I’ve seen Ashes of Creation situation pop up in my YouTube feed a few t8mes but never really clicked on any of it. Maybe it’s the algorithm vuy the thumbnails and titles are clickbaity so I have even less inclination.
Rant aside, but damn this is worse than I thought. I assumed it’s more concord where the game flopped or like it just got unpopular for any reason and it deflated.
Suddenly going kaput and not paying the employees and not providing refunds to players? Couldn’t start any worse for gaming on 2026 huh? knocks on wood
But on the other hand:
spent up to $10,000 on certain backer rewards from the game.
spent up to $10,000 on certain backer rewards from the game.
Dang people have way too much money.
Millennials with too much disposable income who want to recapture their childhood as they’re nostalgic for playing WoW around launch 20 years ago and are desperate for another MMO to release that will capture the magic (nothing will).
Source: a childhood friend who is sadly this exact person, and also got scammed by Ashes or Creation.
I think a lot of people don’t realize that their pleasure receptors aren’t the same anymore (or are willingly blind to that fact?) and even if you recreate scenarios that might be as enjoyable as the ones that were 20 years ago, for a lot of people the sense of “childhood wonder” is either dulled or gone entirely after so many years so the result still wouldn’t be the same.
One of those times where it needs to pivot to an entirely different approach to the genre to make it viable, and I don’t see anybody doing that… yet?
Like. Not against it, I occasionally play 2009scape because I just think it’s fun, but that’s about it. I just also know that it won’t be the same, and it rarely will be from a game that’s similar to your childhood ones. You have bills now, and your friends aren’t off the clock when you are anymore
I’ve seen Ashes of Creation situation pop up in my YouTube feed a few t8mes but never really clicked on any of it. Maybe it’s the algorithm vuy the thumbnails and titles are clickbaity so I have even less inclination.
Rant aside, but damn this is worse than I thought. I assumed it’s more concord where the game flopped or like it just got unpopular for any reason and it deflated.
Suddenly going kaput and not paying the employees and not providing refunds to players? Couldn’t start any worse for gaming on 2026 huh? knocks on wood
But on the other hand:
Dang people have way too much money.
Millennials with too much disposable income who want to recapture their childhood as they’re nostalgic for playing WoW around launch 20 years ago and are desperate for another MMO to release that will capture the magic (nothing will).
Source: a childhood friend who is sadly this exact person, and also got scammed by Ashes or Creation.
I’m a millennial, how do I sign up for this too much disposable income thing?
Land a career in a STEM field and don’t have any kids. That’s what worked for me, at least.
Believe me, if I knew I would tell you.
I think a lot of people don’t realize that their pleasure receptors aren’t the same anymore (or are willingly blind to that fact?) and even if you recreate scenarios that might be as enjoyable as the ones that were 20 years ago, for a lot of people the sense of “childhood wonder” is either dulled or gone entirely after so many years so the result still wouldn’t be the same.
One of those times where it needs to pivot to an entirely different approach to the genre to make it viable, and I don’t see anybody doing that… yet?
Tell that to the players of https://2009scape.org/ and similar
WoW classic servers, OSRS, etc etc.
Like. Not against it, I occasionally play 2009scape because I just think it’s fun, but that’s about it. I just also know that it won’t be the same, and it rarely will be from a game that’s similar to your childhood ones. You have bills now, and your friends aren’t off the clock when you are anymore
Ah yes the daily grind tries to suck the life out life but we must not permit it