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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says new multiplayer games are failing because players have no reason to leave their friend groups, touts Unreal Engine 6’s cross-game features as a solution (automaton-media.com)
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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Okay, but multiplayer indie games, everything from Mecha Chameleon to Pratfall to Yap Yap to many more like them, are hits. Even if just temporarily, these games have had a huge impact on the multiplayer scene. Friends and strangers coming together to play games that are relatively cheap compared to their triple AAA counterpart, while also having a lot of fun over the wacky physics, nonsense, and/or trolling that may occur.

You don't need cross-game features when you have people you hardly know and fun friend games like any of the above mentioned and maybe a discord call if y'all ain't in the same room.