Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: It's Hard To Blame Them... Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:40:29 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:40:34 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9c23c7c794eeeaf1eb8a9f0960201fa6"; logging-data="459938"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19LnYnhCHPyZXijlphTI5nY" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ux86voP6lPii63njAupGriIKjoM= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 3814 On 27/10/2024 01:49, Xocyll wrote: > Spalls Hurgenson looked up from reading the > entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs > say: > >> >> So, there's some new information from Circana (a market research >> group; it's okay if you've never heard of them) showing the top-ten >> selling PC/console games from the last 23 years*. I put a list of the >> highest-selling games each year below. >> >> And, you know, looking at the list, I can't help but think. I give >> companies like EA and Ubisoft and BlizzaVision a hard-time for >> constantly putting out uninspired sequels year after year rather than, >> you know, investing in something new that might challenge gamers more >> than the same ol' pabulum... but at the same time, it's hard to blame >> them. >> >> People BUY that shit. Happily. Year after year. If you have the choice >> of pouring your heart and soul (and a lot of money) into a new project >> that may or may not be accepted by the masses versus some garbage >> project you can easily hack up without much effort, can you really >> blame somebody if they go the easy route? >> >> Triple-A publishers are a definite scourge on the hobby... but we >> gamers deserve a lot of the blame too. 12 years Call of Duty was the >> best selling game! No wonder the industry is in the state it is. >> >> >> 2000 Pokemon Gold/Silver >> 2001 Madden NFL 2002 >> 2002 Grand Theft Auto Vice City >> 2003 Madden NFL 2004 >> 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas >> 2005 Madden NFL 2006 >> 2006 Madden NFL 07 >> 2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock >> 2008 Rock Band >> 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 >> 2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops >> 2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 >> 2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 >> 2013 Grand Theft Auto V >> 2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare >> 2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III >> 2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare >> 2017 Call of Duty: WWII >> 2018 Red Dead Redemption >> 2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) >> 2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War >> 2021 Call of Duty: Vanguard >> 2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) >> 2023 Hogwart's Legacy > > I can happily announce I bought exactly *none* of these games. > > Oh wait, older games on list, vice city and san andreas I did buy. > > Interesting GTA 4 is not on the list, which since it would not install > cause of the need for MS's game service, that they fucking cancelled! > > GTA5 was never even an option. > > Never even thought about buying any of the Call of Shitty games. > GTA 4 is the GTA game I have (I'm not including GTA 2) so the closest I get is I keep getting tempted by RD 2 not that, that's on the list either!