Yep there a bunch of industries like this. Food delivery and Streaming services too, completely decimated.
Now that the bottom is dropping out they all have themselves to blame.
Could've kept prices lower, could've prevented scalping, could've treated devs better, could've shipped games in a working state, could've prevented fracturing the market with a bunch of storefronts, could've not turned everything into GAAS, could've not censored games, could've not made them lame and gay.
Some studios and publishers quickly fixed their mistakes with patches and whatnot and those efforts should be praised but overall it just feels too little too late.
Sony is now messing up Helldivers II, making a PSN account mandatory, something that the Steam player base just doesn't like.
I think it's not the one thing but merely a thousands cuts that make folks less excited about new releases and gaming in general. People are legit surprised when games launch in a perfectly working condition.
And it's really weird when you stop to think about it, development tools are better than ever and there are basically no technical/storage limitations to make any game unlike during the days of the Saturn and N64.
Now that the bottom is dropping out they all have themselves to blame.
Could've kept prices lower, could've prevented scalping, could've treated devs better, could've shipped games in a working state, could've prevented fracturing the market with a bunch of storefronts, could've not turned everything into GAAS, could've not censored games, could've not made them lame and gay.
Some studios and publishers quickly fixed their mistakes with patches and whatnot and those efforts should be praised but overall it just feels too little too late.
Sony is now messing up Helldivers II, making a PSN account mandatory, something that the Steam player base just doesn't like.
I think it's not the one thing but merely a thousands cuts that make folks less excited about new releases and gaming in general. People are legit surprised when games launch in a perfectly working condition.
And it's really weird when you stop to think about it, development tools are better than ever and there are basically no technical/storage limitations to make any game unlike during the days of the Saturn and N64.