are there other barriers I’m not seeing?
Hey folks, I was thinking about why there aren’t many mid-sized multiplayer games these days. Back when I played a few indie MMOs in college, the communities felt tight and really fun, but now it seems like everything is either massive AAA online worlds or tiny mobile games. I feel like with modern internet speeds and better servers, it should be easier to bring back games that support 20-50 players in one session. Does anyone else think tech could actually make these kinds of games viable again
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I totally get what you’re saying. I’ve been trying to get a small group of friends into something new, and we kept running into the problem that there isn’t much available that isn’t huge or hyper-mobile. I think infrastructure-wise, we could totally handle mid-sized games now, especially with cloud servers and better matchmaking. I actually read an article about this the other day that laid out some reasons developers aren’t making them. If you want a good breakdown, check out https://www.psuconnect.in/articles/why-nobody-makes-mid-sized-multiplayer-games-anymore . It’s mostly about market pressures and how the economy favors either tiny casual games or massive live-service ones.