this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
430 points (96.1% liked)

Games

16677 readers
800 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
430
53% of gamers prefer single-player games (www.gamesindustry.biz)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

A new survey has found that over half of gamers prefer to play single-player titles.

According to Midia Research, this game mode is most popular across all platforms – particularly on mobile, with 58% of respondents saying they preferred single-player games.

The data from the survey was collected from Midia Research's Q1 2024 and Q1 2023 consumer surveys across the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Poland, Turkey, and South Africa.

Research found that older gamers were more drawn to single-player titles, with 74% of gamers aged over 55 choosing to play games solo.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I prefer RPG, interesting narratives and "experiences". I also used to be really into multiplayer games like halo 3, MW2, battlefield 4/bad company2 and even rainbow 6 siege. Whats turned me off of all that is aggressive monetization and super competitive sweat fests. It feels like all the fun/soul in those "good oll' days" games just isn't there anymore. Peak fun for me was maxed out halo 3 custom games and they just don't make them like that anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I can't stand the competitiveness now. Like, I know I suck and I'll never be good because quick reactions aren't my jam.

I still want to play every now and then, but since I play infrequently I really need something with a very simple mechanic. 30 characters to pick from is overwhelming and I can't learn how to level up and pick a character build during the 10 minute matches and I'm not going to study builds before I play games casually. And I feel bad when I'm trying to learn and I sink the team. Like who wants to be the one that causes a dozen other people to not have fun or get frustrated. Give me counterstrike. You get good guys or bad guys. Then a handful of guns in very specific categories.

I really like RPGs where I can take my time and learn the game. Where mechanics arent too crazy and where there is only one currency in the game.

I feel like it's become too complicated to pick up some games now.

You've got normal gold, then some weird premium gold that you get at a much slower rate. And somehow a third currency that you can only buy.

There are hundreds of build paths, and somehow within the first 5 levels before you even know the game or whats good you have to make a decision and lock yourself out of half of them.

Each character has a gimmicky different way to level up or learn moves.

Then there are mini games, where you have to collect things or others where you now need to level up in a whole different way. And then lock out entire portions of the main game unless you spend a dozen hours playing a mini game that really isn't that fun.

But I digress, I really like single player that at this point are pretty easy to get into and start having fun or experience the story right away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think people like a variety of games too. I mostly play solo, and enjoy that, but also have a ton of fun playing with friends and family at times too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

A lot of those multiplayer games aren't really designed for people who like variety though if you have to compete with people who have played nothing but that game for 1000 hours a year for the last 7 years.