I am 30. I have a full time job. I am married. My wife and I have a son.
I still love gaming. I love both single and multiplayer games but as an adult I rarely have time to spend sitting in front of a multiplayer game I can't pause.
Here are some of my main concerns in no particular order:
Most of these half-assed multiplayer modes get played for a few weeks then get abandoned by people. So even if I wanted to play the multiplayer, by the time i get to... or if i don't buy the game on release day for $60, there is almost no one online playing anymore. this leads me to...
Too many multiplayer games dilute the player base for all multiplayer games. The player base gets split every time another multiplayer game comes out since time gets devoted to these new games (for at least a little while anyway)
I need something I can pause so I more often than not stick to single player games or co-op games with friends who don't mind if I (or any one of us) need to step away for a few minutes.
I do play the COD games, that is in part because I like the frantic action. (I don't have much time to play so when I do play I want non-stop action for that hour or two i get to play... i don't want to run across a 5 mile map or wait at respawn screens for long periods of time). Plus, there is a large active user base so I know I can jump in any time over the course of a 2 - 3 year period and get to play the game I spent $60 bucks on.
Online trophies/achievements ensure that people only play for the trophies. Once the trophies have been gotten... they move on. COD games don't have multiplayer trophies... people play them because they are good.
I love both multiplayer and single player games, but yes... there are too many multiplayer games and it is a problem. I would prefer a great single player game over multiplayer any day. I don't need more than 1 or 2 good multiplayer games.... the other multiplayer modes for all these games just adding to the bullet point on the box... i just don't play them.
as a developer i absolutely loathe everything about flash. regardless of the reasons, some valid, some not so much, if it helps make flash go away then its a win/win as far as i am concerned.
i don't care for the finger pointing and childish bickering amongst billionaires for more billions... but flash needs to die, IMHO.
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I am 30. I have a full time job. I am married. My wife and I have a son.
I still love gaming. I love both single and multiplayer games but as an adult I rarely have time to spend sitting in front of a multiplayer game I can't pause.
Here are some of my main concerns in no particular order:
Most of these half-assed multiplayer modes get played for a few weeks then get abandoned by people. So even if I wanted to play the multiplayer, by the time i get to... or if i don't buy the game on release day for $60, there is almost no one online playing anymore. this leads me to...
Too many multiplayer games dilute the player base for all multiplayer games. The player base gets split every time another multiplayer game comes out since time gets devoted to these new games (for at least a little while anyway)
I need something I can pause so I more often than not stick to single player games or co-op games with friends who don't mind if I (or any one of us) need to step away for a few minutes.
I do play the COD games, that is in part because I like the frantic action. (I don't have much time to play so when I do play I want non-stop action for that hour or two i get to play... i don't want to run across a 5 mile map or wait at respawn screens for long periods of time). Plus, there is a large active user base so I know I can jump in any time over the course of a 2 - 3 year period and get to play the game I spent $60 bucks on.
Online trophies/achievements ensure that people only play for the trophies. Once the trophies have been gotten... they move on. COD games don't have multiplayer trophies... people play them because they are good.
I love both multiplayer and single player games, but yes... there are too many multiplayer games and it is a problem. I would prefer a great single player game over multiplayer any day. I don't need more than 1 or 2 good multiplayer games.... the other multiplayer modes for all these games just adding to the bullet point on the box... i just don't play them.
as a developer i absolutely loathe everything about flash. regardless of the reasons, some valid, some not so much, if it helps make flash go away then its a win/win as far as i am concerned. i don't care for the finger pointing and childish bickering amongst billionaires for more billions... but flash needs to die, IMHO.