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"Far more people are playing UT99 than in the past as you just need to download it there and play it." This is laughably untrue. But mostly this article just
by ofcourseyoudo 1y ago
"Far more people are playing UT99 than in the past as you just need to download it there and play it."
This is laughably untrue.
But mostly this article just says "old good games are old and good". It's nice that they run on anything, but comparing the current slate of new-ish games against... the entire history of PC gaming, I actually think new games are doing just fine:
- Fortnite
- Apex Legends
- Valorant
- Overwatch
- COD
- League
- Dota 2
- Roblox
Heck there are still people playing Phasmophobia.
- cempaka 1y agoAt first I did a double take because I thought you said there are still people playing Phantasmagoria.
- Ekaros 1y agoWell 1 person just now running the game. And 3 simultaneously today... Does 3 count as people? Steam's statistics are kinda wild at times.
- adwf 1y agoNot agreeing or disagreeing with your point, just adding info for context: Fortnite: July 25, 2017 (Battle Royale mode launched September 26, 2017) Apex Legends: February 4, 2019 Valorant: June 2, 2020 Overwatch: May 24, 2016 Call of Duty: 2003, Annual release League of Legends: October 27, 2009 Dota 2: July 9, 2013 Roblox: 2006 (initially as DynaBlocks, rebranded to Roblox the same year) Blame Claude 4 if any date is wrong...
- leecommamichael 1y agoI will not blame an LLM, I will blame your laziness for repeating a message you didn't verify.
- johnisgood 1y agoI know, right?! People misuse a valuable tool and blame the tool for it.
- eterm 1y agoVery few of those games you've listed are new games. Newer than cs 1.6, sure, but very few of them are under 5 years old. Fortnite: 2017 Apex legends: 2019 Valorant: 2020 Overwatch 2016 COD: Not sure which version you're talking about. League: 2009 Dota 2: 2013 Roblox: 2006 So from your list, only COD is under 5 years old, and even that might not be depending which version you're talking about!
- johnb231 1y agohttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1at1k7qIo5dgPp6K1aCrYIyAgNOjY-IhF/edit?gid=1774166863#gid=1774166863 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1at1k7qIo5dgPp6K1aCrY...
- margalabargala 1y agoSeveral of the games in your list are well over a decade old. How old is too old to be "new"?
- thaumasiotes 1y ago"New" means you're dependent on an official server.
- superkuh 1y agoI don't think any of those have private servers that you can run and host games in. They're all far too dependent on microtransactions and in-game-purchased items to implement that kind of robust and long lasting system. They will die because of this as soon as they are not profitable. Oh, and Overwatch is dead and unplayable. Blizzard unilaterally killed it despite people wanting to keep playing. There is overwatch 2 but that is not the same game.