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rusty_shackleford wrote: June 20th, 2026, 01:25
I don't want "player creativity", screw everyone who made sandboxes popular. Sandboxes suck.
Paying money to make your own fun is stupid
just download it for free then
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Stack of Turtles wrote: June 20th, 2026, 01:39
rusty_shackleford wrote: June 20th, 2026, 01:25
I don't want "player creativity", screw everyone who made sandboxes popular. Sandboxes suck.
Paying money to make your own fun is stupid
just download it for free then
Better yet, take someone else's content and modify it without their consent for twice the fun.
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Scam Shitizen is not a game, it is a cult.
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Stack of Turtles wrote: June 19th, 2026, 18:42
Remember flying cars by the year 2000?

Yeah, that was almost three decades ago. Not even a hint of that happening any time soon.
They actually happened and exist. The thing with flying cars, however, is that they are aircraft, with all the red tape and expense that operating an aircraft entails. But hey, if you are a pilot and want to own a helicopter with exceptionally poor flight characteristics, you can.
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Norfleet wrote: June 20th, 2026, 06:48
Stack of Turtles wrote: June 19th, 2026, 18:42
Remember flying cars by the year 2000?

Yeah, that was almost three decades ago. Not even a hint of that happening any time soon.
They actually happened and exist. The thing with flying cars, however, is that they are aircraft, with all the red tape and expense that operating an aircraft entails. But hey, if you are a pilot and want to own a helicopter with exceptionally poor flight characteristics, you can.
That wasn't my post, though. You deleted the wrong quote line.
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Based on research I did, Mobile gaming makes the most money, the rise of short form entertainment, and the profitability of microtransactions, gatcha, live service systems create a strong business incentive for investors and companies away from investing in expensive long form video games. Will it become a niche like HAM radio collectors, I don’t know. Single-player games and RPGs won’t disappear per se, but I can see it be less prioritized on a profit factor compared to mobile games.

This is actually a good question, because it shows another layered problem on top of cancerous activist stuff in the gaming industry.
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I think work games like Car Mechanic or that Tractor Simulator the Germans like will become more popular.
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Norfleet wrote: June 20th, 2026, 06:44
Scam Shitizen is not a game, it is a cult.
Can I join?