I’m a frequent player of Stalker GAMMA, you should check it out!
@puppyqueen5688
Жыл бұрын
I thought it looked like stalker
@Ghost_Grandy
Жыл бұрын
I thought that was will to live online
@bacalhau_seco
Жыл бұрын
@@Ghost_Grandy hes actually playing "Balls 2"
@reethardio6432
Жыл бұрын
hopefully we will see the live service trend calm down significantly in the next few years. not every game needs to last forever. just release a good game
@plebisMaximus
Жыл бұрын
A bunch of games being canned would suggest the opposite.
@reethardio6432
Жыл бұрын
@@plebisMaximus how would a bunch of live service games failing suggest that the live service trend will continue at the same or a even faster rate?
@infinitenex8165
Жыл бұрын
The thing is, offline games can survive longer and even thrive, comapred to live service games, that can shut down and have no way of being kept up by the community.
@fourlionnn
Жыл бұрын
Probably with mod support
@a.w_.
Жыл бұрын
Nope. Live service is here to stay
@mrROAR104
Жыл бұрын
what you're saying is part of it. It's also the fact lots of those are live service games, and people aren't going to play 4 different live services, so it ends up a winner takes all market. You either get big and get all the money, or you're pissing it away needlessly.
@chaomatic5328
Жыл бұрын
Serious analysis requires an adorable profile pic and nickname
@Hato1992
Жыл бұрын
i think that's mostly the reason of it. There's many games with same genre that fighting for players, but players cant play every game, so they choose best one.
@beingsactual
Жыл бұрын
@@chaomatic5328 Got that "leak classified information on a pink blog with kitties" energy.
@vvonslaughtvv9705
Жыл бұрын
What is live service?
@dan_loeb
Жыл бұрын
@@vvonslaughtvv9705 games where you have a seasonal content model, typically tied in with a battlepass type system. they are typically online only multiplayer or drop in drop out co-op events, stuff like Destiny, Fortnite, Apex are the biggest ones. ubisoft has also brought live service elements to games that are typically singleplayer, far cry 5 had a live service like update model, with community events and new weapons routinely coming out (the starting weapon roster was weak in fc5, especially for smgs and shotguns) so it's more of a continual drip feed of content to keep players invested in a game. the problem is that people don't have enough time to justify going in on them. maybe one or two at most. the co-op and competitive mp nature of them feeds back into it, where if a live service game isn't hitting big destiny 2/Fortnite/apex user counts on launch it's likely to never improve. people will play what most of their friends are playing instead.
@BengalSW
Жыл бұрын
I feel like the one thing you’re missing is that it barely feels like the publishers even market their games past the launch point. It’s absurd that so many people go “oh I didn’t know this released yet” or “I forgot this game existed” I agree with the notion of over saturation of the market, but at the same time some of these devs don’t even try. [Edit] Cannot believe I have to say this. Yes obviously it’s not the devs fault the majority of the time a game fails, but to say devs can’t put out a bad product as well is just a terrible mindset to have. I’m best friends with a game developer as well and he can tell you straight up that’s there’s both skilled people who care about their work. And others who will just throw anything together to get a quick buck. Just like any other business field. Let me reiterate for the people who will read this and automatically disagree. Like i said it’s not always the devs faults, but sometimes devs can just put out a terrible product and sometimes they need to be called out. Good example if 343 and what they’re doing with halo. Yes there are talented individuals on that team, but for like a decade no matter what level it is there’s signs of major incompetence. Not everything is the fault of incompetence from the leaders now and some times it’s okay to hold people accountable respectfully of course.
@sigmachadtrillioniare6372
Жыл бұрын
Over saturation won't be an issue if someone makes good games. Many of the reasons why many mainstream games failing is very basic, like Dev's not looking after bugs, repetitive content, hackers, not listening to community etc. Name one aaa/mainstream game which has been released polished or is polished right now. There are barely few.
@SuperKratosgamer
Жыл бұрын
@@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 Not true,It is always a issue, live service games need alot of players, Fortnite is one of most played battle royales right?, now we have PUBG, apex and so on, most of these games requires 100 people per match, if you are making a battle royale right now, you have to compete with those, and some others, most people would play some matches and moves on, because they already playing fortnite for years, no point in learning a new game of the same genre. We had oversaturation in hero shooters, battle royales, mobas and so on, beign good and listening to the players feedback, would do nothing if there are other Big games hoarding all the players.
@TheShizzlemop
Жыл бұрын
@@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 oversaturation IS an issue, because if the market is oversaturated less people will be buying x games, which means the dev company gets less money, which means they will say "hey, this isnt making us enough money, dont do it as much" which means there will be an overcorrection, leading to a game drought that will then go away in a few years as devs see the gap in the market created by the drought and ramp up production again.
@GuiriTV
Жыл бұрын
I wouldnt put blame on the devs, but publishers. Devs just do as they are told by managers and marketing. If they're told to put the bare minimum, that's what they'll do. The marketing team is to blame, and that can be said of a lot of companies. They look at data that's scraped from certain metrics, and at times, they analyze without context. So you get publishers who go "yeah, let's release this because it's the trend, despite not knowing why it's good. People will buy it." That's how you get the same genre, from different companies, with minimal effort and support past launch. Money talks, but the business suits can misinterpret that talk.
@wotwott2319
Жыл бұрын
Live service is just an mmo with no longevity planning.
@spongebob6614
Жыл бұрын
I think most of them which are cancelled recently are mostly live-service games. As you said now things are back to normal and we're all back to work and have less free time in our hands. By all this shutdowns, I do hope companies finally realised not every single game needs to be live-service for a quick cash-grab. But actually thanks to them, now there is way more audience than before who are down for some single players or indie games. SPECIALLY INDIE GAMES😂
@xoMetropolis
Жыл бұрын
Spongebob
@profande
Жыл бұрын
SpongeBob
@ArnieOcfemia
Жыл бұрын
Patrick
@NoName......
Жыл бұрын
Patrick
@Intentionally_blank
Жыл бұрын
Squidward
@Wodsobe
Жыл бұрын
I'm hoping singleplayer games start getting more popular
@imselfaware419
Жыл бұрын
This, relying on your own skill and experience is a lot better than relying on sh!tty team mates, or toxic players and sweats. Not to mention you don't need to pay for online or deal with hackers.
@Jester4460
Жыл бұрын
Or less battleroyal types or more grounded and fun games
@daimyopurgatory
Жыл бұрын
@@FutaCattohate to say it but multiplayer games are way better long term
@zubrhero5270
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely hate modern console single player games. Like, is there any need at all to put crafting and progression systems into a game that takes 3 evenings to complete and cost £70? God of Bore amiright?! Anyone? Nobody? I'll get my coat.
@rjw4149
Жыл бұрын
I really need something new to scratch my new vegas itch
@LeonYuL
Жыл бұрын
So happy to see you also a fan of Stalker
@peesafpayper9688
Жыл бұрын
I have to disagree about apex competitor part. I think they NEVER expected PC and console players to switch to mobile. Instead they were trying to bring in new players to their game via mobile. In many developing countries like India, most people especially in recent years, have become avid Gamers... Mobile Gamers. This is cause Gaming pcs are expensive and consoles arent general use computers, wired internet isnt spot on, but cellular net is decently good and growing. Pubg mobile, freefire, are Extremely popular here. Kids pour good microtransaction money for mobile games.
@freevbucks8019
Жыл бұрын
Man wait until Indians figure out the secondhand market and Linux and the goddamned dorito could end up somewhere
@TimNurTV
Жыл бұрын
Excellent point. It makes a whole lot more sense when you think of these things on a global scale rather than just from a Western perspective.
@stoopidguy4544
Жыл бұрын
True, here in Mexico it's the same, but it still pisses me off that out of all games Free Fire is one of the popular ones simply because while it's accessible, it's incredibly pay to win
@CigsInABlanket
Жыл бұрын
Mobile gaming is very popular in the developing country, China, as well.
@sankaplays3098
Жыл бұрын
No money for a good PC but money for microtransactions lmao
@Sahtoovi
Жыл бұрын
literally a gaming bubble
@Just_a_commenter
Жыл бұрын
I'm inclined to agree. Unfortunately, shortsighted execs who only live in the now will greenlight projects that are based on a temporarily inflated industry. I want to see the gaming industry thrive and continue to expand, but the rate of expansion fueled by the pandemic wasn't permanent. On a side note, cool to see some footage of Stalker! Hope you're enjoying the experience.
@Ryskorrel
Жыл бұрын
I recently moved from a third world country to a first world country and I realised that execs here are still stupid, but with more money. I wish I was rich for no reason.
@raztaz826
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that a mobile game is shutting down since the mobile market is larger. Maybe it didn't get popular enough in Asia?
@peesafpayper9688
Жыл бұрын
it did gain a decent following.. but the game is graphics intensive so most new gamers(who just bought a decent phone) cant play it, and giants like pubg,codm,freefire have a giant online following already
@luislongoria6621
Жыл бұрын
I must agree that high-end mobile games might be on the chopping block as China's Tencent acquires more studios. There's tons of crappy low-end mobile games with micro transactions and they're all made by Tencent
@friedrichderhohevonweedman6093
Жыл бұрын
@@luislongoria6621 I would love for Big Companies to be forced to stop focusing so much on the Mobile Market, by Tencent blocking them for example. I want them to get back to PC games. We don't need any more Diablo immortals. But I also want the Battlepass system to either disappear or change overall to the way Ghostship games do it in Deep Rock Galactic so I can probably wait to the end of Time.
@Proctor_Conley
Жыл бұрын
The looming Financial Crash...
@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
Жыл бұрын
After he recent mass layoffs, I spoke to someone in the industry and they said a similar thing about a pandemic-based bubble. He wasn't too worried about it though, as apparently this rise and fall is common.
@Splarkszter
Жыл бұрын
More expected than common. Pandemics are not common, but it was a catalyst.
@MrVibes-tj3ie
Жыл бұрын
layoffs in the industry are also in preparation of a recession I believe
@Echelon111999
Жыл бұрын
ask them why the f every game nowadays gotta include annoying gay or trans character in it?
@rustyshackleford1508
Жыл бұрын
@@Echelon111999 jews
@EternalShadow1667
Жыл бұрын
@@Echelon111999 serious answer: there’s people in the industry who are, how to put it: “not homo/transphobic but not exactly understanding or supportive of the community” so they release some cheap, annoying woke token gay/trans just to pacify the crowd without putting in the dedication or the effort to make a serious character.
@u53r12
Жыл бұрын
A game I was very fond of called Durango: Wild Lands, a online survival game that had to shut down its servers in 2019. It had a lot of diversity in playstyle and a nice story. You could tame dinosaurs and other animals, or sell them in the player's market. It encouraged players to cover each other's weaknesses since the skill tree greatly changed what you could and couldn't do, so you could rely on your friends and guild members. You could "hire" other players to help you with a quest or crafting, and reward them with items. You could rescue downed players around the map and help them reach safety. But even then, the game still let you go solo I you wanted. It was heartbreaking for me to see such a fun and promising game have an early end just like that.
@Angry-Romper
Жыл бұрын
Personally, I think that has to do with a large number of factors, including everything you've said here. On top of that however, you may have noticed a number of large titles have also been bringing fan requested updates. I know you are aware of Apex Legends for example, in about 3 hours from this comment being posted, they will be making the single most influential update since the release of the game. and many of these changes are things fans have been begging for. Look at all the quality of life updates GTA Online has had over the last 6 months, the fan requested updates MW2 is getting. I feel like pre-pandemic had a pretty "obedient" fanbase. People complained just as much as they do now, but they stayed playing the games anyways. But now, over the last little bit and the next while, a lot of those same players are having their newer friends leave because they are less likely to stick around when better things come their way. Having your friends quit is far more impactful to a user quitting, than any update. So by refocussing on QoL updates, these games are finally giving those players who have been asking for QoL updates for years, what they've been asking. Only NOW is it more profitable to focus on loss prevention, than it is to focus on MTX, and new projects.
@user-bt8xr5si9y
Жыл бұрын
All the QoL updated are definitely nice but I still think that games like the new MW2 and other such games just can't handle themselves that well because the lack of content. Sure there is quite a bit to do but it doesn't even have party game modes of any sort. I just hate that newer games these days (especially triple A games) tend to cut most of the content out of the initial release only to release it at a later date. I'm fine with live service it just shouldn't come at the cost of having to wait a year or two just to finally get a beloved party gamemode that came with previous releases from the get go. I also dislike that every game these days apparently needs to have skill based matchmatking (not just cod) but that's a different story. In the past like 3-4 years Indie games seem to have done so much better. Two personal good examples I can think of are Phasmophobia and Road 96. They aren't overly huge but really well made for the lack of recources compared to big companies.
@brumby92
Жыл бұрын
Don't scare me like that Garbaj. I thought stalker 2 was getting shut down.
@paulaccuardi9071
Жыл бұрын
It will be shut down someday if it requires an internet connection.
@HypeLozerInc
Жыл бұрын
@@paulaccuardi9071 lmao, yeah basically impossible to shut down stalker
@vapanait
Жыл бұрын
It hasn't been 3-4 years. It's been 2 years
@Tombsar
Жыл бұрын
Right. It was declared a pandemic a bit under 3 years ago (March 2020), and the effects of quarantine and self-isolation on gaming trends came later on.
@JellyLancelot
Жыл бұрын
We saw it in GPU’s. They are playing the market like it’s pandemic time still. It’s insane. Execs live in coocoo land and don’t think past next week. For better or worse.
@endermaster08
Жыл бұрын
I mean there was a chip shortage but that has mostly ended and the prices are still outrageous.
@sneakycactus8815
Жыл бұрын
That is precisely what Jelly said
@somavekony5436
Жыл бұрын
Love the anomaly gameplay in the background!!!!
@B_dev
Жыл бұрын
good analysis presented succinctly thank you garbaj :)
@slapfishs
Жыл бұрын
love your videos man keep it up
@greenjp779
Жыл бұрын
I think that this is a really good explanation for what's happening and can see your logic. I've never thought about it before but I wouldn't be surprised if you're right about it
@RadChild13
Жыл бұрын
I think its not the number of titles but rather that they were almost all live service games. If they had all been singleplayer titles I don't think this would happen because you wouldn't expect people to play for more than 40 hours after purchase.
@fletcherst-germain6608
Жыл бұрын
Good analysis!
@johnsiegmund7504
Жыл бұрын
Love the Stalker gameplay in the background! Anomaly?
@goofyaahhhhh
Жыл бұрын
What game is you playing in the background?
@ste4lth35
Жыл бұрын
Stalker Anomaly
@mrROAR104
Жыл бұрын
looks like stalker most likely
@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer
Жыл бұрын
Stalker Anomaly, what pains me the most is he is playing the vanilla game with no mods, but i guess the vanilla game is okay too
@reethardio6432
Жыл бұрын
@@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer anomaly isnt a game its a mod itself
@reethardio6432
Жыл бұрын
@@harpernicholson1 play through the actual original games first. stalker anomaly is a standalone mod pack that is vastly different from the originals. if you dont want to play the originals due to how old and jank they are just understand that anomaly isnt that similar to stalker outside of a few aspects
@fetmar
Жыл бұрын
I really think that summer of 2020 was a renaissance for online multiplayer games. I never had more fun. I don't think I ever will. I don't think that many regular people (non-gamers/new gamers) will come together like that again. It was a cultural phenomenon. Now it's back to mostly kids and pros. It's... less and less my scene these days. After a day of surviving it was truly healing to come back to Verdansk and connect with my brother. It's just not the same anymore.
@freevbucks8019
Жыл бұрын
Renaissance? Renaissance where? It's all dark ages from 2015 to 2023. Now is the renaissance, hopefully.
@fetmar
Жыл бұрын
@@freevbucks8019 hahaha, valid point. I took a break from games from about 2005 to about 2019
@kotasake
Жыл бұрын
@@freevbucks8019 yes in terms of player numbers and variety of gamer he is correct.
@CL-rm6sb
Жыл бұрын
"After a day of surviving" lol, amazing
@domagojgalekovic8507
Жыл бұрын
In 2020 me and my friends were all jobless more or less, we were doing two things, drinking in our vineyards or playing Hunt Showdown/ Tarkov/Sea of Thieves/Destiny 2/ Project Zomboid/ Valheim / Shitty horror games on a weekly basis etc The lockdown was some of the best times we've had simply because we did not work at the time.
@sounddrone8
Жыл бұрын
You surely love that tree my guy, also interesting update on the industry.
@lilfeccibraemusic
Жыл бұрын
I love your take on this
@ziphy_6471
Жыл бұрын
games are cool.
@aristotlekaiser6974
Жыл бұрын
Hot take
@BadPiggiesGamer9
Жыл бұрын
Are they 🤔
@-adogwithsoda-8102
Жыл бұрын
My dad is a computer programmer and he is having trouble getting a job with all of these companies laying off workers they don’t need. Even with 20 years experience in the industry
@frenchthebeast
Жыл бұрын
the backround footage is so nice
@psychotic2563
Жыл бұрын
The thumbnail scared the shit out of me because i thought that dayz is gone
@atomica0914
Жыл бұрын
Does that look like Day Z lol
@awakenedb7256
Жыл бұрын
This is the first time seeing a youtuber play stalker in the background. Welcome to the zone STALKER...
@pillyphilly6973
Жыл бұрын
What's that game you're playing in the background
@blueberet0
Жыл бұрын
looks like stalker
@KoalaKrush
Жыл бұрын
Probably S.T.A.L.K.E.R
@edgarpledge6916
Жыл бұрын
It’s because interest rates are skyhigh, game publishers are businesses and they have a lot of debt on their books they need to pay interest on, so they’re tightening up with layoffs and consolidation. Sometimes people get a little too narrow with their theories about the gaming market
@sayftysayfty4228
Жыл бұрын
I think you're right here, especially considering that Battlefield Mobile has also been discontinued, and precisely because of your reasoning. They wanted to build more on Battlefield 2042 and the mobile spin-off didn't fit into the Battlefield vision EA has now. On the other hand, Call of Duty Mobile works very well.
@thomasstewart1380
Жыл бұрын
Not really relevant to the topic, but just a fun fact: An Xbox controller can connect to your phone via Bluetooth and be used for COD Mobile. Do with that what you will.
@Mattrk698
Жыл бұрын
Another reason is that they are probably to scared to be busted by a new indie game called Booty Blastin'
@peesafpayper9688
Жыл бұрын
Another reason is not having a solid community. Apex mobile cant compete to the online communities Codmobile, pubgmobile have made. There are many yt channels and subreddits dedicated to these games. Genshin impact releases an update, and within hours there are millions of views on the youtubers covering it
@ea_naseer
Жыл бұрын
it was new though. genshin has been out for 2 years, so is cod and pubg has to be like 4 plus years.If EA thought they could achieve that in a year they were delusional.
@AYAKXSHI
Жыл бұрын
Not only that apex doesn’t have collabs also it’s graphic heavy so for phones that are from atleast 2015 wouldn’t even run it n thats bad considering its advanced movement
@PeppperOnii
Жыл бұрын
This is kind of similar to the video game crash of 1983: many low quality, low effort games and not enough players to play or even want them.
@Kevinaya
Жыл бұрын
I forgor to mention they shut down development of Battle field mobile as well
@arenomusic
Жыл бұрын
The Stalker Anomaly footage made me panic that this was about Stalker 2
@conwarlock3537
Жыл бұрын
Okay, so I'm definitely seeing your point here, and I have a question that is kinda related but also not: There are online games older than a decade which I'm pretty sure aren't really played any more(example Order & Chaos Online(2011 by Gameloft)) but the servers are still running even though I can't imagine those games still give revenue(electricity costs+servers that could be redidedicated vs in-game purchases which are prob near 0). So why ARE they still running? They're usually not even downloadble any more without use of APKs or similar.
@fordealisbad8569
Жыл бұрын
The servers could be hosted on a player’s phone
@conwarlock3537
Жыл бұрын
@@fordealisbad8569 Would that still make it possible to see other players in the world, and also: Wouldn't the whole world(big, big open world) need to be downloaded to the phone for that?
@andreitv9921
Жыл бұрын
@@conwarlock3537 I don't know much about the game, never played it but it really depends on the structure of the game, were the servers from the peak owned by the company? (like Apex or PUBG or something similar) or are the servers private (like Minecraft or Unturned) if it's the first option idk why they're still up, but if it's a private server, you could technically host it on a phone, and I believe a modern phone could easily have enough enough storage and RAM to host a small server of a game made in 2011
@fordealisbad8569
Жыл бұрын
@@conwarlock3537 nope only instructions on how to sync the clients together, the world would only be needed for the client as it needs to render it while the server doesn’t, that’s how it work for most games and I don’t see this game being an exception
@atomica0914
Жыл бұрын
@@fordealisbad8569 They probably forgot it exists lol
@wu_xin
Жыл бұрын
hey nice info. i subscribed
@stingfly974
Жыл бұрын
Love that you used stalker for background
@manuelka15
Жыл бұрын
As an insider from the industry, recently investment in risky businesses like entertainment has declined due to the (maybe) incoming recession. Truth is, things were looking bad before covid and we still don't know if the global economy will resist. The Ukraine war has also had an impact. Personally, I'm not too worried, the videogames business grows and shrinks but in the end it tends to go up. We will have to wait and see, if it turns out being really bad, videogames will be the least of our problems.
@watercat1248
Жыл бұрын
Yes I believe one off the reason is what you said on the video, however I believe that is more than 1 reasons like for example not many players Or need servers for other projects The are multiple factor's that may happen it's very hard to know the true reason this happens
@kane5645
Жыл бұрын
Ah, the wonders of Anomaly. Might be up there in the "Top 10 Time Sinks" alongside F:NV.
@snugpig
Жыл бұрын
rest in piece, Echo VR.
@vanci3449
Жыл бұрын
"A bunch" cites 1.
@simplepointstudio6210
Жыл бұрын
Battlefiled mobile is also one of them
@sigmachadtrillioniare6372
Жыл бұрын
@@simplepointstudio6210 every company thought they can make the same money as free fire and pubg mobile while giving 1/10th of the effort
@kaushikraikar1105
Жыл бұрын
People really underestimate mobile gaming. Here in India, a low end gaming PC is using Integrated graphics and high end is using something like 3050. So most people have no option but to play on mobiles because it's very difficult for them to get a good gaming PC or console from their parents.
@dun0790
Жыл бұрын
Funny that a lot of games that would probably suit battle passes dont really get them like for a new elder scrolls months after you get new quests and items or maybe counter strike
@DaSlowMotionPimpSlap
Жыл бұрын
I think your on to something plus the looming recession and collapse of the nft/crypto space that a lot of companies were looking to get a slice of probably is contributing to many projects getting canned, probably for the best really.
@FloridaManCrackAddict
Жыл бұрын
I think you hit the nail right on the head
@djriskykut
Жыл бұрын
I didn't think about it like that but it is a really good point i think also because of the energy price increases the cost of running servers would have doubled and if they are not selling enough micro transactions/battle passes etc, ppl aren't playing because they don't have the time so the game doesn't make a profit so they shut down the one that makes the least. I don't play Apex but isn't it also free to download? if so they don't even break even or make a profit on initial release either.
@hopelesslyoptimistic8231
Жыл бұрын
I think it has more to do with the upcoming recession. There less opportunities for risky ventures and many game companies are getting employees and cancelling projects. But this theory could also be apart of it.
@BolGotronic
Жыл бұрын
Welp. I don't keep up with news Thanks
@NLxDoDge
Жыл бұрын
@Garbaj which STALKER mods are you using? Is this a modpack or something?
@brickpuncher1429
Жыл бұрын
And people wonder why I like single player and indie games more than total multiplayer ones.
@fartybeanboy3815
Жыл бұрын
Yup that’s probably what’s happening.
@chaliboy-wf7ol
Жыл бұрын
Not just that apex mobile was competing with pc/xbox apex, but EA also wasn't profiting as much from apex mobile. From what I've read up on, EA was spending around 6 to 10 million a month developing and running apex mobile, and they were profiting around 2 million a month, those two things were probably the main reasons for apex mobiles closure.
@R.SHIELD
Жыл бұрын
Actually the main reason was call of duty mobile had more content than apex mobile, and the battle pass price and content were good in codm than apexm. Besides all that cod mobile devs always listened to the community requests and did their best to achieve those requests while apex ignored them and caused their game to die (everyone stopped playing apex mobile because it was just badly optimized and devs weren’t listening at all they wanted money) to wrap it up no one was able to get a refund on the items they purchased (even on purchased items in the past 30 days were not refunded). And they recommended to spend all the premium currency before the shut down instead of giving refund. And many other EA mobile games went to shutdown because of dead servers (ex: battlefield mobile, real racing 4 project, nfs mobile…etc) in other words EA saw their bad quality games can’t fit in the mobile market if some indie developer can do it 10 times better than them, so they gave up.
@ince55ant
Жыл бұрын
whole thing sucks like ideally any game shutting down would just release the server code and let fans host their own games, but this creates vulnerabilities in still running games if theres a shared exploit. maybe if anti-cheat and user privacy stuff was modular and could be replaced with an open source standard or something...
@AndreasMiller1
Жыл бұрын
The reason they don't release server code probably has more to do with that they don't want people playing games they're not making money from. They want people to play their new releases instead.
@GatorGoob
Жыл бұрын
Could also do with massive layoffs-essentially canceling projects or stopping living ones to save money.
@raeesronaldo
Жыл бұрын
Even in vr space, echo vr (one of the best vr e-sports game) was announced to shut down in that period of time
@DantheAuthor
Жыл бұрын
After working in production for a few years (broadcast, not games) I've developed a new perspective on things like this. Knowing that the two products are not linked (Mobile and the core game) it makes a lot more sense that it's a backend resource allocation issue and a lot less of a market manuever. I doubt EA cares about the long term health of their economy, or that they are worried that dollars customers put into Apex Mobile strikes against the core game... because a dollar is a dollar. However, it makes a lot more sense that companies are realizing that they are spreading themselves too thin and are consolidating their resources: Why pay for hundreds of employees, maintenance, and oversight on a side project that - while a net positive - isn't bringing home the big bucks? Big corporations don't give much thought to things like market saturation or customer appreciation - but they care a lot about things like shareholder meetings and major releases; shareholders like to see low overhead and concentrated spending on potent products, and major releases are demanding. Instead of EA looking at Apex mobile and striking it to make room for Apex to get bigger, it is highly likely that they either liquidated studio assets or consolidated them into other development efforts. Apex Mobile is probably making money, but how much manpower and creative effort is EA willing to sink into it? Probably not a lot. With the recession and people returning to work with desperation - the market has deflated. Everyone has been playing catchup with Fortnite, using the same tired Free-To-Play-Battlepass-Fear-Of-Missing-Out plan. What we're also seeing is a lot of these games (FTP BP FOMO) repeating what happened to MMOs back in the 2000's. WoW ate up the market and nobody could compete, because buy-in for this model is mutually exclusive - you simply can't have customers pay dividends to engage with your live service model. I don't disagree with what is being said in this video outright - but I do think that it's less about giant corporations looking for a healthier market due to deflation than it is that their money-trees are dying up and they have to refocus their efforts on more legitimate productions in the eyes of shareholders.
@geennaam2712
Жыл бұрын
what is the game you are playing on the background?
@adrielcamilo2564
Жыл бұрын
I'm a indie game dev, when the pandemic began I tought "This is my time", well I realise that I cannot simply print games, I'm just one person and if I want a fair chance I should do something perfectly calculated or I'll just pass as an simple indie game dev. Turns out the crisis just helped (in a big meaningfull way) big companies who can print games that sell even if only by hype.
@halfofmg394
Жыл бұрын
What game do you make? Can i check it out?
@drkclshr
Жыл бұрын
Same
@onesadtech
Жыл бұрын
Bro I saw the title and recognized Anomaly in the thumbnail, and you had me super worried that someone starting protecting the IP of the original STALKER games and the mods were getting shut down. 😂
@daniellostlund
Жыл бұрын
I guess devs have been very busy the past few years. An upped graphical standard, new game development software and harder market competition. They needed to be creative, experimental and take risks, resulting in some good stuff but also a lot of learning.
@Splarkszter
Жыл бұрын
Devs have no fault, at the end of the day the ones making desicions is the management team.
@fananox2057
Жыл бұрын
Damn almost like we're in a recession
@erenaydin
Жыл бұрын
honestly i hate most of the live service games. but knockout city was different, the mechanics were soooo good for a live service game. its a shame that they are shutting down the servers.
@nicholash.7656
Жыл бұрын
Sounds about right.
@AzraelFPV
Жыл бұрын
I think the rise of the steam deck would also be relating to mobile gaming finally having some issues
@hcolider2817
Жыл бұрын
the steam deck has about roughly the same power as a gtx970, and it's comparatively quite cost effective. Thankfully this should mean that we're going to see some genuine competition between the PC and smartphone markets
@nertnyok9869
Жыл бұрын
Peace and love shall by over all
@Rugg-qk4pl
Жыл бұрын
It's such a shame that at least 20 years' worth of games as a service will be likely impossible for most people to try given enough time.
@kerem121
Жыл бұрын
dat recession
@rorylidster4844
Жыл бұрын
well also adding at the major lay-offs at most triple A studios there are multiple reasons for this but the less overall people gaming since the pandemic is def one of the main contributors to this
@larsrademakers6070
Жыл бұрын
Heroes and generals is also going down soon, it may have to do with power costs for servers, but im not too sure h&g was losing money for years, so im not sure
@JackalArtsmith
Жыл бұрын
Honestly it's definitely because of how many games have battlepasses now. It's gotten to the point where personally, I just don't play anything but one or two games if they have a battlepass each, and even then I'll just play the one I enjoy more because of it.
@Reman1975
Жыл бұрын
Ubisoft seem to happily cripple older games purely to try and push people into buying the newest game in that franchise. They'll kill off multiplayer servers, and disable purchased DLC's. The problem there is that the sort of person who still enjoys playing (For example) Farcry 3 10 years after it was released either loves something about THAT particular game, or possibly can't afford to update their hardware to play Farcry 4, 5, or 6. So they'll either not "Upgrade" to a newer version of the game because they can't run them, or won't upgrade because they feel angry that Ubisoft would "Steal" parts of their beloved game, and know they'll end up in the same boat again in a few years when Ubisoft want to push yet another new game in the franchise. Personally, I still succumb to the urge to play through either half-life, Blue shift, or opposing force at least once every couple of years, and the base game there is coming up on a QUATER OF A CENTURY OLD now ! I absolutely love those games, and bought each on CD within a week of the titles launching. But if I'd bought them digitally, and valve had decided to kill these games off to encourage me to play Half-Life 2 when it came out, I'm pretty sure my Steam account wouldn't by now have a couple thousand GBP worth of games in it.
@mahuba2553
Жыл бұрын
The fog is coming
@eyermatt
Жыл бұрын
probably has something to do with silicon valley bank
@ItsRagingRay
Жыл бұрын
i remember the whole Gamespy bit for PC gaming
@SonicTitan1620
Жыл бұрын
dang bro the video scared me i thought anomaly got shut down or something
@unbearifiedbear1885
Жыл бұрын
I really want a narrative driven Predator single player game!
@typhir5911
Жыл бұрын
A lot of the games that are shutting down are live service games and these companies are suddenly finding out that there aren't enough players who have the free time to play all of these live service games. Also, a live service game is essentially an MMO in all but name. Companies also need to constantly dedicate time and money towards developing content for these games, otherwise they will just die like Marvel's Avengers and Anthem. Cosmetics in their in-game store and a season pass is not enough to keep people playing, because people need to experience new things to do. Destiny 2, as much as I enjoy the game, is barely making do because Bungie at the very least adds in a new seasonal activity every season, but if you look at their forums and subreddit, even those dedicated players are getting bored of their seasonal formula. People have limited time to play games and we are not going to be playing every single live service game. It's about time for companies to realize this fact. This is why I am extremely skeptical about Sony's claim that they bought Bungie for them to develop a bunch of live service games, due to Bungie's mastery with the delivery model due to Destiny. However, I think this will backfire, because Bungie is only successful with Destiny because Destiny was a first mover in the live service industry. Nearly every live service game that tried to model itself with a "ten year plan" like Destiny originally did has failed within the first few months, much less a year. These companies only thrive off player engagement tactics like season passes, battle passes, and cosmetics shops. A good game is still a good game many years later. We still have people playing the first Super Mario game almost forty years since it launched. Chrono Trigger is still seen as the gold standard for JRPGs. Can we say the same for live service games twenty years from now? They may all be gone at that point.
@GTFour
Жыл бұрын
What game are you playing in the video?
@Mergrow
Жыл бұрын
what is the game that are you playing on this video?
@robertfrant7229
Жыл бұрын
Good hunting stalker
@rustyjames6131
Жыл бұрын
So, I work in AAA, and the last few years have been really brutal for mass layoffs and acquisitions. Especially with mobile games because you need a specific talent pool for that. Unlike PC/Console titles, the developers/sysadmins/etc who work on mobile don't get moved to another project if it fails because mobile was the reason they were hired in the first place.
@festumstultorum1462
Жыл бұрын
This may have to do with the new Directx 12 ultimate technology, which forces you to practically buy a new GPU, as well as the new requirements of video games, which makes me think that they may plan to do the same as with phones...every so often You will have to change your hardware and with this also buy software accordingly so only they win
@mik3lang3lo
Жыл бұрын
I came for the development updates and I stayed for the game news
@SeraSieghart
Жыл бұрын
I got too immersed in your S.t.a.l.k.e.r gameplay that I forgot that you're making video announcement. What faction are you on? I see you're friendly with Duty
@macrofurra
Жыл бұрын
It literally says hes loner lol
@RamRahim6969
Жыл бұрын
Quite simple. It simply doesnt compete in terms of gameplay and optimisation as compared to their competitors. Money and a lot of money is required for ample running of servers and staff responsible for the smooth curation of various features and regular updates for the games. When the game simply doesnt have enough runtime or revenue generation, companies tend to shut them down way before the trend, so as to avoid any decrease in the company total asset. The game is shut down to prevent it from being a liability to the company. Apex Mobile lacks far behind as compared to other competitors such as COD Mobile.
@corniyt6741
Жыл бұрын
What is the game in the background? Looks a bit like stalker but also not
@Rontsu
Жыл бұрын
its Stalker Anomaly
@corniyt6741
Жыл бұрын
@@Rontsu thx
@0Bennyman
Жыл бұрын
"Bunch of games" is apparently just Apex Legends Mobile
@redsnowleopard
Жыл бұрын
I just dont have the time, energy, or phone power to play a mobile game like that
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