I’m already at the point I don’t really need to buy anymore games, and my library isn’t even that old or impressive. Add emulation and it’s even harder to justify purchases.

I think there was a beautiful 2 week period where games had open worlds that weren’t just dead empty space everywhere.

The real killer feature was not having to manage cd keys to install games on new computers or just reinstall them.

Shootas Blood and Teef. A 40k themed side scrolling shooter with very heavy stylized graphics. If you like 40k it’s a good insight in how orks see themselves. If you don’t like 40k it’s still a mechanically solid game and it doesn’t really have the same grimdarkness that is common in 40k games.

He did that in the run up to fable too, but games media wasn’t very widespread then.

I don’t mind RNG, I mind games that rely on it over proper design. Xcom has tons of RNG, but it’s generally still possible to win most maps with proper strategy. Most roguelikes have this problem where any given run is impossible to win regardless of play.

I do appreciate the games that give you quit and quit to desktop in the same menu.

• Games that offer stealth as an option over combat, but have mandatory combat bosses.
• games that have excessive grinding as part of the main gameplay.
• Games where randomness is the primary factor in winning and losing.

I think it’s also that there aren’t crazy discounts on anything remotely new. There used to be 1-2 games that made headlines.

It’s a mildly amusing board game.

My initial thoughts are these sales are somehow getting even less exciting every time. It is clear that games should only be purchased on sale now as prices don’t seem to drop otherwise.

Cyberpunk isn’t a new release though. It might be new to you, but it still wouldn’t count for new releases.

2025: 14%
2024: 15%
2023: 9%
2022: 17%

There’s room to be concerned with those numbers.

It’s only listed if you filter to Linux. It’s called steamOS Holo 64 bit.

Steam OS is listed in the survey, it’s 26% of Linux os use.

Tracking game use by device id isn’t that crazy, the steam app should know what OS it’s installed on.

The stats they show are pretty basic usage stats many are in the UI already. No one is showing the actual valuable data they are harvesting.

They aren’t really hiding the OS stats, it’s regularly published in the hardware and software survey. Showing my steam deck time is over the average of 0% isn’t really surprising news.

I haven’t even bought a game released in 2025. I think these stats are showing a real problem for the gaming industry in general. It’s probably a better use of resources to continue supporting a years old game with moderate popularity than making another new game.

We want money, but can’t actually provide true value for that money yet.

Playing a giant melee on super Smash Brothers Melee with super mushrooms on high spawn while using the biggest characters on the game and watch level is fun. I think it breaks the core game enough to qualify as unintended.

I don’t have the time anymore, the price isn’t really the factor. Anything new has to compete with my existing library and backlog, and other things on my wishlist. It’s a problem that’s only going to get worse, games aren’t really aging out of relevance at the rate they used to.