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    Discussion Helldivers 2 - New update available with tons of requested buffs for most weapons, nerfs for annoying enemies and fixes

    I can assure you that Arrowhead cares and PlayStation cares. Only the fanboy types can't think critically about game design don't care.
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    Discussion Helldivers 2 - New update available with tons of requested buffs for most weapons, nerfs for annoying enemies and fixes

    Hear me once. Hear me 1,000 times. They will rave about this patch. "Helldivers 2 is back baby!" In two weeks we'll see the player numbers drop to their usual rates because the games core issues aren't being addressed.
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    Discussion Is the videogame culture war over? (David Jaffe video)

    Curious to see where IconEra lines up on this one. Poll included...
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    Discussion WSJ - PS5 61.7M, XBS 28.3M shipments (end of June 2024)

    Did anyone else go to a school where you weren't allowed to use wikipidia as a source because it's so unreliable?
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    Discussion Just a reminder that if FFXVI doesn't sell 3m+ copies within its release week on PC it means it underperformed and did not meet expectations

    This is why you release simultaneously on all platforms. The zeitgeist is gone so they're leaving money on the table. Multiplatform release is the future.
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    Discussion WSJ - PS5 61.7M, XBS 28.3M shipments (end of June 2024)

    Nah, I was seeing some absurd WW estimates for years. Never put stock into fanboy guesses because you often get this.
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    Discussion WSJ - PS5 61.7M, XBS 28.3M shipments (end of June 2024)

    Nah, PlayStation fanboys all over the internet were making up 3:1 numbers. As always, fanboys eat crow.
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    Discussion WSJ - PS5 61.7M, XBS 28.3M shipments (end of June 2024)

    XBox only down 2:1? A lot of PlayStation fanboys eating crow right now.
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    Discussion Helldivers 2 - New update available with tons of requested buffs for most weapons, nerfs for annoying enemies and fixes

    No it didn't. Fortnite is a PvP game from the largest Engine developer in the world. Helldivers 2 was always destined for its decline.
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    Discussion GTA6: Beginning Of The Next Gaming Crash?

    I believe this will be the first GTA built from the ground up with a focus on multiplayer. If this is the case, I expect it to do significantly better than GTAV.
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    Almost certainly not. They're going for the GAAS giants with Marathon.
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    These people will die off as GAAS continues to grow. The GAAS takeover is just too obvious at this point. They really are The Black Knight from the Monty Python scene...
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    I would argue that the high week one numbers of many GAAS titles (and subsequent unhealthy player drop off) illustrates a market that craves new GAAS titles. GAAS really rewards BETTER types of games and NEW types of games much more than the SP model. That healthy model forces developers to...
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    Read above.
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    But think of a game like Fortnite. You'd play with your friends in an instant because the game is built for replayability. Destiny just isn't that fun for people to replay. You feel like you need to "catch up" because you know your friend group wouldn't want to replay old missions with you.
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    Your hypothesis is valid but you haven't really thought about it or tested it. Consider... What competitive (commercial) advantage would these companies have if they made it hard to get back into their games? They WANT players to get back into their games as easy as possible because they know...
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    You wrote this... "And that's the issue here multiplayer games are demanding too much time and investment and FOMO, along with players falling behind if they step away for awhile." I don't see that at all. People bring these talking points up all the time but in multiplayer communities they...
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    I would classify that as a different issue. If Destiny 2 isn't fun to replay, then replayability is the issue, not necessarily FOMO.
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    That's an entirely seperate issue than the one you mentioned. You were talking about FOMO and the feeling that you can't put a game down. The new player experience is something called "onboarding". Onboarding isn't FOMO. No ones is. I'm just saying if the effect was as strong as many like...
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    Discussion Bungie considering a $40 price for Marathon (The Game Post)

    I've played both and I don't see that at all. Destiny is a PvE game you play with 2 other friends and Apex has SBMM which makes it easy to drop in and out of after time off.
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