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As someone who usually plays only a very small amount of games for a very long time (MMOs and some others), what I noticed and also heard from others it's not e
by wink 3y ago
As someone who usually plays only a very small amount of games for a very long time (MMOs and some others), what I noticed and also heard from others it's not even that other games are not interesting or good, it's more like "I'm trying this new game and I'd say I'm having fun like 7/10, but I'd really rather be playing the game I just put down which would be like a 9/10". Not sure if that makes sense or applies to those people, if they really mean "100%" or more like "we saw them trying another game for 1h in a month and then they played 10h of CoD per week for 2 months" or even people not buying, but trying out other games at friends' places and then not buying them.
- autoexec 3y agoThat makes sense to me. Multiplayer games and MMOs in particular are satisfying in ways that a lot of other genres really aren't. A single player game might be fun, but your friends aren't there, and you have don't have the years of investment in your character and their progression. You also don't usually get the guilds and clans and forums and spreadsheets that can keep you engaged even out of the game. I recently finished a Final Fantasy game after more than 300 hours, so I can spend a lot of time on a single title myself and I absolutely have a few games I keep going back to when I want a break from the backlog. I think as long as people are trying out new things it's fine to fall back on familiar favorites. My worry was that these people were 100% CoD and nothing else which seems very strange and self-limiting.