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| From | candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action |
| Subject | Re: It's Hard To Blame Them... |
| Date | 2024-10-28 03:00 +0000 |
| Organization | the-candyden-of-code |
| Message-ID | <slrnvhtvdh.2np23.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <ki3qhj5c64orivs2uhje5bro55b5c2c9j7@4ax.com> <c73rhjp3lgdn74kem41108tv9bc2kunjf7@4ax.com> |
Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote at 00:49 this Sunday (GMT): > Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the > entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs > say: > >> >>So, there's some new information from Circana (a market research >>group; it's okay if you've never heard of them) showing the top-ten >>selling PC/console games from the last 23 years*. I put a list of the >>highest-selling games each year below. >> >>And, you know, looking at the list, I can't help but think. I give >>companies like EA and Ubisoft and BlizzaVision a hard-time for >>constantly putting out uninspired sequels year after year rather than, >>you know, investing in something new that might challenge gamers more >>than the same ol' pabulum... but at the same time, it's hard to blame >>them. >> >>People BUY that shit. Happily. Year after year. If you have the choice >>of pouring your heart and soul (and a lot of money) into a new project >>that may or may not be accepted by the masses versus some garbage >>project you can easily hack up without much effort, can you really >>blame somebody if they go the easy route? >> >>Triple-A publishers are a definite scourge on the hobby... but we >>gamers deserve a lot of the blame too. 12 years Call of Duty was the >>best selling game! No wonder the industry is in the state it is. >> >> >>2000 Pokemon Gold/Silver >>2001 Madden NFL 2002 >>2002 Grand Theft Auto Vice City >>2003 Madden NFL 2004 >>2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas >>2005 Madden NFL 2006 >>2006 Madden NFL 07 >>2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock >>2008 Rock Band >>2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 >>2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops >>2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 >>2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 >>2013 Grand Theft Auto V >>2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare >>2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III >>2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare >>2017 Call of Duty: WWII >>2018 Red Dead Redemption >>2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) >>2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War >>2021 Call of Duty: Vanguard >>2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) >>2023 Hogwart's Legacy > > I can happily announce I bought exactly *none* of these games. > > Oh wait, older games on list, vice city and san andreas I did buy. > > Interesting GTA 4 is not on the list, which since it would not install > cause of the need for MS's game service, that they fucking cancelled! > > GTA5 was never even an option. > > Never even thought about buying any of the Call of Shitty games. > > Xocyll I've technically played some of these bc my brother, but I never bought them. -- user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
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