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Over the course of gaming history we've seen games grow in popularity seemingly non stop. That has made triple A companies turn their attention to making games that will capture the attention of as many people as possible, even if that results in making a worse game. With the recent New World: Aeternum news, I finally feel it's time to make my presidential address.

SOURCES
New World: Aeternum trailer:    • New World: Aeternum  Announce Trailer  
New World: Aeternum Dev Update:    • New World: Aeternum – Announce Dev Up...  
New World: Aeternum Dev Q&A:    • New World: Aeternum – Announce Dev Up...  
Diablo 3: A Cautionary Tale by Indigo Gaming:    • Diablo III: A Cautionary Tale | 12 Ye...   (nothing directly taken from here, but pointed me to many great sources and is generally a very good video)
Diablo 3 DVD Bonus Footage:    • Diablo III Collectors Edition  Behin...  
Warren Spector's GDC Talk (Deux Ex PostMortem):    • Classic Game Postmortem: Deus Ex  
It sucks that Baldur's Gate 3 is Turn Based (PC Gamer): https://www.pcgamer.com/itsucksthat...
Circana 2023 US Gaming market results: https://gamedevreports.substack.com/p...

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
3:59 New World: Aeternum (bad)
7:17 Diablo 3 (bad)
13:38 FromSoftware & Larian Studios (good)
19:03 Bethesda (good) (not clickbait)
22:44 Fin