2 ms·
Besides the article being a bit behind the times ("Blizzard has turned World of Warcraft into a subscriber service", really, The Economist? You just discovered
by the_af 4y ago
Besides the article being a bit behind the times ("Blizzard has turned World of Warcraft into a subscriber service", really, The Economist? You just discovered WoW?), most of the games it mentions are the kinds of games I find uninteresting.
WoW, PUBG, "games that retain players", no thank you.
For me, it's all about self-contained single-player games with no subscription or DLC (which I ignore), and no grandiose longterm plans. I hate "seasons" in games or DLC or any attempt at retaining me. I vastly prefer small, innovative indie games.
- andy_ppp 4y agoI think them not understanding Gaming as well as the Hacker News audience is expected. This is true of loads of fields; football presenters for example make statements about clubs that their fans find to be regularly incorrect, but then how can one person stay updated to the same level of detail for all clubs that a fan does for one club? This happens everywhere.
- strken 4y agoFootball presenters are often former players, and they're seldom wrong on the same level as not knowing how the consumer fundamentals of how an MMO takes money from players. That seems like an error comparable to a presenter not knowing that football stadiums sell food.