![]() Just this week, in an interview, EA blamed Battlefield players for the utter failure of Battlefield 2042, stating that players didn't "understand" its specialist system - a change the firm only made as an excuse to sell character skins. ![]() But the execution on some of these trends has been piss poor. I get it, it's a business at the end of the day, and CEOs and hedge funds have yachts they need to finance. Games like Fortnite, Genshin Impact, and other service-type games have publishers rubbing their hands together greedily exploring how they can debase their existing franchises and their fans to side-step into these lucrative trends. The past few years has seen the industry tie itself in knots chasing the next big thing. (Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central) Can Baldur's Gate 3 influence positive industry change? ![]() I don't feel like faux-urgency FOMO-inducing time-limited battle passes respect my incredibly limited free time, particularly if they're so light on actual content as is the case with Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and other recent battle passes I've explored.īaldur's Gate 3 came at exactly the right time, to that end, and the differences in the business model are stark. I've found myself feeling soured on the experience and ultimately dropped Diablo 4 altogether. Getting Diablo 4's battle pass into circulation seemed more important to Blizzard and its shareholders than actually making sure it was, well, ready. Whatever the reason, it's easy for cynics (like myself) to assume cost-cutting and profit chasing is to blame. Blizzard rushed out Diablo 4's first season without so much as a public test realm, side-stepping its own previously-established conventions. ![]() There are tireless examples, but as a recent one: Diablo 4 has been criticized heavily recently for launching its first season almost entirely without user input, resulting in a heady backlash that has seen the player base fall off. Unlike a lot of modern games, Larian dared to build the game in early access, with the franchise's long-established community. ![]()
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