nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agoThe RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEOwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEOwww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBased on this histogram, they’re still coming out at a decent clip in absolute terms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_real-time_strategy_video_games That has the peak year being 2001, with 41 releases. But still 14 releases in 2023.
minus-squareRednax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThe CEO from the article is also making an RTS. He is not claiming they are unprofitable. He is saying they are not mainstream enough to sell tens of millions of copies.
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoStarcraft 2: Am I a joke to you?
minus-squareRednax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoStarcraft 2 is almost 14 years old.
Based on this histogram, they’re still coming out at a decent clip in absolute terms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_real-time_strategy_video_games
That has the peak year being 2001, with 41 releases.
But still 14 releases in 2023.
The CEO from the article is also making an RTS. He is not claiming they are unprofitable. He is saying they are not mainstream enough to sell tens of millions of copies.
Starcraft 2: Am I a joke to you?
Yes
Starcraft 2 is almost 14 years old.