Single Player Games dead
Third Party AAA Single Player Games Are Dying, But With Good Reason
There has been a lot said about single player games recently when many calling them dead or saying they’re not as viable as they once were. I always get asked about this and so I thought I’d take some time to put together my own thoughts. I’m interested in seeing if this helps contextualize some of the talk we’ve been seeing around the demise of single player games. Are single player games dead? The short answer is no. The long answer is a lot more complicated. When people talk about the industry moving away from single player games they are usually referring to third party, AAA, linear, Single Player, narrative driven, $60 games. Why this distinction? Because rising costs of video game development and increased expectations means that a lot of these games simply ar...
Single Player Games Are Definitely Not Dead
The video game trend has been evolving from a solitary experience to ‘games as a service’. I am, just like a majority of the gamers, against this shift of trend, yet the big players in the industry are following the trend. For me, video games have been the most immersive form of storytelling, a solitary refuge. I just like to buy a game, seclude myself from social conventions and dive into the experience. I don’t want to pay another 10 bucks for that ridiculous sword that is a must to beat the final boss. I don’t like to gamble on loot boxes for legendary gear. The shift in the trend of video games further affirms on my beliefs to be a single player gamer. Single player games offer interesting stories, vast open worlds and nobody is shouting at you about how they di...