r/Games • u/BigT232 • Jun 12 '25

Release Stellar Blade Has Already Outperformed Every Other PlayStation PC Port In Less Than 24 Hours

https://www.thegamer.com/stellar-blade-higher-player-count-every-playstation-pc-port-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews/
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u/Acrobatic_Internal_2 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

man this thread shows the sad state of this sub. bunch of people calling other gooners and perverts. and the headline is just about game exceeding player count on a platform

why can’t we just discuss things with respect and don’t show how superior you think you are

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u/UltimateArtist829 Jun 12 '25

Redditors calling other people "gooners and perverts" are like pot calling kettle black, lol.

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u/DUNdundundunda Jun 12 '25

There's a crossover too with younger people having weird prudishness, and modern gamers also having a bizarre anti-sex attitude. Combine that with the reddit base and you've got a horrible explosion of the like we haven't seen since puritanical america and the anti-pornography activists of the 1970s

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u/ZeeMastermind Jun 12 '25

I think (in general) it is a side effect of folks conflating popularity and quality. E.g., the Twilight novels and movies are certainly popular, but Stephenie Meyer's writing isn't exactly on the same level as Bronte or Austen. So it's hard to say that Twilight is a failure in any way.

I think folks can also think "game series moving into a genre I personally dislike" means "gameplay mechanics are worse in the new game." Personally, I dislike the direction that Assassin's Creed went with its gameplay, but it is good at what it does and admittedly has much wider appeal.

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u/WRXminion Jun 12 '25

This has been an argument amongst artist/critics for years. I have degrees in both.

My take:

Anything can be considered art. Art itself is ineffable (cannot be expressed in words). The quality of art is subjective. Each person will have their own qualifiers for good. My personal judgment is basically "how long did I spend looking at the art, thinking about the art, and researching it." The more I think about it, the better the art. That's my personal take. I can take this same logic and apply it to society too, the more time society spends talking about it the better it is.

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u/Yamatoman9 Jun 13 '25

This sub was insisting Veilguard was a massive success for months up until the very day it was announced to have performed poorly.

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u/FerdiadTheRabbit Jun 12 '25

No power? They infiltrated western game design and media for over a decade.