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Games Revenue Hit a Record $201.6 Billion in 2025 — But Developers Keep Getting Laid Off (wccftech.com)
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[–] SitD@lemy.lol 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

honestly it's inevitable if the whole industry is optimizing for "engagement". basically less games with more mtx. you didn't need many devs to create paypig slop

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Fortunately for us, we still have 50+ years of games that are still mostly available in one form or another.

I’ll be perfectly happy playing 16-bit games until I die