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3ntranced, do games w Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Falls Out of the U.S. Top 20 Games for the First Time in Six Years - IGN

Breaking News: Gamers surprised to hear anyone still plays Mario Kart 8

SpookyUnderwear,

I am. Played pretty hardcore between 2014 - 2016. Didn’t realize it was still going strong.

smeg,

Speak for yourself, “gamer”, it’s the latest Mario Kart game, obviously we’re all still playing it. Have you gone back to Double Dash?

PobrePerformer,

The latest one is “Mario Kart Arcade GP VR” how can you call yourself a “gamer” if you don’t have four of these machines in your living room? Smh

smeg,

I actually built my own go-kart track next to a tortoise sanctuary and a banana plantation for the true experience, casual!

CrayonRosary,

Mario Kart Arcade GP VR

Does it come with a vacuum tube to collect the vomit?

3ntranced,

I just meant in the sense that it was in the top 20 games in the US. Of course its the most popular mario kart game at the time, but I had no idea people play it enough to generate a concurrent playerbase that large.

With the general lack of content beyond the initial unlocks/DLC and track packs, I wouldn’t think there was that many people playing essentially becomes a time trial game every day. Then again I play wow now so maybe I do understand.

smeg,

This is to do with sales, not any concurrent active player metric. Even if it weren’t though, Mario Kart is about playing with friends locally!

3ntranced,

Just need to get some friends…

smeg,

Everyone’s your friend when you’ve got Mario Kart! (Then you blue shell them on the line and you’re back where you started, worth it though)

charles, do games w Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Falls Out of the U.S. Top 20 Games for the First Time in Six Years - IGN
@charles@lemmy.world avatar

At some point, it’s had to hit full saturation.

sebinspace,

Fuck, even I bought the game, and I’ve been a simcade Forza/Gran Turismo addict for years, haven’t played MK since the N64.

It’s good. Really good.

p03locke, do games w Bungie CEO Claims Layoffs Were Due to Destiny 2 Underperformance - IGN
@p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Destiny 2 came out in 2017. Maybe make a new game, instead of trying to leech off of the old one for 6 years?

False,

You can’t even play the game from 2017 anymore

theyoyomaster, do games w Is Destiny 2 Still Worth Playing in 2023? - IGN

Nope. So glad I quit when I did and haven’t looked back. The more I see what it’s become the more I’m happy with my choice.

ManosTheHandsOfFate, do games w Sony Defends PS Plus Price Rises - IGN
@ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve been in Plus for quite a few years now. I used to be able to get it for $40 around Black Friday. That was an acceptable price. If I can get it for $60 this year I may re-up. There’s no way in heck I’m paying $80.

Zellith, do games w Final Fantasy 14 Player Becomes First to Earn All 2,000+ Achievements

That must have been mind numbingly boring.

InEnduringGrowStrong, do games w EA Sports FC 24 Players Say $30 Launch Week Loot Box Highlights Everything Wrong With Ultimate Team
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Classic cash grab, not too surprised.
Yet people keep buying these games.

loobkoob,

Despite some of the players complaining, a lot of the audience likes the pay-to-win mechanic. It's not a game funded purely by whales; a lot of average players will spend money on the loot boxes. "I like that it means I don't have to grind for ages, I don't have time for that" and "it feels like the sports trading cards I had when I was a kid" are a couple of the reasons I hear somewhat regularly. The idea that it could be designed to not be grindy in the first place doesn't even occur to them.

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Very true.
It’s also kinda sad.

The idea that it could be designed to not be grindy in the first place doesn’t even occur to them.

Orphan crushing machine vibes.

calewerks,

There’s also still a sizable chunk of the audience who doesn’t even engage with Ultimate Team, and just wants to play all of the other game modes.

whereBeWaldo,

I am trying to convince my best friend to not buy the same cashgrab game every year but my mans just can’t stop himself. At least he doesn’t partake in any microtransactions.

Binthinkin, do games w Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN

Poor management is the problem. Your overhead has nothing to do with us. You suck at business and cutting jobs is all you do.

Games are not worth more by any means. The market is saturated and AAA games release unfinished and you still make your profits and bonuses.

The problem are the elite shitbags who go to elite schools and get cherry picked by other elite shitbags who continue the cycle of enshittification of the world rather than hiring good hard working Americans within that KNOW their industry and the products where people like Tim Apple and whoever this Capcom CEO ding dong do not at all.

NutWrench,
@NutWrench@lemmy.world avatar

This. And customers are finally catching on that even AAA companies are using buyers to do their quality assurance for them.

Jagget, do games w Starfield Paid DLSS Mod Creator Hits Back at Pirates, Threatens to Add 'Hidden Mines' in Future Mods

www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/2751I like this one better. It even adds menu options

csolisr, do games w How Four Friends Built a ‘Hypercube’ to Play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Together in 2023

I wonder how accurate would it be to do this setup using Dolphin and four instances of mGBA instead of original hardware.

poke, do games w How Four Friends Built a ‘Hypercube’ to Play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Together in 2023

It’s a shame that the remake of this game removed some of the best aspects of it.

Sanctus,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

Its more than a shame, it ruined the replay value completely AND I can’t play it with my kids to get them into it without buying a switch for each.

eddanja,

Yeah I tried to play it with my girlfriend on the same switch, swearing it was multi-player but, no.

blacknails, do gaming w Unity Has Apologized For Its Install Fee Policy and Says It 'Will Be Making Changes' to It - IGN

If your game is not already in development. Forget this shit, use Godot.

Sylver, do games w Starfield’s Giant Pile of 20,000 Potatoes, Explained by Game Developers - IGN

To be honest, those potatoes falling out of the door really did look impressive.

Kolanaki, do games w Steam's Oldest User Accounts Turn 20, Valve Celebrates With Special Digital Badges - IGN
!deleted6508 avatar

One more year and my Steam account can legally drink and smoke. I’m taking it to Vegas!

delitomatoes,

You can start drinking at 18

queue,
@queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

In America, probably not. It’s 21 for all states due to a federal law. If a state has it lower than 21, they get way less funding for Federal high ways, as the bill was aimed to lower drunk driving.

paddirn, do games w Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance - IGN

In TTRPGs encumbrance seems to be the #1 rule that players conveniently forget about and GMs only ever seem to bring up when they want to fuck with the players. It’s probably one of the more annoying, unexciting aspects of TTRPGs to keep track of. I like the approach that BG3 has taken, you essentially have an unlimited Camp inventory, but your personal inventory is limited. Is it realistic? No, absolutely not, but neither are Bags of Holding, which are basically a GM’s way of throwing up their hands to say, “Fuck it, I’m not dealing with this shit anymore.”

conciselyverbose,

I'd guess less because they think it's any kind of better to allow unlimited inventory than it is because manually tracking it on paper is tedious.

It's not the same issue with a computer.

geosoco,

Absolutely, but video game designers actually amplify the issue by making so much useless shit able to be picked up and adding so many mechanics into a game, where as TTRPGs are often more focused. Starfield (or any bethesda game really) has hundreds of useless items that people can sell, random loot drops, and resources for multiple forms of crafting. It's a fantasy future where we could just let folks "teleport" to a private satellite storage facility or something similar to a bag of holding. Instead we just make gamers focus on inventory management which I doubt anyone finds "fun".

I think there's a delicate balance and I don't think we've hit it. I would love to see some data about how much time people spend doing inventory maintenance in the course of common RPGs. It's one of those modern things like making expansive worlds without fast travel that just feels unnecessary.

cyanarchy,

It’s really not any different from the mechanic as it’s been used in previous Bethesda titles. The soft limit of depleting my oxygen meter rather than hobbling my speed is a little more forgiving, particularly if I’m still picking through a free fire zone.

And once I learned that I could sell to stores directly from my ship hold, my problems kinda dried up. It’s mostly learning what things in the field are worth hauling back to town when it’s not the apocalypse and duct tape just isn’t that special.

geosoco,

Absolutely, but you still have to learn that and it's still work. Early on I had no idea how many credits "a lot". Their defense/damage system is arguably unnecessarily complex in a way that adds to this. Do I need more corrosion protection, radiation, airborne, or thermal? Does it even matter?

Even with some of the advances, it still like an artificial problem that doesn't actually make the game any better. It doesn't really add any difficulty or challenge, and it's certainly not "fun". There's still a lot of streamlining they could do.

Chailles,
@Chailles@lemmy.world avatar

You have no idea how long I kept rope in my inventory in BG3 thinking it’d actually be of use one day.

bouh,

It depends. There’s a fine line between managing logistic and soreadsheet grade chores. Managing logistic can be interesting and it can bring a lot to the game. But if it is merely checking boxes and numbers on a spreadsheet it’s a chore that’s better left out of the game.

Anticorp,

Zelda has a good system for this. You need to decide which weapons, shields, and bows you keep, but you have otherwise unlimited storage. It adds a degree of realism and management, without negatively impacting the gameplay.

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