Re: It turns out Live Service Isn't Guaranteed Money after all

On 19/07/2025 17:32, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    I'm not against live service games; they aren't my favorite thing
but I think they add a certain spice to the hobby. But the way they've
DOMINATED the market over the past five years has made for a much
worse experience over all. If the big-name (and small-name publishers
too) back away from this obsession with making EVERY game a live
service behemoth, I think the overall effect will be good not only for
the play experience, but the industry as well.

I'm not against the idea of them but instead the reality of them. They employ a host of tactics (some of which I think are basically unethical) that I disagree with to get you to open your wallet and none of those are designed to make a better game experience beyond we'll give you a bad game experience unless you pay.
Another problem I do see is that even if companies do start backing away from them do they have the people that can develop decent single player games any more. I have a horribly feeling that the answer to that is going to be no.