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A gaming sub free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows (kotaku.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess while updates like League's recent big one that completely overhauls and changes core mechanics of the game, it's still League from back in 2008 and not a new game entirely. Many people have been playing the game for almost two decades now (wtf?!) and could have been spending all that time playing new releases but didn't. So in a sense, it could be seen as a patient game since it's separate from all the new AAA releases of the recent years. Same goes for other live-service games, I guess

[–] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeach but also if league didnt put up with the times it likely would have been abandoned by most players so you could say its basicaly just a series of sequels . I mean its basicaly a fifa but instead of yearly realse you get constant updates. As far as im concerned a superior development model.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

I see your point - haven't thought of the comparison to games like Fifa