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No reason to get upset about this though. Failures are critical for breeding success. Losses are healthy market signals to firms informing what customers want, and just as important, what they don't want. Tastes change. It takes time to adjust. Businesses will fail. This results in overall economic growth in the long run.

The live service bubble has burst. Good riddance.

@Oram77 It probably wouldn't have bothered me if I played them when released (before ER) but it grew tiresome quickly for me considering how often I was dying at times.

I played Elden Ring first, loved it, and then played DS3 and Bloodborne and found both inferior in many respects (respawn points were particularly tedious and annoying....felt like 10% of the game was walking back to the place I died. Elden Ring was a huge improvement in this regards). I get the love but agree with some comments above about way less mass appeal outside the enthusiastic fan base.

Haven't played these game before. The combat looks a bit laborious and drags on too long. Is taking down these Monsters more fun that it looks?

@LikelySatan WB gets the message and competitors do as well. Job loss/churn is critical and important in flourishing markets.

Losses are just as instructive as profits so a good lesson for the industry as whole and hopefully a better future with games we want to play.

Could be some sleeper hits like Where Winds Meet
or Hell is Us.

"Wish me luck. It’s my first FromSoftware game"

It was my first too and still remains the best game after several years of catching up on top tier titles. I also went back and tried Sekiro (too hard) and Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne that I found inferior to Elden Ring primarily from the extremely annoying respawn points when you die (felt like 10% of gameplay was walking back to the area where I died).

We've reached peak First World gripes.

More DD2 love, nice!

Really enjoyed exploring and experimenting with different builds.

Nice to see some love for DD2 which was my favorite of the year.

There is zero gambling or betting in this game. It's a deck builder with a poker mechanic.

Anyone know why the theatre had so many empty seats? Seems like it was 3/4 full.

Crimson Desert
Elden Ring
Ghost of Yotei
GTA 6

I can't think of a 3+ hours awards show that is better. Definitely not the Oscars. Trailers instead of tedious commercials makes it superior to anything else with this long format.

Really surprised if Astro doesn't win.

I got back into gaming last year and relied on a mix of gaming awards (including all nominations) to see what was notable and picked up Elden Ring, Zelda, God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, SpderMan, Jedi Survivor, & RD2. Not too shabby!

Oh, ok. So not an issue with the actual winners that seem pretty solid to me IMO.

"The awards are literally the least interesting thing about the show - or better: completely worthless."

Why?

Anyone know if he gaming award nominations will be announced this week?

Never forget losses are just as essential as profits in a free-market since market efficiency stems from its capacity to reward success and penalize failure, creating incentives for improvement and innovation (the famous economist Joseph Schumpeter referred to this profit and LOSS process as "creative destruction"). That is my positive spin.

I've lost all interest in FPS's because or 3rd person Souls-like games because I don't find running and shooting fun anymore and melee in FPS's feels so limited. However, fatigue is starting to occur for these games and I'm curious what the next breakthrough will be to really rejuvenate the genre.

My top 3 excluding Erdtree that would be #1.

1. Dragon's Dogma 2
2. Black Myth Wukong
3. Astrobot