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Palworld's community manager says our 'dead game' fixation is ruining gaming: 'I don't think it really serves anyone to push gamers to play the same game, day in and day out' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

No one's pushing anybody to do anything. The dead game discourse is about keeping art alive and preserving a freedom to choose what to play.

Edit: Wow. Weird way to phrase things. A "dead" game is something you'll never be aple to play again (like The Crew). This guy is talking about "abandoned" games.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Dead game" in this context refers to games that have low active player count. The obsession with active player count and daily player count is countered by things like daily log-in rewards that turn games into jobs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've seen it in the article. But there's currently a campaign going on that's concerned with truly dead games. Calling a game which had a drop in player count "dead" is IMHO counterproductive, since it muddles the water for the current campaign.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"dead game" isnt owned by that movement and it has nothing to do with the article. "oh my bad" would have sufficed, blaming the article for your misinterpretation of the headline is silly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The campaign is called "stop killing games".

And palworld isn't dead. Youecan still play it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

People have been calling low player count games “dead games” faaaaaar longer than Ross’s campaign as been around. It’s so common it has a know your meme page! Your use is in the top description, but the origin and more popular use of the term is definitely referring to player counts