Just by commenting about how women are being treated in the gaming community and the workplace or take a pro-women in gaming stance can easily start a men vs women war in a comment thread. Polygon, known for their “debates” and also for their gorgeous web design, posted an article titled “How to attract more women in game development“. Immediately there were negative comments and comments that side-stepped the issue mentioned in the article to making it about “how to attract ANYONE in game development”. Of course these comments were made by male gamers.
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
It was worrisome to begin with.
It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.
Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.
Helldivers 2 manages just fine…
Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.
Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.
Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.
Nameer from eXputer: "Some exceptions aside, I don't think the battle pass is a net positive for gaming with how they're implemented in most live service titles."
I like the way Helldivers 2 does battle passes. It allows you to make purchases on each level of the battle pass and gives you the option of choosing which item to unlock first. The more purchases you make using medals the further you progress. There is no timer and you can earn medals towards purchasing stuff via personal orders and Major orders.
I haven't played much live service games that have battle passes but I remember some games that have battle passes where you progress through it linearly using an exp system. What makes it really bad is that the battle pass will have like 50 or more levels with the cooler stuff being closer to the end. They also have an in-game shop that sells exp boosters so you can reach the end of the pass before it refreshes. Everyone ilse will have to grind their way through.
battle pass in fortnite is perfect; buy one and it buys the rest for every other season as it gives you more money than the first cost. so 8.50 and season ends with you getting 13.00, it pays for the next and you have some pocket change to save up for cash shop. All of which is optional
Sony is taking actions as video by Moore’s Law is Dead, has been issued with a copyright claim.
And people say it's all fake because Sony haven't said anything 😂 conveniently forget the PS4 Pro was only announced 2 months before release.
Just announce it already! I want to preorder one asap. But in reality they don’t want to lessen PS5 sales until Pro is ready to launch so I understand the business part of it. September is probably when they announce it with an early November launch like the PS4 Pro
I would take that video and upload a torrent of it, fuck that copyright bullshit. If your going to do something that has a chance of being taken down, make a torrent first share it. Then Sony or any other company is helpless and you can laugh in their faces, taunting them to try to take it down 🤣
As much as the PS4 Pro didn't represent a major % in the playerbase, announcing a 'better' model will hinder sales from the 'base' model. They are right, business-wise.
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EDIT: working now :)
How to make something out of nothing.
State that a "war" starts simply by taking a pro-women stance.
The amount of garbage that comes out about this subject, filled with confirmation bias, skewed facts, and victimization, has pissed people off to the point where they can't take any of these articles seriously any more.
Why do we "NEED" more women in the industry? Do we "NEED" men to make games? The answer is no to both.
I actually have a better idea! How about we say that we need talented people to work in the industry?
Men fuck Women, therfor we are the superior sex! (excluded the bad parts.. that tend to fuck themself)
Women like to overthink, hence they need to cool off more than men.
Men have 1 chromosome(important one) more than Women, which makes us up to 50% more better than Women.
Men have paenuese, some have even 2x (lucky bastards). Hence we are able to pee while standing, one handed! Women can´t achieve such status....
Women can´t not penetrate others "slotmachines", without additional tools.
Women will transmorph the older they get, Men not until the age of 90-100! Therfor we are superior!
There are moe sexy bitches on this planet, making every men on this planet a happy "fapjedi".
Best cook on this planet is a MAN! from Spain (or was..), we beat Women in their own discipline!
Men can do everything a Woman can, except giving birth..
Women can´t do everthing a Man does,... just look at Women Soccer... geez (give me some "whoobly" tities while playing.. no flat chests!)
Men are always horny, because we got some balls! to play with.
(hihi)