The gaming industry is absolutely sending me right now. Every year it's the same story — AAA studios release a game that's been in development for five years and it's worse than the original, and everyone acts like it's normal.
Like, I'm not even kidding you. The Last of Us 2 was a mess. Cyberpunk 2077 had like... what, three endings? And they all felt rushed. Starfield is basically an open-world simulator with nothing to do.
And then there's the microtransactions. You know what they call it? "Live service." Which is just a fancy word for scamming people out of their money forever.
What nobody talks about is how developers are being treated. The same guys who build these games get laid off or work 80 hour weeks while their stock options go to zero. Meanwhile the CEOs make millions. That's not gaming, that's slavery.
And let's be real — most of us play because we can't afford hobbies anymore. A $70 game sale is a luxury for a lot of people. And then they get nickel-and-dimed into oblivion while the publishers laugh all the way to the bank.
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