4 debates in Gaming
i've watched my steam library go from 90% single player to basically nothing as friends stopped playing anything solo, and every indie dev i know pivoted to live service garbage because that's where the money went. the genre didn't have to die but the industry decided it wasn't profitable enough.
Rockstar's track record with launches shows significant technical issues-GTA Online's economy has been plagued by broken mechanics and server instability for over a decade, suggesting the studio struggles with post-launch execution at scale. While the single-player campaigns are typically strong, betting everything on this being a "masterpiece" overlooks the very real possibility of a rocky launch that could disappoint
there's something about sitting on my couch with a controller that just feels right, and honestly, games like baldur's gate 3 run beautifully on my ps5 without me needing to tinker endlessly or spend another grand on upgrades.
i used to think specs mattered most until god of war ragnarök showed me sony's actually building worlds, not just hardware.