m lacking money.

[@Shikamaru559]

Gotham Knights I thought was Series X/S exclusive.

[@preay12345]

Have to wonder how much you were paid to endorse the subscription model. Personally I would still prefer a hard copy if it were viable, because lets face it PS or Xbox can remove you fav title from their library whenever they chose to. Same can be said on steam that isn't subscription based but once I've bought a title I'm not paying perpetually to play it.

[@halo3juggernaut66]

In my opinion I think the biggest thing is companies not listening to their fan base. Companies now just want more people to buy their game even if they have to sacrifice their already establish fan base. Look at battlefield 2042 and more recently saints row remake and neither of those are what the fans wanted.

[@ZeusTyrannus]

yea it is true that nowadays the games focus on giving you aditional content that costs money, take assassin's creed for example, the best armor with the greatest effects you have to buy for around 20 bucks per armor set and they also want you to buy dlcs for 20 bucks or more. and only when you have all dlcs then the game feels like a finished product

[@blight6667]

Hell 2 years later and i still cant walk into a store and buy a ps5.....its bullshit

[@blight6667]

Whats up? By the way love the content you guys are one of the goat!

[@mosstwig3591]

I'm glad I have a ps5 but it definitely feels like I'm being ripped off when it comes to generation exclusive games. It just feels like the ps4 separated itself far quicker from the ps3 than than the ps5 has from ps4. I'm not even sure if the ps5 will ever have AAA games exclusive to it and not ps4.

[@StoneAgeWarfare]

I'm sure it will. The microprocessor shortage made it so publishers demanded ports for previous gen consoles cause not enough people had Series X/PS5.

[@KageDarkAngel]

I ended up replaying older games over new ones (dating back to 2010 or older on older systems and 2015 for PS4). Been getting to be a bad habit of mine, especially when there are lots of interesting new games or long awaited sequels to older titles. Also has anyone else felt that maybe we older gamers and the current generation of newer gamers might be having a hand in breaking the gaming industry? I mean, I am just curious, seeing as I refuse to support Mobile-only titles and micro-transactions and other newer (albeit in my eyes useless) gaming features that seem popular with younger gamer generation.

[@army103]

Old games just keep getting better...I think that's going to be a big hurdle for the games industry in the future. It was one thing when "retro" games meant stuff like Asteroids or Donkey Kong, but now I can emulate GameCube and PS2 games on my phone! Soon enough, current generation games will be dirt cheap (or easily pirated) and the improvements new systems can make will barely be perceptible to the naked eye; what will be the incentive of staying current, then?

[@thegamingprozone1941]

Just completed the suffering and it was amazing

[@jamieslingsby9907]

i often fire up my ps2 and play ps2 and ps1 games. sometimes more often than i play stuff on my Xb1

[@Jiffydude]

After CP2077, I turned off my Ps4 and never looked back. That was my last pre-order. Mid 2021, I went Indie, a scene that very much reminds me of the 90's to 2010's. The majority (not all) mainstream games just feel morally and creatively bankrupt.

[@bloodprince9779]

regarding CDprojekt stock going down 75%, its not because of the failure of Cyberpunk, it certainly didn't help, but their stock price was overinflated already because of the sheer amount of hype causing people to invest in the stock, when it was revealed the game was a shitshow at launch, obviously people pulled out even more, but the stock would've dropped regardless. now they're back to around the level they were after Witcher 3

[@monsieurDAG]

Hence why I play on PC now, because pirating a AAA game is morally correct when they want $80 for an 8 year old game ***cough ND***

[@jasonvalentine7618]

Needing new games is the main issue imo. To elaborate basically fromsoft is doing the right things right now. Yes we wanted more dark souls games but they gave us elden ring basically. A whole new environment and lore to dive into with the same mechanics we love, while also telling us secretly from job postings "Hey armored core is comming back." If developers dont take the initiative to revive old IP's in certain ways they are doomed to fall into the rut of giving us the same thing over again with barely anything new to enjoy in it. Assassins creed just started bloating out the gameplay and ignored their roots versus adding new bells and whistles to the same bike so to speak, which can also be said about CoD, GTA, and anything bethesda has done since Skyrim. Tbh its moments like this that make me look forward to games like Black myth Wukong in the future cause its something we havent seen or again armored core cause it needs a revitalizing.

[@cjsimpson]

I wish we still had swap shops, mine used to have a colour graded system where you could swap a like for like game for only £1. It was exciting and didn't break the bank and if you hated it you could just swap it back.

[@theogofguitar]

It’s odd because we are at a point with games where we really haven’t had the next big leap in evolution that forever changes the landscape as pong to 16-bit, 2D to 3D and even HD was a big leap . Feels like Virtual Reality can be that but we just aren’t in a space where that is the default preferred way to play. Add on costs, and longer console generations plus cross gen titles. Feels like we still haven’t hit a title or titles that scream “NO way any of this would run or be conceived on ps4/Xbone”

[@CaspianNomad]

I honestly don't remember the last AAA game I bought on its release date. Not only because of how many have been broken on launch but also because I'm happy to play older games until the price comes down. I can't imagine I'm the only one.

[@foohurru4791]

subscription gaming seems useless to me with the fact when money gets tight i still have a catalog of games to enjoy, and i don't buy new because a later patch will make the game what it should be. thankfully i can still play pandemic's star wars battlefront

[@NotMatthewMcconaughey]

The last full price game I bought was Mass Effect Legendary Edition and I knew what I wad getting with my money, now I have to wait to see if its a bait and switch

[@NotMatthewMcconaughey]

@@Joreel 100% bro It was my first time with the trilogy and it was one of the best game experiances Ive had

[@RandomPerson-nd2ey]

I think that their biggest issue is that they're worried about all the wrong things and that's because they're trying to appease shareholders instead of consumers. Yeah, shareholders love hearing about all of these features, how big the map is, how good the graphics are, the frames per second, blah, blah, blah. What does the average consumer care about? I'm not talking about the hardcore gamers that are investing 30+ hours a week on "Elden Ring". I'm talking about people like myself, a mid 30's guy playing "It Takes Two" with a daughter or "Little Nightmares". Well, what do the average consumers care about? Is it fun? Can I play couch co-op or competitive? If not, is it interesting for others to watch (like "Little Nightmares")? If the answers to those questions are "No" or "What do you mean by 'fun'?" We are out. Edit: Hell, that's why Nintendo has lasted while other companies have come and gone. Their games may not have the most features, best graphics, etc but they are fun and amusing. Take WWE2K22 and Red Dead Redemption for example. Yeah, WWE has got MyRise, a career mode, MyGM, MyFaction, blah, blah, blah. All of that is mostly ignored so my family and I can smack each other's wrestlers with steel chairs and kendo sticks (or as my older daughter calls them "light sabers"). "Red Dead Redemption"? Yeah, I finished the story but I bought it because my wife was interested in it after seeing the trailer. She didn't care about anything else in it but riding horses around and taking care of them (I'd go to the bathroom and come back to find that my horse had been cleaned, well fed, and had gotten plenty of pats).

[@alastorcorvus]

Scott's articles are always on point, while I may not agree on all of his takes on some games, his critiques of the industry as a whole are always a must-watch. The last entry was the most important IMO, the consumerist culture and cycles of Preorder-Buy-Buy DLC-Buy remaster are getting tiresome and basically just capitalize on the "Fear of missing out". Sadly, money talks and we need to show gaming companies that we want a change.

[@hosseinebrahimi3451]

hey since all people here are gamers i have a request, i need a name. do you remember C&C Tiberium wars? well in campaign mode there was this missions you were starting by one commando and had some tasks. is there a game out there that entirely is like those commando missions?

[@OmegaZX-kd8sm]

Its been years since i've bought any triple A or "big company" games since at least for me and my country coin value, is rather expensive, and gonna say that even by just being a side watcher most modern games from said companies feel hollow and its kinda obvious just the name carries them, while "indie" games are where i can get tons of interesting games or at least something that feels just FUN and works (not an incomplete game with high price) About the microtransactions, i cant complain too much since i've spent some money on gacha games (just one and on the aniversary since the fairly cheap pack lets you choose anything you want) but what i can say is that extreme predatory practices are the worst ones, specially when what you are buying is not even worth its price like the diablo things

[@agrey832]

This was Volition's chance to reinvent the franchise and push it forward in the same way that Rockstar did with GTA5.....and they didn't do that smh The lovers and haters of the Saints Row franchise mostly have the same criticisms, which is extremely concerning.....this one's on Volition

[@tatokainjones9029]

im sick of all the open world games they all feel the same. and there stories have been avg at best.

[@GreymansGoose]

I was thinking about something. And keep in mind I'm speaking in PlayStation for generations, because that's the system I've always worked with... Do you realize, that GTA has not put out a game for the PS4 generation. GTA III, vice City, and San Andreas we're all released on the PlayStation 2. Grand theft Auto four and five were both designed for PlayStation 3... And yes they did make a ridiculous amount of money for all of us that upgraded... But everybody who played the game, expected vice City to come out before PlayStation 5. This is the first time we have not had a single player outing from GTA introduced exclusively for a generation. Considering that GTA is rockstar's flagship series, and that quite frankly the PlayStation 4 is more powerful than anyone gives it credit for, this could have been something that could have completely turned around the whole trilogy release. I have the trilogy, I play the trilogy on PS4 and I really don't have a problem with it, especially since they've been updating it. I mention all that basically just to say this. GTA 6 has got to be a home run, and with the news coming from leakers and Rockstar itself... I am not too hopeful. Essentially, what they've been messing up on, is bad... The trilogy, rdr2 online, but third time pays for all. If 6 underperforms, has a lackluster single player, and online doesn't pull its weight... I believe that the fan base will leave. And I don't want them to do that, I want Rockstar games to justify my 20-year obsession with them. I seriously hope they can.

[@SlayerRunefrost]

Aggressive Monetization should be number one. Publishers pushing the "minimal viable product" business model is way the industry is in the shiter.

[@Lark88]

I don't mind Bethesda sequels. They are released so far apart, the next game is usually a different experience while letting you feel some familiarity.

[@mudbutt42]

I was trying to watch this video on my Chromecast and it won't play it, it says it's inappropriate? and I don't have any restrictions on either, I don't get it