Does anyone else find it weird that the time between releases of new games in AAA series is now over a decade, with possibly going on 15+ years for e.g. The Elder Scrolls?
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:05:36 JST Thomas 🔭✨ -
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Dave Alvarado (davealvarado@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:19:41 JST Dave Alvarado @thomasfuchs no, not really. The whole industry has moved to other monetization schemes like microservices. They don't need to release new titles to make money.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:20:26 JST Thomas 🔭✨ Here’s some timelines:
Diablo → Diablo II: 3 years
→ Diablo III: 12 years
→ Diablo IV: 11 yearsElder Scrolls I → Elder Scrolls II: 2 years
→ Elder Scrolls III: 6 years
→ Elder Scrolls IV: 4 years
→ Elder Scrolls V: 5 years
→ Elder Scrolls VI: est. 15+ yearsGTA I → GTA II: 2 years
→ GTA III: 2 years
→ GTA IV: 7 yeras
→ GTA V: 5 years
→ GTA VI: est. 12+ years -
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:20:57 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @xinjinmeng wow good luck with that
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䷰ Xīn Jīn Mèng 新金梦 (xinjinmeng@dragon.style)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:20:59 JST ䷰ Xīn Jīn Mèng 新金梦 Am still waiting for Half Life 2, Episode 3. So, no.
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ian (ianewing@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:24:38 JST ian @thomasfuchs real question is how many Elder Scrolls V releases have there been in those 15 years ;)
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Allan Chow (grumpasaurus@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:28:07 JST Allan Chow @thomasfuchs Diablo 3 had seasons and shit right. I stopped right before paragon levels became a thing
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:28:07 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @grumpasaurus D4 will have seasons as well
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:28:37 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @grumpasaurus the whole multiplayer thing in D4 honestly feels like an incomplete beta version
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:38:44 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @starfiend I feel like the pandemic was not helpful with this either
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Jens (starfiend@ruhr.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:38:46 JST Jens @thomasfuchs And the worst of all is: The older we become, the shorter these intervals appear to us. I catch me thinking: "A new Diablo/Zelda? Why already now? The last part had been released just a few years ago. Oh, wait..."
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