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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says new multiplayer games are failing because players have no reason to leave their friend groups, touts Unreal Engine 6’s cross-game features as a solution (automaton-media.com)
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[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 35 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Have you considered, hear me out, that some players just hate playing with other players, because being insulted breaks immersion?

All the other micro transaction fuckery you do on top just makes it yet more unappealing.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

Gamers are the biggest reason for the decline of the games industry. Entitled half-aware idiots demanding features that give them bigger and bigger hits of dopamine have driven the entire industry into the ground. The celebration of toxicity in the community hasn't helped a damn thing, either.