Which isn't even entirely an industry pushing down problem. Plenty of people go look at things like Steam Charts and see "this single player game has lost 75% of its players after 2 months LOL DEAD GAME COMPLETE FLOP" and dance around it.
I won't even go back to a game I've finished when huge content drops that I've already paid for (still ain't played Torna from XB2 despite having the season pass) until a replay strikes me however many years later.
I think that is why they become so obsessed with retention. Their DLC model requires players to come back every few months to pay for more content, but if they aren't still playing the game anyway that chance drops a whole lot. So they need to Skinner Box you along until each drop happens, and that's how "Seasons" became a thing.
Which isn't even entirely an industry pushing down problem. Plenty of people go look at things like Steam Charts and see "this single player game has lost 75% of its players after 2 months LOL DEAD GAME COMPLETE FLOP" and dance around it.
I won't even go back to a game I've finished when huge content drops that I've already paid for (still ain't played Torna from XB2 despite having the season pass) until a replay strikes me however many years later.
I think that is why they become so obsessed with retention. Their DLC model requires players to come back every few months to pay for more content, but if they aren't still playing the game anyway that chance drops a whole lot. So they need to Skinner Box you along until each drop happens, and that's how "Seasons" became a thing.
If we have reached the point where /v/tards are normies, then I can only imagine how irrelevant and boring the guys playing CoD and NBA 2k24 are.