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Ryuu96 said:

(Yes yes I know there are other big games too... but the point is there are well established black hole service titles that are sucking the air out of the market for any new game trying to break through. Which makes stories like Palworld all the more impressive).

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) February 9, 2024

Yep.

For decades gaming has had a seemingly endless growth runway by acquiring new players and more share of time.

That's not the case anymore. We are hitting ceilings on % of people playing and average time spent playing. https://t.co/mddUa04RfM

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) February 9, 2024

This is true and it create games that I have grown to dislike.

Live service game cultivate players engagement so much with endless progress but same repetitive content and features that, after enjoying those for a few hours, they feel more like a second job than anything I enjoy anymore. Their competitive nature force you to invest so much of your time to cultivate your skills, which your ability to still create an enjoyable experience out of it depends on, that they have become tedious.

Enjoying 1 such game is ok but even then that single game create a situation where it's near impossible for me to enjoy another one.

I enjoy much more to play dozens of Pentiment or Brothers a tale of two sons or hi-fi rush experience than being stuck in a single 'Apex Legends' for years.