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Battle royale interest is shrinking but Fortnite has a larger slice of the pie than ever, according to new industry report (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’d play if Apex allowed Linux like it used to

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Linux players cheat, don't you know that? /s

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 7 points 2 months ago

I’m cheating rn

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yep. The game is great, but they just ditched the Linux community with little sorry or proper explanation.

Had a hard decision to part ways with the game I dedicated a lot of hours to.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fortnite is pretty fun. Wish it ran on linux. I hate Sydney Sweeneys dad.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I might let my kids play if it ran on Linux, but given that it's so predatory, there's no way I'm going out of my way to let them play.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You could teach them how to save up money to buy their fav things. I remember I bought the battlepass just by playing and didn't have to spend real money. You can buy next battlepass with the bp vbucks.

I'm no longer a kid but I really liked the casual aspect of it unlike games like cs, rl, etc.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It used to be nice, but then they created 4 different kind of passes, and you have to buy them everytime, that is, you don't earn in-game currency from them.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

We absolutely do! I gave one kid the Smash Brothers DLC with Steve for a birthday gift, and the other one asked if there was another and ended up buying the other DLC with their own money. One kid bought a bunch of Lego sets one year.

They get money from chores, extra jobs, and occasionally selling stuff (lemonade, hot coco, etc).

It's working pretty well so far.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

It felt good to get in, it felt good to get out.

Which is to say: being the prettiest fish in a drying pond feels great until you're dead.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

I wonder what'll come next.

I kind of hope Deadlock will usher in an age of FPS/TPS moba-style arena shooters. But I also kinda don't.