Right, and you can easily monitor sales and specials on Steam.

People are struggling to pay rent and buy groceries. Entertainment will always be the first thing to cut.

A lot of it is untracked, though. I know we live in the era of big data, but Blizzard et al has no clue how many people are playing TIE Fighter Total Conversion and countless other old games. 5% is way too low of a made up estimate.

Hell, classic arcade emulators are ubiquitous.

My point here is not that game publishers aren’t making money. My point is, gamers don’t have to buy into it to have fun.

Shit like this is why people go back and play much older titles and have a great time with them.

c/patientgamers rise up! Or maybe not. We’ll just wait until it goes on sale and maybe give it a try down the road.

Just like the Metaverse…this won’t have legs.

Obsidian is awesome. It won’t meet everyone’s needs, but I love the lightweight simplicity of it. But it’s also extremely extensible with add-ons if you want to go down that rabbit hole.

Yup. Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani, same thing. If they’d only endangered patients, they’d have gotten away with it.