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Is this the fastest video game death of all time? Not even Lawbreakers died this fast.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 179 points 1 week ago (31 children)

Every game executive and investor wants a Fortnight. That's why no matter how many times gamers reject it live service games will continue to be developed. Because AAA games are made for investors not players.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Problem with trying to get a Fortnite was that Epic was wanting to get it's own PUBG after realizing that trying to get their own Minecraft was a failed endeavor. They quickly pivoted the game formula from a Minecraft type tower defense to a battle royale game.

Concord should have seen the writing on the wall early on and pivoted it's game into something else thats flavor of the month.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Wait wasn't the original concept for fortnite actually a wave based tower defence game? I remember being excited for that and then battle royal happened and I lost all interest.

[–] ThoGot@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah the tower defense part of it was actually quite fun

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