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Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The gaming industry for new games being released is brutal. The competition is sky high, and all you need to think about are games like Stardew Valley or Skyrim. There are so many options to choose from, a new young gamer has barely any reason to pay full price for any new games. We are entering the "Please play out game! It's free!" phase, and still no one will spend the time. Time and attention are the most valuable thing.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

"PAY attention" "How do you like to SPEND your time"

Those phrases don't prove much but if more people viewed their time and attention as commodities.. idk.. they might chose to "invest" them in other things.