Last year, they all came crawlin' back to Steam, and this year was another strong one for Valve.

From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin’ back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

  • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So much contradiction and ageism in this comment. Older people are the problem thinking of games they were 15 years ago, but also aggressively pushing micro transactions that a pretty new for non mobile games in the past 10 years.

    • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s literally my argument. That’s literally what I’m saying. This is not a boomer problem, it’s a problem with those that came after. The world is ready to move on but the industry insiders aren’t.

      Older millennials got in and reinvented the world. Time to let the zoomers do the same.

      See also CD Project Rekt saying that they don’t want to be bought up because they are about to become big again.

      • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        What are you talking about. Millennials are just now turning 40 years old. Gen X is the age of the major CEO’s and leaders in the industry. How do millenials “get out of the way” when they finally are hitting mid career where they have a say?

        • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I specifically said younger gen x and older millennials. When the millennials got in, they had great new ideas that changed the world. Now they are out of touch and holding back the industry. Just look at Bethesda and EA s examples of this.

          All I’m really trying to say is that when you run out of ideas, get out of the way of those who still have them.

          • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            So your years of relevance are supposed to be 22 to 35 years old… What do people do with the last 30 years of their work like before they retire? I don’t think you understand how careers work. And ideas don’t just magically stop after you turn 30.

            • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              1 year ago

              These questions are irrelevant. The gaming industry is stagnant and that is because those in charge are it if ideas. Can we drop the whataboutism and move on with life?

              BTW I speak as someone of roughly 30 years of experience working in tech. I now work at a university have student teams. I recognize the future when I see it. Everyone is a pretty much a dinosaur compared to Gen Z and Alpha.

              Returning to my actual point: Valve is a great example of a company that put out its ideas then made way for new ones.