The gaming industry can sometimes seem to be in a slump; studios are closing left and right, high-profile games in previously successful series don’t sell as much as expected, and the budgets of games don’t seem to be going down. Something has to give, and it looks like that something is multiplayer.
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Well this is not back in the old days when games had replay value or the campaign was over 15 hours.. If I'm going to be paying 60$ I wanna at least get my money's worth! Not just some 5-6 hour game..
I don't particularly care if the multiplayer goes away from every single title except competitive titles. The ones that have historically been designed from the ground up to be that way. Gears, Halo, COD, Battlefield.
Coop play in titles that make sense to have it. NOT Mass Effect (or God of War), but Army of Two or Ghost Recon for example, is always welcomed because there are gamers that do not wish to run around shooting each other, but instead want to experience the campaign with a buddy, like being in a movie.
Tacked on multiplayer is an incredible waste of resources, no matter if the money came from capital budget or auxiliary, SOMEONE has to pay for it and money's must be recouped.
TO say nothing of the massive amounts of moneys waste on trying to "out-do" Worlds of Warcraft. Its no wonder dev teams and entire publishing houses are closing.
If you present more fantastic single player games, maybe this will educate today's younger gamers as to its worth.
There are entire legions of gamers that buy anything with multiplayer and never play the single play game.
This industry makes money, but it is pigeon holed to a few major titles, and the message is EVERYONE WANTS MULTIPLAYER.
This is not the case.
Spread the money more evenly, and the message will be clear. "We like different kinds of games, innovative games, games that make us think, puzzlers, shooters, rpg's and so one. Please stop hurting a potential great game by adding what you think we all want. Look at what made these games great in the beginning and take note."
thats a good thing b/c more ppl are playing more driven rpg type games
Online Passes.
I'm less likely to buy games with tacked on MP, so this is only good news for me.