Are Live-Service Games a Threat to Single-Player? - Next-Gen Console Watch

[@Gambit2483]

Whatever happened to DLC campaigns to keep players playing? Now it's new skins, guns and cars 🙄 They got lazier and more greedy over time.

[@hurricane7727]

Agreed. Heck Borderlands 2 was filled with those

[@guineapiggins]

Absolutely not. Single Player experiences with polish, great story & characters will always be at the top

[@pwd1134]

Is that why Sony just laid off a ton of its in-house single player focus developers?

[@15thCrypt]

​@@pwd1134Companies have been laying off its employees for a while, it is no big secret that jobs in the gaming industry have been suffering. We have been hearing about many companies doing this in the last few years regardless of what their specialty is.

[@S6Ryujin]

@@pwd1134pffft

[@phaurt]

WB disagrees

[@toot1st105]

Yet all the money says otherwise

[@matthewholt9501]

Heck no . Single player games are and will always be the heart of games and consoles sales.

[@originaldelta]

Fortnite,Minecraft and Call of Duty make more money than all single player games combined.

[@S6Ryujin]

@@originaldeltabecause of shitty business practices and microtransactions that prey on kids/weak minded adults inability to not compulsively get addicted to lootbox mechanics….

[@MovielikeCinema]

The corps don't understand how to make exploitative systems that are fun. It is either fun or exploitative.

[@alexwilliams4729]

Ubisoft seems to have nailed it

[@AbeFroman19861]

​@@alexwilliams4729The sales and reviews for Skull and Bones would seem to disagree with you

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

@@alexwilliams4729 Ubisoft makes games that are exploitative, but not fun. As OP said.

[@Santirata]

​@@Patrick-y4d1zfun is subjective.

[@madgamer9068]

Nail in a coffin of some sort lol. Not sure which ubisoft game u talking​@alexwilliams4729

[@samsmith8415]

The question is not which do we prefer... obviously single player . The question is is it a threat. And the answer is a proven yes. Rocksteady and arkham are all the evidence

[@BP-dn9nv]

No. The companies who are making these are either going to have to change tactics or go bankrupt, the market is oversaturated with them as is

[@jeremy4ags]

“Is competitive swimming a threat to a nice day at the beach?”

[@SammyLaffy]

Heck yeah,,, my imma be outshown in front of my girl😂

[@jessicaheller3076]

Thats the worst analogy I've ever heard. It doesnt even make sense.

[@SammyLaffy]

@@jessicaheller3076 tell me about it lol

[@vice2versa]

Most people dont swim competitively so what in the world made you think that comparison works here??? You really couldn't think of something more logical than that????

[@christophersmith379]

Nice to see Ryan’s finally got Hellblade 1 in his playlist. Now all he needs to do is play it.

[@davidagiel8130]

That’s what they want you to believe. They said single player games are not popular, not because it was true, but because they wanted to make it true, because they want you constantly online and constantly opening your wallet instead.

[@Nanobit84]

Not to Nintendo. They still make amazing fun games

[@deadshade442]

Like Pokemon unite?

[@businessclank1564]

@@deadshade442like Super Mario Wonder and Tears of the Kingdom?

[@zeroglitch13]

@@deadshade442Pokémon unite is free though

[@15thCrypt]

​@@deadshade442That was quite the random stretch, hell you couldve at least used Splatoon if you were going to use one of their rare multiplayer games

[@YeTism]

Single player games will always be superior

[@focabox5594]

You mean like the launch of Cyberpunk, Golum, King Kong, Stray blade...??

[@S6Ryujin]

@@focabox5594no….like the majority of all the games that won at the game awards…..

[@focabox5594]

​@@S6Ryujin like baldurs gate and Elden ring, which feature multi-player at their core? 😅

[@louiscastillo9741]

I'll save yall 17 minutes: No

[@mysteryblaster5037]

W response

[@NRC613]

Yes they are

[@theartoforangehat]

​@NRC613 out of curiosity, how?

[@Grayefn]

Thanks

[@TeddyTheTankEngine]

Appreciate that bro

[@mr_m4613]

Absolutely, what happens is that if there is more people playing a game that requires multiple people to play, whay happens is that it can cannibalize the interest of playing a game by yourself.

[@LitoLarj]

why is the volume always too low on this show? whos ur audio person? make them aware of this

[@dre1k952]

Yes. The fomo of missing out on community events makes me not what to play single player games. Rn it's helldivers 2 vs Dragons Dogma 2 for me and it's tearing me apart

[@salasalsa-mb5gw]

Story games are always the best, but there is an exception to every rule (Helldivers 2, ... etc). As for what the next game from WB's Studio wants, in fact, nothing is specific !

[@wa7dany577]

No, but to gaming in general though.. the answer is yes

[@manuelberenguerrojas7271]

If life service games were all there is that would give a break to catch up with my backlog

[@RAINKingMatt]

Single player games will never disappear!!! That’s my favorite anyways!!

[@tanzolo4487]

Short answer: no. People are fighting it, tooth and nail. Money speaks.

[@chadbizeau5997]

Money speaks... Sadly you are right, and the F2P model, especially on mobile, is a gold mine. MS didn't buy Activision/Blizzard for Call of Duty or Diablo. They bought it for King and Candy Crush....

[@HMR-yo8zl]

as long there's offline mode or no PS PLUS MEMBERSHIP required for solo players.

[@FuzzyVids]

There is but it's tough

[@manwithoutmercy]

Don't sleep on AA single player as well

[@Eldur0]

Max, the hair looks dope

[@darkmaster539]

They have been for a decade. People always laugh at EA's "single player games are dead" but from their business point of view, one GTA online/Destiny/helldivers that can go for a decade is always going to be the thing they chase. COD is multiplayer now, Fortnite is of course THE game people think of more often than not. Suicide squad should have been single player, and it is far from the only multiplayer title to have that issue.

[@albertovaldivia6132]

Except for overwatch, look at the Best Game Of The Year awards for the past decade, single player will always be dominate

[@Sparticulous]

Warner brothers discovery is a failed company after at&t realized that WB was dead weight

[@nitrozconcepts]

lgn needs to respect sonic

[@amolanand2563]

Time will tell us.

[@redbeard5069]

Is it just me or do Max and Daemon have a very weird dynamic together, Max always seems awkward and a little less himself around Daemon, anyone else?

[@briantapia18]

Ill save you 17 min: Yes

[@AnsemaThaWise]

Solo game are top tier

[@Rainbowhawk1993]

They used to. But after 2023, not anymore.

[@GTurner2K]

Bungie did not pioneer or forge said road. Warframe did, which is the exact reason it just had a mobile launch, cross play, and a trailer spot at the game awards last year and its own yearly convention.

[@DJBubbleBoy]

No. This isn't even a question that needed asking.

[@elmasheavy89]

Diablo is one of the biggest scams in video games

[@independent_angler]

No single player games will always be king.

[@benten6539]

Only if theres no constant connection required to play solo. More like monster hunter

[@TheCurrykiev]

People in the comments thinking ign are asking their opinion.😅

[@Kagarin05]

BG3 was game of the year Dragons Dogma 2 set to be this years game of the year. Click baaaitt

[@15thCrypt]

Dragon' Dogma has a lot of hype and exoectations of it but considering it has not even come out yet (and that we are not even halfway through the year) we can't really begin to make assumptions yet.

[@nootsgaming5517]

Obviously not because Dragons dogma going to sell well

[@DESTY-N7]

Yeah and look FF7 rebirth sell well too

[@mr_m4613]

Dragons dogma 2 is going to get cannibalized by princess peach showtime which has the highest interest.

[@S6Ryujin]

@@mr_m4613different audiences my dude, one is for people most likely age 12-18 and the other for ages 18-30 or so

[@mr_m4613]

@@S6Ryujin and that means nothing when the switch has a 140 million install base of users and an IP coming off the high of the super Mario movie. Princess peach showtime is going to obliterate dragons dogma. Also dragons dogma and rise of ronin also release on that same day so those two will cancel each other out as well.

[@playnation4116]

​@@mr_m4613 we shall see

[@kdsmogg]

No they are not

[@MalibuJack88]

Oh let WB do what they want. Its a free country and it may work like GTAV. Or not.

[@godnamedtay]

Omg, that weather bit was hilarious u guys!!!

[@theknightjester]

Not when theyre all garbage except for indie launches like Hell Divers 2

[@YukarioMashimato]

Let's keep pretending the Harry Potter game is the poster child and the norm for single player success. Majority of single player games don't even get close to that success, but this is my preferred way to game.

[@konohamaru77]

Yes

[@sherrydowns4052]

lol destiny? No.. ultimately online and EverQuest were the pioneers

[@Jordizzan]

Yeah it is

[@creel999]

sweet baby inc is a bigger threat ( and a total POS!!!!)

[@kyledenson1287]

Slow news 🗞️ day?

[@StackzzofWax]

helldivers 2 is such a basic shooter game. its boring and not fun to watch

[@FuzzyVids]

But if it's fun to play does it matter how it looks?

[@marcustietjen6762]

Play it

[@lordmorpheus7281]

try playing it with a few friends, if you even have any

[@StackzzofWax]

@@lordmorpheus7281 not worth my time

[@la_engineer]

@@lordmorpheus7281thx for your input lil'boy

[@Killasim1]

Another Hogwarts game, Batman Arkham series had it's time, and there's no other story to tell.

[@ICon-sy7go]

One and done 😂

[@Sugarmasters]

No. Now you dont have to watch this video. Dont thank me.

[@Icechicken20]

Short answer, no

[@bomberman9296]

Short awnser NO

[@PlantNeptune]

i’ll save everyone time… no

[@DDWGG1]

No

[@puzzlescooks]

Asked no one ever… leave it to ign to come up with something as hilarious as that question. Not going to watch the video though, just here for the comment section 🎉

[@RedMisfit]

Lies

[@phaurt]

leave it to tastiness to react to the title and ignore the context of the video

[@melindaweixler3682]

Over🎁 💖😗

[@JxsOnGo]

The corps don't understand how to make exploitative systems that are fun. It is either fun or exploitative.

[@Johntheninja100]

No, it’s not

[@Maxtraxv3]

no there a threat to multiplayer games

[@edgarmeza8905]

Whats crazy that cyberpunk 2077 was licensed to WB and thats also single player game with rpg elements and when the launch happens the game was completely disaster but later on few years including with the anime show they made too the game is more playable than ever before that shows you guys that WB are really the ones pushing the market and the deadline imagine cyberpunk came out like in 2022 could of be a complete game already🤷 abd the game is now like 9/10

[@mugen1813]

Well sorry for having freinds and being social