Online popularity killing gaming.

[sarlndr]

Re: Online popularity killing gaming.

True, but they were easily able to afford the license long before Ultimate Team.

That's right.

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[sarlndr]

Re: Online popularity killing gaming.

I'm with you. Since I moved to the Philippines, the internet is just terrible for me so I went from a heavy online user to single player the last 5 years. It takes days to download one game so I don't even attempt online gaming.

What's good is that I'm building a PC and went on Steam and there's a ton of single player games that will keep me busy for years and I'll get them dirt cheap when I'm ready to play them.

My backlog is so huge now that I'll stop buying new games, minus nba 2k and just enjoy the great games that came out a year or two before.

Maybe a suggestion is to be open to try a new genre that you never played and that can open up a big catalog of games you can try at a discount.

I just moved from the Philippines. The internet is bad, especially if you want to go digital but I never had a problem with playing games online. Maybe you're out in the provence or something. I was in Metro Manila during my stay.

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[mgoblue]

Re: Online popularity killing gaming.

Ubisoft is kinda moving to games as a service....GR Wildlands, that new pirate game...

I don't mind it, but just hope normal single player games don't go away. I find those to be way more fun than online based now.

[redsox4evur]

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True, but they were easily able to afford the license long before Ultimate Team.

True but the values of these leagues have doubled, if not tripled, since UT modes have been a thing.

[RockinDaMike]

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I just moved from the Philippines. The internet is bad, especially if you want to go digital but I never had a problem with playing games online. Maybe you're out in the provence or something. I was in Metro Manila during my stay.

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Yes, definitely in the province. El Nido Palawan. Hopefully I can bounce back between here and Manila once my business is like a well oiled machine.

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[Jgainsey]

Re: Online popularity killing gaming.

This is certainly an issue when it comes to sports games. I think that is almost undebatable at this point.

That being said, I can hardly keep track of all of the stellar offline experiences I've had just in this last generation of consoles.

I'm still endlessly chipping away at both Zelda: BOTW and Witcher 3. Before that there was Uncharted, Far Cry, Metal Gear 5, Watch Dogs 2, Horizon, Fallout 4, Bloodborne, Resident Evil 7, Tomb Raider, etc...

And that doesn't even include probably a dozen or so really enjoyable indie titles that I have sunk time into as well.

This reminds me of the storyline that was popular before the release of the PS4/xbone. That console gaming was dead and the future was going to be dominated by mobile. And now I guess online is going to kill offline..

If the big AAA open world/story driven offline game is in trouble, then I dunno... this is my kind of trouble. I can't even come close to keeping up, and the undeniable quality of many games has been remarkable.

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[Armor and Sword]

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I have so many games still yet to play that are amazing offline single player mode games.

So many.


In Sports games.....yeah online is hindering the offline franchise mode somewhat. But even so. I am still having robust offline franchise modes with Madden and The Show.

I have enough meat and potatoes in those modes plus using my own imagination to have a great time.

I am not agreeing that online is killing the offline gaming experience.

Not really man.

But online sports is very popular and resources are being allocated to those modes. And rightfully so. They are hugely popular and it is a business first and foremost.

But we still have our franchise modes and they are for the most part highly playable and function. But all offline franchise modes always had bugs, instances of poor AI.

This is nothing new. But Sports games have never ever been better than they are today. Not even close. I can’t play PS2 games anymore for the most part. The gameplay is so inferior.

Not even close.

[Money99]

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I would agree with the OP.
My kids are playing games now and I'm not sure they've ever touched a single-player mode since they enjoyed Lego games as very young children.
Everything they play now is online.
They're simply not interested in storylines. They want to fire up the PS4/Xbox, grab a controller and shoot some rando in the face.

It's probably one of the reasons I don't game at all anymore.
There are fewer and fewer games geared towards games like myself.

Sports games are getting terrible.
AI and gameplay are being pushed aside for modes which promote micro-transactions.
Being a former fan of EA's hockey game, the NHL series is horrendous in this regard.
It's been the same AI for a decade now. And not in a good way.
Meanwhile, HUT is continuously being tweaked and massaged.

[Gagnon39]

Re: Online popularity killing gaming.

This. This. This. 100%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwwrChQ-Vw

[JoshC1977]

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I have never played an online game mode against or with another user (nor will I) and I have more games to play than I can possibly get to and finish unless I retire now and new games are coming out every day that build this library. Even the new Star Wars Battlefront game is going to have a single-player campaign which I am seriously stoked about.

I loathe online gaming (especially what it is doing to sports games), but I, in no way, shape, or form feel like my hobby of offline gaming is dying.

[mestevo]

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Gaming is changing with the culture IMO, it's just moving away from what some of us wish it were.

[TheWarmWind]

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Gaming is changing with the culture IMO, it's just moving away from what some of us wish it were.

I think it's just expanding, which is always a good thing.

Problem is, owners and investors rarely are in touch with the market. They look at raw numbers, then commit to those numbers without second thought.

Numbers have shown a vast growth industry in online games, free-to-play model, and micro-transactions, so investors are making a push in that direction. This of course has massive impact on the direction most games go since you can't make the game without the capital.

However, there is a push back against this trend in production, and smart investors will stand up and take notice at the success of recent games Horizon: Zero Dawn and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. They could take the wrong things away from those successes, and many of them will because let's face it these people are idiots when it comes to reading the marketplace, but a few at least will understand, and their successes will in turn motivate more change to even out the spectrum of gaming.

My main fear isn't that good single player games will disappear. Even if they did they would eventually come back stronger than ever. My fear is that franchises I love, specifically Red Dead Redemption and MLB The Show, may become victims in the interim.

Just please don't target the Devs. Devs have to deliver what they are payed for. Even if RDR and the Show go full bore online, I doubt it would be thanks to the Devs. If you have to target anyone, target the publishers, who in this case would be Take2 and Sony.

Of course it's only a fear. Would love to be proven wrong, and I'll approach this from an "innocent until guilty" angle as opposed to attacking those specific brands right now.