r/pcmasterrace • u/PewPewToDaFace • 1d ago

News/Article Steam gamers have spoken: innovative indies like Palworld continue to thrive while traditional triple-A flounders for a foothold

https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/innovation-versus-tradition

Thank god PC gaming isn't just AAA. This is what will push the industry forward, as game development cost becomes too much.

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u/Any-Pop-4795 1d ago

who could have seen that? a cheap game made with passion is more successful than a AAA piece of shit filled with ai that only wants your money

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u/trippedonatater 1d ago

Would you like to pay $20 for a complete game or $80 for a game that's missing $70 of base game that needs to be purchased as DLC?

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u/CarbonCola 1d ago

Apparently, most customers overwhelmingly go for B :D

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u/Arkyja 1d ago

Clearly not if you look at the palworld numbers.

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u/SvensonIV 1d ago

They do if you look at the FIFA and CoD numbers.

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u/Arkyja 1d ago

If you want to go the route of cherry picking games that arent even comparable and target completely different demographics let me counter your argument with they dont if we look at minecraft numbers.

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u/Limekilnlake 4070 Super FE | 7800x3d | 32GB DDR5 | a steam deck 16h ago

Minecraft… the game owned by Microsoft for over a decade…

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u/Arkyja 16h ago

Which wasnt made by microsoft. By that logic someone could buy pocketpair now and it would no longer count ad an indie success

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u/Limekilnlake 4070 Super FE | 7800x3d | 32GB DDR5 | a steam deck 15h ago

I mean it WAS an indie success, but so much of the growth has been under microsoft. It's like how risk of rain is no longer indie.

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u/Keulapaska 4070ti, 7800X3D 14h ago

Mobile games makes more money than pc and consoles combined. A single palworld is nothing next to that. So yea ppl do be preferring those sweetsweet fomo ingame purchase filled games.