Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam players in less than six months - eviltoast
  • oo1@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Is it something to do with modding-community?

    If that generates a load of free cool stuff people may play more for longer.

    The main IP rights owner probably doesn’t really want this, they want to develop and sell a new game or expansion.

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      9 months ago

      The main IP rights holder for Star field is the same as that of Skyrim (aka: Bethesda)

    • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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      9 months ago

      Nah, it’s just Todd Howard. His priorities are weird as hell when it comes to games.

      Like, dialog and story is not prioritized.

      While map size is highly prioritized.

      It’s a bit backwards when the games in question are supposed to be RPGs.

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        9 months ago

        Todd is the reason Bethesda games have been steadily getting worse since Morrowind, as a game designer he’s largely a fraud riding on the coattails of much better designers.

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      9 months ago

      The IP holder at this point is Microsoft, so who knows. Microsoft has bought up a lot of big gaming outfits recently, so this is kind of new territory.

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      9 months ago

      I’m waiting on more world shit mods to play it again, recently saw a house building mod on any planet and have my hopes up more will come. Granted Bethesda might actually want this engagement so they can release a definitive edition with hella mods, to bridge their own technical gaps again lol.