I feel like this is something we need to discuss with the news of Viscerals closing yesterday. Its pretty obvious that EA is trying to transition all their major franchises to GaaS, because thats where the money is these days. But is this really the future of AAA games these days? Sony seems to be picking up the slack on the single-player front with God of War & Last of Us Part 2, but the rest of the genre looks kinda dire. Lootboxes, micro-transactions, grinding and open-worlds and MMO elements everywhere. Hell, you could compare this to how every studio alive was trying to make their own WoW-killer in the mid 2000s. These days, everyone wants Destiny.
Your thoughts? Is this just a quick trend or are single-player games becoming endangered?
Your thoughts? Is this just a quick trend or are single-player games becoming endangered?