The answer is capitalism. The answer is always capitalism.
Is anyone actually saying this tho
Unfortunately gamers are too treatbrained to say it so no
While I don't disagree with the video, I feel it focuses too much on the modern AAA scene, which, of course, is all about chasing the money. If you're after big shiny AAA games, then yes, there are a lot of disappointments. However, on the other side, I think indie gaming has never been better. It just requires you to care about smaller games that aren't AAA stuff.
This is what I always feel when people complain about the state of video games.
Yeah, some of us grew up blowing dust out of cartridges and we'd have 5 games per year. There are hundreds of thousands of indie games catering to every taste, many of them are really good. Not every game needs to be AAA slop.
So many youtube videos like this, with nerds myopically focused on AAA trash failing to acknowledge that indie games are fucking awesome rn.
It's the same thing with movies. Everyone complains about how everything out of Hollywood is garbage, but there are so many good indie/artsy films out there.
I feel like every video game channel on YouTube has made this video lmao
Games are still fun.
You just have to ignore every AAA or tradpub game. Indies and solo devs.
Currently rotating between outpost, helldivers, god of weapons, Cepheus Protocol, crosscode, Kenshi, adaca, hunt, signalis.
Lots of good stuff happening right now.
Videogames never had a chance. It's too impure of an art to stand the test of time, too intertwined with consumerist technology fetishism and too good at being psychologically manipulative skinner boxes and too bad at being anything else. I'd gladly sacrifice every game I ever liked to get rid of the scourge that is mobile and live-service games slowly lobotomizing anyone who plays them.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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