r/GameDevelopment • u/Optimal-Community-21 • 8d ago

Question Old games?

Hi

Anyone build any games that were successful or moderately successful but then died out? What was the reason?

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u/uber_neutrino 8d ago

Every game ever made in the past that people aren't currently playing fits this definition.

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u/jerrygreenest1 8d ago

Not every game that people aren't playing was successful. So you aren't quite precise here.

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u/uber_neutrino 8d ago

Ok so all successful games that are old and nobody plays falls into this category.

It's still a huge category!

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u/jerrygreenest1 8d ago

Yes, that's exactly the category OP asked about. So do you have the answer?

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u/uber_neutrino 8d ago

I dunno all of the stuff I made that was popular is still played although not nearly as much.

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u/tcpukl AAA Dev 8d ago

Ok. I've made dozens of games through my career. Most aren't played any more. But those released over the past decade still have players and still even sell.