7 Reasons Why People Are Giving Up On Gaming

1. You're Rewarded For Not Caring

SOMETIMES hype and losing yourself to a video game really pays off. I mentioned Elden Ring, and that game's rollout was every bit the icing on an already stacked cake, going down very well for millions upon millions of players.

The same does not go for MOST video games, though. Most releases are either over-hyped or misrepresented; either broken at launch or given far better releases months down the line.

Stump up the cash for the latest midnight release? You just bought the worst version of that game - one that will likely come to a monthly service later, is running on servers still adjusting to player counts, and will only get cheaper and perform better in a few weeks' time.

Disconnect from the gaming hype-cycle and you're only rewarded more. Game of the Year editions with patched bugs and glitches. One monthly fee for something that cost others full price. Apology tour PR cycles have come to an end, expectations are metered out by what the final product actually IS, and you can just enjoy a video game, as it should be.

Addressing and fixing advertising cycles, distributing budgets more evenly across a wider set of game ideas per studio and giving IP the care and attention it deserves - while fostering a space for new ideas at the top-end of development - that's what would make gaming exciting and healthy again.

There's a chance 2023 is the payoff we've been waiting for since even before the pandemic, and here's to that coming true.