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In the last 5-7 years I've noticed that mobile games have devolved info always online p2w shit

What the fuck happened?

The only good games on phone are now emulators and a few Foss games

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[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm fairly sure those were paid tho

[–] kd45@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

True, but I would rather buy a dozen quality $0.99 games with high replay value (still fun 13+ years later) than several dozen “””free””” ad-filled games that constantly bug you for a $3.99/week subscription to get more BullshitCoins

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean the high quality paid games are still around, and I'm reasonably sure new ones are still being made. They're not a lost art, just not as popular as free games

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They're making the same argument people make about music. There's plenty of good music out there of all genres. Radio just doesn't play it and you have to go out of your way to find what you like.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's just the wages of living in a huge postmodernist society that produces a vast amount of media. We no longer have centralized institutions (or rather they're losing relative importance) so you have to go looking through the depths of either recommendation algorithms or topical forums

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

I find that to be a good thing. The less centralized institutions that can control what we do the better. I say that while social media is the biggest it's ever been.