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I find it fascinating that you know about Mindustry but not Factorio. It's like being into block games but not know what Minecraft is.

• willis936 3y ago
  I don't like this analogy. Block games and industrial games all are absolutely and relatively unique. The relative success (and arguably quality) of minecraft compared to other block games is much higher than that of factorio relative to industrial games. This is mostly due to block games have much wider appeal than industrial games. All standout games in both categories were well thought out and required large effort from the creators.
  • Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
    I think you misunderstood the analogy. Knowing of Mindustry but not Factorio is like knowing Roblox but not Minecraft. It's like knowing Arch Linux, but somehow never hearing about Ubuntu.
    • willis936 3y ago
      It might make sense if Minecraft was only on Mac while Roblox was on Mac and Windows. You can only play factorio from a desktop while all manner of machine can play mindustry. There are entire audiences that do not game on PC.
      • BlueTemplar 3y ago
        Well, not anymore with Factorio on Switch since October 2022 (and of course, Steam Deck), but thanks, this was illuminating.
        • willis936 3y ago
          And what of the audiences that own no consoles but game on their phones? Non-mobile game sales are already a footnote by comparison. It should be little surprise that there are people who have not heard of factorio but have heard of mindustry simply due to what people are exposed to. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/455655/digital-game-revenue-category-digital-market-outlook-usa https://www.statista.com/forecasts/455655/digital-game-reven...
          • BlueTemplar 3y ago
            Huh, wow. Though the issue with this statistic is that it is counting in dollars rather than units, and you know how disproportionately mobile games seem to rely on microtransactions, and isn't that income heavily weighted by whales ?
            • willis936 3y ago
              There is nothing that immunizes console and PC games from the rise of microtransactions. I would expect the relative effect to be similar. There are just many more phones than consoles.
              • BlueTemplar 3y ago
                Maybe, maybe not, but it's just a fact that currently PC & console games are still much more upfront payment compared to mobile games.