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Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote at 00:49 this Sunday (GMT):
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> 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.
>
> Xocyll


I've technically played some of these bc my brother, but I never bought
them.
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