Ok it's not my imagination, this is an absurdly heavy year for killer games, right? Feels like everyone ran out of money and had to YOLO it or something? - ThreadSky

glassbottommeg.bsky.social • 34 days ago

Ok it's not my imagination, this is an absurdly heavy year for killer games, right?

Feels like everyone ran out of money and had to YOLO it or something?

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palmettobling.xboxplaydates.org•34 days ago

It's buck wild out here, y'all.

kaynsd.itch.io•34 days ago

I thought everyone was burning everything they had before GTA6 arrives to steal all the oxygen from the room

memeticgoetic.bsky.social•34 days ago

White Knuckle early access a week ago, major Tamriel Rebuilt update dropping real soon, Deltarune 3+4 in June, Silksong hopefully around the end of the year...

Even though I only stick to indies, I'm pretty much set for the entire year.

luthamahtin.bsky.social•34 days ago

last year was great too. we are just rollin in good games rn

cj-cregg.bsky.social•33 days ago

You've heard of recession pop, now get ready for recession indie video games

thedrey.bsky.social•34 days ago

2023-level for sure, just less big IP AAA stuff so far.

Thres still All Switch 2 stuff, DS2, Ghost, Maybe GTA, Maybe Square and Capcom announce something for summer...

Deltarune, Ubeatable, Witchbrook still cooking on the indie space too

BANGER

glassbottommeg.bsky.social•34 days ago

Given that we know funding dried up and we know the industry is shrinking etc, feels safe to call this year the peak of indie industry?

Cus we're never gonna see a year like this again

Half these games did have deals, and won't be able to replicate them- heck Mighty Yell is layoffs prelaunch, even

antonhand.bsky.social•34 days ago

Oh yeah. This is the 'enjoy it now, because it's already gone' year.

getter7seven.bsky.social•34 days ago

It will still take A Lot to eclipse last year, but at the growing rate and societies continuing to wildly fray---Yeah, Probably.

glassbottommeg.bsky.social•34 days ago

Ooohhh, this is an interesting take. Maybe?

Guess it'll be hard to tell until we're through it. https://bsky.app/profile/kaynsd.itch.io/post/3lnj7b4qihs25

luchalutra.bsky.social•34 days ago

I don't think it was as stacked as a year or two ago, but the offerings from the first quarter of this year alone can easily eclipse it. I mean I literally got sequels to two of my favorite games from this year! Two months I get Death Stranding 2, and I got KCD2. So that alone makes it a beast year

washoutk.bsky.social•33 days ago

Same thing is happening in the toy collecting hobby, the toy companies are just dumping stuff that we thought would take years to release, and the release schedule is ramping up, not down.

tomderoeck.bsky.social•34 days ago

fucking hope not because thatd mean the arsehole investors think that they can squeeze out creativity by denying funding

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