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The games industry is undergoing a 'generational change,' says Epic CEO Tim Sweeney: 'A lot of games are released with high budgets, and they're not selling' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 111 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Has nothing to do with ‘generation’ anything and everything to do with bean counters. The fact that Minecraft is still beating them all is everything they need to know but refuse to listen to.

[–] Mora@pawb.social 15 points 2 months ago

Investors be like: "MineCoins you say🤔"

[–] credo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They don’t mean boomers, millennials, etc. When you consider games from Atari, to genesis, to 360, to what we have now with microtransactions and season passes after unloading $60+ for a premium game, there are clear “generational” divides.