Is this the fastest video game death of all time? Not even Lawbreakers died this fast.

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    13 days ago

    Every game executive and investor wants a Fortnight. That’s why no matter how many times gamers reject it live service games will continue to be developed. Because AAA games are made for investors not players.

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      When God of War was popular, they wanted a God of War of their own.

      When Call of Duty was popular, they wanted a Call of Duty of their own.

      When Overwatch was popular, they wanted a Overwatch of their own.

      When Fortnite was popular, everyone wants their own Fortnite.

      Rinse and repeat.

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        13 days ago

        I mean sometimes it works. Pubg was the big Battle Royale in town until Fortnite (as a battle Royale) came along. League of Legends too. The problem with Concord is it took about 6 years to come out so it couldn’t draft on the hot trend.

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        13 days ago

        It’s not like any game is completely original anyways. They all take inspiration from games that come before, some more than others.

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          13 days ago

          While that is true, the issue is that they are trend chasing for a quick cash grab and put in next to no effort to make the game good or listen to consumers saying that this isn’t what we want.

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      Problem with trying to get a Fortnite was that Epic was wanting to get it’s own PUBG after realizing that trying to get their own Minecraft was a failed endeavor. They quickly pivoted the game formula from a Minecraft type tower defense to a battle royale game.

      Concord should have seen the writing on the wall early on and pivoted it’s game into something else thats flavor of the month.

      • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        13 days ago

        Wait wasn’t the original concept for fortnite actually a wave based tower defence game? I remember being excited for that and then battle royal happened and I lost all interest.

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          13 days ago

          People paid for that original game too, it wasn’t free. I don’t assume they got refunded. It was basically a massive bait and switch.