US video game sales have record quarter as consumers stay at home

Post by pfisch » Sat, May 16, 2020, 3:53 AM UTC

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Co-Optimus is a good resource for finding couch co-op games. https://www.co-optimus.com/games.php?type=couch Some co-op games ones you might enjoy are Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Magicka, overcooked, hammerwatch, Trine, Rayman Legends or human fall flat. There's also a really big back catalog of arcade or earlier console emulatable local multiplayer co-op games, many of which have gotten ports like Chronicles of…

Unfortunately these and maybe 4 more games mentiones below are also almost the only coop games. Ive been trying to find good coop games for playing with my gf or family but the selection is small and especially if you want something for non gamer people. Split screen seems to be a thing of the past

Post by II2II » Sat, May 16, 2020, 4:10 AM UTC

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Likewise. But gaming feels more pointless to me than ever. I have a hard time describing it. But games that lack a clear goal and don't guide you towards that goal are where I feel it the most. For in instance Cities Skylines building out cities leaves me feeling empty instead of accomplished. I used to treat Skylines and Civ like solitaire - play a few hours mindlessly to burn away a bit of time. But even solitaire…

>For in instance Cities Skylines building out cities leaves me feeling empty instead of accomplished. Actually, I understand exactly what you mean. I spent yesterday trying that game. I ended up getting it for free. In the beginning it was fun, I was excited to watch the city grow. By the time I finished, I felt like I'd just wasted hours doing absolutely nothing. Everything was shallow and pointless. Didn't help tha…

Post by II2II » Sat, May 16, 2020, 4:18 AM UTC

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I think I've played maybe .5% of my Steam account library... and I'll still put new games in there. I dunno, it's just fun. I'm starting to do the same thing for my Switch. I've just gotten a fat 500gb microSD card for it. I'm even rebuying games I already had on PC just because the portability factor is nice. My partner says it's bad money management. I dunno, it's a hobby I think. My only concern is that Steam kick…

Try GOG, no DRM.

Post by smabie » Sat, May 16, 2020, 4:33 AM UTC

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> is this revenue rate sustainable or it is an unnatural pump that will die out in a couple of years? The revenue rate already isn't sustainable for anyone who isn't Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft (and as the story notes, Nintendo won the quarter in part by taking enough business this quarter from Sony and Microsoft for them to end _down_ even with some big announcements and releases). There's a real fear in studios th…

Gaming is an inferior good so it doesn't follow the normal market dynamics. When people have less money they can't spend their time doing expensive activities, so they spend more time gaming since it is one of the cheapest ways to spend your time.

Post by smabie » Sat, May 16, 2020, 4:41 AM UTC

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As long as the benefits aren't going to Game Stop, that's cool. Their actions during this pandemic have been reprehensible.