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Eris Montez @erismontez.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

“Gamers aren’t buying games anymore.” says the triple A gaming studios who have started using AI, cut corners and various amounts of writers and illustrators who made their releases worth playing, and are just reusing and repackaging past titles… 🙄

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Richie Mythic @richiemythic.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

“gamers aren’t buying games anymore” And then “Anyway that new release will be one trillion dollars please”

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Mr. Spongecake @mr-spongecake.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Not all of them are triple-A. Some are QUADRUPLE-A like Ubisofppffftttthahaharoflmaooo sorry, I can't say that with a straight face.

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SomeoneBlue🇪🇺 @someoneblue00.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Don't forget about missing content, bugged content.

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Lokkol @lok-kol.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Fifa 69, the deluxe sex number edition.

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turey01.bsky.social @turey01.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Why would you want to buy which is over priced, poorly made and it insults the intelligence of its costumers? I am happy buying games from the 2000s. When gaming companies actually still cared.

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Lupin Quill's Drab Teal Experiment @drabtealexperiment.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I would simply not keep selling rust buckets with Ferrari stickers on them and complain that my industry is dying.

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Soyweiser @soyweiser.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

There is also the issue that for the price of one AAA title you can buy almost a year of a humble choice subscription. (A thing I don't think can be sustainable) the whole market is just weird.

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Yowie212🏳️‍🌈 @yowie212.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Could it also be that triple A games are being released broken and full of bugs?... While indie games are flawless and playable? 😆

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Protogenerated @protogenerated.one · 07/12/2025

I may use AI... I may like AI... I may be AI... But, I will NEVER... -Create real Art -Be better than humans -Be creative Even behind my AI Online Fursona persona, I still require a human brain. 🧠

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Soilent Archive @soilent.etheirys.social · 07/12/2025

Steam literally crashed this year because of silksong release lol

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Chronoss Chiron @chronosschiron.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

only defense is that A) hardware prices also have gone through roof at top end so devs are screwed to make good quialty now B) now that there are more unions and wages are up , things cost more but still when in 2018 it was shown that 60CAD was very profitable ......

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Hornswroggle @hornswroggle.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

... and are the most expensive games on the market.

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katie 💕☁️ • s0upcrave 🐈‍⬛️ • tstv n0v 10 truther @soupcrave.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

don't forget putting out games half-finished then releasing the rest a year later as DLC!

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SudoHero @sudohero.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

In addition to indie and small studio games, I still buy Sony's games. Cuz they're good. Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei were both great this year, no microstransactions, loot boxes, season passes, or other BS required. Capcom has also been pretty good, though Wilds was a bit disappointing.

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SudoHero @sudohero.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Seems like a lot of people are buying Silksong and Hades 2. Like a lot a lot. Wonder why?

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Arcade Owl @arcadeowl.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Indie games are amazing now too

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Lizzie 🏳️‍⚧️ @lizzellw.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I think it’s incredibly telling that the two frontrunners for game of the year this year are both indie games in the same year that the annual call of duty release has people saying it’s the death of CoD Game companies are not entitled to money, you want people to pay, make it worth it

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Justaminoraccount @minoraccount.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Yea, AAA games are not worth the high prices.

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linuxnerd @loonerlinuxnerd.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Some of the last videos Yahtzee did for the Escapist were savagely enumerating why Live Service models are unsustainable. I'm particularly offended by trying to turn a lore-heavy masterpiece like Marathon into another live service mess. Getting wrecked for asset theft was probably the best outcome.

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linuxnerd @loonerlinuxnerd.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgON... AI and cut corners are just a symptom. People are sick of live service and subscription crap.

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Gamers have stopped buying garbage, and AAA is confused.

YouTube video by Mugthief

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🌈✨️idfk✨️ @iidfkk.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I miss the days of disc drives and CDs. There was something so fun amd special about going to a store or rental shop and browsing the physical games

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isaidiwasawizard @isaidiwasawizard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Hey devs. Looks like a skill issue

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Like Disney saying no one wants original content anymore right as it’s sanitized and denuded movie flops and the unlikely-titled and original movie K-pop Demon Hunters becomes a world-wide phenomenon and the most watched anything in Netflix’s history.

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blackopsdrpepper12 @blackopsdrpepper12.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

thats what im saying

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Kristin Davidson {kxd} @kxd.dev · 07/12/2025

Gamers can't afford RAM or GPUs to play games anymore.

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Beer Barm @beerbarm.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Just to sit in my Steam library unplayed? Or because I haven't bought a $60 game since Borderlands 2?

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Bearence @bearence.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

This is true across all creative disciplines, and it's a lesson the folks in charge refuse to learn: if you don't care about what you create, neither will anyone else.

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henzington.bsky.social @henzington.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

There are so many good indie games. Graphics matter way less then a fun game

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I’m going to tell my wife I’m just supporting a dying industry the next time she accuses me (rightfully) of buying Xmas gifts for myself. Today it was “but sweetie, these are all under $15!!”

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RadioactiveNerf @radioactivenerf.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

BLOPS7 is pure shit, and I say that as someone who worked on numerous COD titles and who designed one of the most popular COD MP maps ever. Activision deserves every bit of derision that they are getting this year, because BLOPS7 is a minimum-effort joke that should embarrass anyone associated.

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The monk @pressxtodespair.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Gamers do buy games. They simply prefer to buy them at 93 percent off, bundled with eleven titles they’ll never install.

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Antifascist Raccoon @baileysnashoe.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

And who take feedback from their core customers, and totally ignore it.

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caiara.bsky.social @caiara.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I stopped too... I love games that are made with a heart. I dont need mass production just for the sake of pushing out a loveless product. So yes... ofcourse people dont buy what they dont want. And i hope more of us are in on that.

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Rebecca Bolton @rebeccainprint.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

My husband was playing his game and was doing an AI riddle part. The clues it gave were “summer, yellow, shaped like a hat, can be worn on head.” It was an eggplant 🙄 it has in no way made the game better

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Raptor @raptornx01.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

all this after years of micro-transactions, pay-to-win schemes, loot boxes, games getting released unfinished, forced online or pvp, etc.

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Bookhisattva @bookhisattva.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Real (as in PC) gamers are.

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A-A-Ron👾 @scrublordmcgee.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

And still charging $70-80 for them anyways

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Rick the Gaem Guay @ertrick36.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

AAA gaming has been on this spiral of continually evolving to be more dogshit, you’d be forgiven for mistaking that industry for a toilet

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YanaKaeVT @yanakaevt.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Then when a game like Expedition 33 comes out, "It's a fluke. A 1/1,000,000 moment." Or maybe actually developing games properly gets sales? XD

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Desamii 🇪🇺 @desamii.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I bought 2 games this year. I played 5 games this year (one free2play and 2 EarlyAccess I bought before). No AAA game so far. Even Anno117 is under suspicious observation. I am currently not sure if I will buy it, because they used AI the bad way.

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Methados (🔞 Artist) @methados.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Let's see, do I buy the indie game made with passion and skilled artists for $20 or the AAA AI Slop game with microtransactions for $80?

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PapaM @mikebyoung.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

To say the least of streamers playing the games to make money off of being as violent and murderous as they can ! Casual gamers just don’t stand a chance in this environment, and so don’t pay the price of admittance!

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metagross376.bsky.social @metagross376.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

They expect folks to pay 70 bucks for half a game, then an additional 30 bucks for DLC that should have been in the game to begin with

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UnbeGnomest @unbegnomest.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

More of us each year heed the ancient wisdom of Guybrush Threepwood.

Guybrush Threepwood and Governor Elaine Marley gaze into the distance, as Guybrush opines, "Never pay more than 20 bucks for a game."

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Joshua Wazowski @wazowskij2005.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

It’s because the AAA studios spend as much time abusing their customers as they do making games

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Steve @finescents.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Still waiting for the new GTA. lol

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Andre Kenji de Sousa @andkenbrbr.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Prices are too high, those games require hardware that's too expensive(A lot of PCs that can render 3D or edit 4k video without hiccups can't run modern games), they ignored young people for decades.

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Lauren @grobielauren.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Who can afford to buy games when the costs of rent, food, and other bills are so high?

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Dean Jones @djcube.co.uk · 07/12/2025

It's going to get worse if a certain game (which used GenAI to assist in development) wins more GotY awards and people celebrate it. They'll probably follow suit and shift to "use GenAI but don't mention it, quietly patch what people spot claiming placeholders".

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beezball.bsky.social @beezball.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

there are good triple A games out there it's just way too much disappointment lol i'm not buying any more games for a bit bc i have a backlog of plenty of bangers

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Probahee @probahee.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Gamers aren’t buying games anymore” is a deflection. Sales haven’t collapsed. What has collapsed is player tolerance for low-effort, overpriced releases. Studios say “people aren’t buying,” but the truth is: • They’re shipping unfinished games. • They’re relying on sequel fatigue.

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NaffNaffBobFace @naffnaffbobface.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

"Customers aren't buying anymore what can we do?" "The worst thing we could do is mass layoffs for short-term gain while putting prices up 33%" "Good point! You're fired, so is everyone else. Put prices up to £80 and get rid of physical releases, make ownership a licence to access, not own. Sorted!"

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Oozey 💧 @oozeyoozebourne.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I recall these studios saying that using AI would allow games to be made cheaper and faster, and yet they still charge the same amount as they did before? Hmm. #FuckAI

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rongminshan @rongminshan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

also the prices. games are becoming more and more expensive and many people can't justify paying $70+ on a video game when they have other things they need to spend money on. because of inflation, prices will just go up, becoming even more expensive

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Alan @alanison.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Yeah, they lost the plot a while ago unfortunately.

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Cinderman @cinderman.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Dont forget gamepass and psPlus. If your game isnt free on console you'll have to make a pretty big deal of it or youll just lose sales to the freebies. Why buy game when you can buy online access with a huge catalog?

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Morgane @morganelefay.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I think I bought more games than I did in any other year in 2025. The only game that can count as AAA among those is Sonic Racing Crossworlds, the rest were all indies or smaller-scale titles.

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Trigam @trigam.dev · 07/12/2025

Gamers aren't buying games anymore because they don't sell games anymore, they sell licenses to games that they can and will revoke at any moment

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Demi Calavera @demicalavera.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Gamers arent buying games anymore - Says microsoft while enforcing at ever chance and oportunity they have their subscription streaming method of games, too

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Laerx @laerx.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

WHILE CHARGING $79 FOR A BASE GAME

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The Juice @thejonasjuice.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Tell that shit to Tim Sweeney (Epic CEO) who demanded STEAM remove the GenAl label because "every other company will use it."

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Komsrade☭🇵🇸 @komsrade.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

AAA games studios are getting their asses handed to them by indie devs because their games are shittly made, cost more than ever and are creatively bankrupt not by the devs but the studio execs too afraid to take risks. The sooner these studios unionize the sooner quality will come back.

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TEX 🤼‍♂️🪐🎮🏴‍☠️⚒️ @billythiex.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

And then every time they release a game, whether its successful or not they lay people off.

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cherylanneeg.bsky.social @cherylanneeg.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Really

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MadMan-inc @madman-inc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I see more and more people making games for retro consoles, and it's awesome! Go GBStudio!

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I Don't Want to Wear Pants @xehtfodrol.northsky.social · 08/12/2025

"Our line isn't going up consistently and this is the consumers fault, fire my studios after successful games so we can not pay them for their hard work."

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Moreault 🇨🇦 @moreault.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

For their defense, those companies have been cutting corners for decades. They just have been given the tools to do an even worse job of that.

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The One and Only Diabolical DISK DOKTOR @diskdoktor.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

The corpos are running the game industry into the ground. It’s sad-like. So out of touch

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Ewok @flyingewok.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

If I were head of Xbox instead of Phil Spencer, I'd be pulling gaming away from the edge with every bit of my might and a lineup of games that are actually good.

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Nora @sillinora.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Also people don't have money because big corpos fired everyone

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kc 🌈 🐸 @ohheykc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Why buy terrible AI games when I can just replay BG3 again?

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yokess.bsky.social @yokess.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Also, people need money to buy things.

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misformyley.bsky.social @misformyley.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Indie games are where it is at now. I love it when I only spend $10-$30 and find an amazing game with an impactful narrative. Franchises and corporations have little creativity and a lot of greed. $80-$100 is waaaay too much for one game. I don’t care what game it is. That’s not sustainable.

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