@wladolfputler said:
@lucidique said:
@wladolfputler said:
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
It´s true, gaming is done and the industry good as dead, what will be left for the future are free2play-multiplayer-only gimmicks you can play on your smartphone when you´re really bored or stuck in traffic, along with probably 2 or 3 big companies running that game.
I disagree.
I think there has never been a better time to be a gamer, all things considered.
This is pretty "relative" as to how these days could be "the best time in gaming" and also dependent on what kind of gamers we are actually talking about here.
Not everyone is playing WOW, COD and PUBG and there are people who actually don´t care for games on their smartphones, as well as there are gamers who never touch any F2P-Title, let alone spending 9,000,0000 hours on one multiplayer-only title.
But one thing for sure:
Once publishers decide the servers of a game aren´t worth it anymore, it is "Game Over man, GAME OVER!!!" for once and for all, regardless if there is a fanbase of 300 or even 1000 people loving the title so much.
Not sure if its a great feeling to buy a game when you can´t even be sure when they´re shutting down its servers and just don´t think this would happen to thousand-years-old titles only!
In fact there was this 3-5 year old title with a bigger fanbase being shut down. Best thing was they announced the game to be shut down prior to about approx. 2 months, with still selling all the add-ons and packages for a total of 200 bucks of course.
I think yours is more an argument over the preservation of games as a media than the actual enjoyment of gaming.
As time goes by, less and less people will care about games going away.
As a matter of fact, as time goes by, less and less people enjoy older games, as a result of not having the nostalgic factor to carry that enjoyment.
I don't think some games going away are really factoring into the argument that "The best days of gaming are over".
Maybe they are to some individuals, and nostalgia is likely the biggest factor.
To be clear, your opinion is not invalidated because i disagree. You have the things you enjoy, and to you, online games potentially getting taken offline is a big deal, and that's fine.
I guess i've just gotten to a point in life where i just don't wanna be bothered by "The state of gaming". I have a huge backlog i can go back to if i'm pissed off with the current state of affairs.
I also have other hobbies that allow me to leave gaming behind, whenever it gets a bit too crazy.
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