• Lev_Astov@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, with the Steam Deck being as good and cheap as it is, consoles hardly even have the “cheaper” justification anymore. Now it’s just the artificial exclusives.

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        10 months ago

        It existed and was popular and then poof…it’s gone. That model is kind of dead unless you count battle passes, which are optional…unlike a wow subscription.

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          10 months ago

          Technically speaking, it’s more of online gaming growing around it than it disappearing per-say. Although total subscriber count is always a speculation nowadays, there is prently of evidence of it still retaining 50-70% of peak subscriber count from 2010.

          But online gaming became so accessible and widespread that WoW turned from a worldwide phenomenon to a somewhat niche game compared to mainstream MOBA and FPS games.