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It quickly became one of the most viewed games on YouTube, too, but it’s still behind older games like Fortnite and Minecraft that have evolving content and multiplayer components. We do see waves of people streaming single-player games when they first come out, like God of War peaking at nearly 300,000 viewers on Twitch in its first week.

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Frankly, even if the devs don’t update it, a lot of people will keep playing if the core of the game is solid - PUBG has never-ending content just because each match is totally different, by virtue of other players. Make a Sea of Thieves, make a No Man’s Sky, make a Destiny, and even if it’s bare-bones at launch, keep updating it and people will keep on advertising it for you. According to Rami, if studios want to take advantage of those content creators, and thus thrive, the best way to do it is to just make a game that has never-ending content.

It's third-party studios like Ubisoft, Bethesda, and Square Enix that are the bigger question mark, and it's worth mentioning that every game in the top 10 selling games of 2017 was multiplayer-focused, with the exception The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon Zero Dawn, which have that aforementioned 'exclusives' pull.įor those third-party publishers, the relationship between content creators and game development is an interesting one, in that grabbing the attention of content creators is one of the easiest, cheapest ways to market games right now, according to two anonymous sources from Ubisoft and three independent developers.

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Microsoft is approaching this slightly differently with ‘Play Anywhere’, but they’re still making Windows Store games designed to attract players to their services on Xbox and PC. God of War sold well, Horizon Zero Dawn sold well. They're likely to continue selling well, too, with people who own that hardware using those games to justify purchasing decisions. Rami’s point about first parties is an important one to get out of the way - of course Sony is going to keep funding single-player, narrative-based experiences when those experiences are selling hardware, maintaining platform loyalty, and encouraging revenue from ongoing subscription services like PlayStation Plus. Why would any major studio outside of a first party trying to sell consoles, or a studio with a reputation for single-player games, bother with an immersive, single-player campaign?” One person I spoke to is Rami Ismail from Vlambeer, who said, “One of the most under-discussed effects of Twitch, YouTube, Let's Play - the whole content creator ecosystem - on the games industry is how the marketing impact of those platforms has affected what kind of games developers make. The fear of a decrease of single-player games isn't too irrational, and many developers - from indies to Triple As - told me Twitch is having a really significant impact on what games studios are choosing to make.