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[Men_in_Boxes]

Battle Royale
2017 - 2025
Cheers to Battle Royale, the original Mario 64 moment.

Now pay your respects by saying something nice as it begins its death throes...

 

[Kilau]

Fuck BR and all live service GAAS shit.

 

[Loomy]

Fortnite and Warzone are 2 of the most played games in the world.

So no, BR games aren't dead. The moment another good one comes along, it'll be popular too.

 

[BlackTron]

Yes fortnite is obviously in hospice

 

[kunonabi]

I actually really like the battle royal concept I just hate how lazy devs are which results in most of them being lame shooters. The my hero academia and VtM games could have been amazing.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Fortnite and Warzone are 2 of the most played games in the world.

How do you forecast their trajectory over the next few years?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

No if lame, boring, lazy, uninspired like Concord (hetero shooter) VS Marvel rivals or marathon vs arc riders with (extraction shooters)

 

[Loomy]

How do you forecast their trajectory over the next few years?

Fortnite will always be Fortnite.

Warzone will depend on how BF REDSEC does over the next few seasons and how far they go towards making it more like Warzone, because they don't seem to be interested in making it closer to the BF6 MP.

Beyond those 2, Apex Legends is still going strong and tends to survive wild player fluctuations. EA confirmed they are planning a major update to the game once BF6 release was firmly behind them, and "Apex 2.0" in the future.

Hero, BR, Extraction. Those are the popular FPS MP sub-genre right now. That + Counterstrike. They're different enough that they don't really step on each other's toes.

Apex blends 2(Hero, BR), and Marathon is trying to do the same(Hero, Extraction). But aside from that, there's not much cannibalism in the the genre at the moment.

 

[SnapShot]

Nah Fortnite rules OP sorry to disappoint

 

[Mr Moose]

No, this is:

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

live footage of fortnite in OPs brain

 

[March Climber]

BR hit it's MMO moment.

There are now only 3 to 5 big ones that will stay large for years and then the player numbers become much smaller below that point.

 

[bitbydeath]

BR will likely be the last GaaS type to die.

 

[bender]

 

[Quantum253]

We seen this before with the horde modes.
This too shall pass

 

[Danjin44]

Cheers to Battle Royale, the original Mario 64 moment.

You keep saying without zero understanding what actually means.

 

[Sp3eD]

for me fortnite was on the way out, but then they put a simpsons BR map in it and it sucked me right back in. I heard rumors of a South Park map sometime next year which will AGAIN put me back in. Don't see it drying anytime soon.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

Fortnite got it right.

We'll be playing this shit in 2050.

 

[MagiusNecros]

The my hero academia and VtM games could have been amazing.

Similar games need a PvE or Single Player component. The PvPvE or PvP style of games usually have niche audiences and given high dev costs cannot sustain themselves. It's why games like Bloodhunt and Nosgoth fail. And I suspect next year Duskbloods is more likely to fail then succeed. Since that's a 8v8 PvPvE battle royale.

 

[ReyBrujo]

 

[Dacvak]

I feel like I'm too old to understand this thread. Is this what Topher feels like all the time?

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

GAAS is bad, and there are no good alternatives. BF6 became less appealing when that pass went up.

Tired.

 

[ComputerBlue]

People have been saying Call of Duty is dead for over 10 years now, and we might just finally be seeing it die. I don't think BR is dead, maybe in 10 years, so it is not even in early stages of being terminal, imo at least.

 

[analog_future]

Uh, no? It's not the sensation it will forever be part of the gaming rotation.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Hunt: Showdown's Bounty Clash mode is still packed. Just played four hours earlier pew pew pew

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

You keep saying without zero understanding what actually means.

When I came into your life, I was your Mario 64 moment.

 

[Schmick]

PUBG is one of my favourite games. Be and my mates play it regularly.

Exactly why there are players who want the genre to die is beyond me. It not exactly as if the BR genre existing is taking anything away. There are literally hundreds,thousands even, of other games to play!

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Fortnite will always be Fortnite.

Warzone will depend on how BF REDSEC does over the next few seasons and how far they go towards making it more like Warzone, because they don't seem to be interested in making it closer to the BF6 MP.

Beyond those 2, Apex Legends is still going strong and tends to survive wild player fluctuations. EA confirmed they are planning a major update to the game once BF6 release was firmly behind them, and "Apex 2.0" in the future.

Hero, BR, Extraction. Those are the popular FPS MP sub-genre right now. That + Counterstrike. They're different enough that they don't really step on each other's toes.

Apex blends 2(Hero, BR), and Marathon is trying to do the same(Hero, Extraction). But aside from that, there's not much cannibalism in the the genre at the moment.

This will be fun to bump in 3 or so years as the Battle Royale base migrates to Extraction.

 

[bitbydeath]

This will be fun to bump in 3 or so years as the Battle Royale base migrates to Extraction.

Is extraction not dead yet?

 

[Success]

BR hit it's MMO moment.

There are now only 3 to 5 big ones that will stay large for years and then the player numbers become much smaller below that point.

I agree with this take.

 

[Horatius]

i miss the pubg launch days, was so fun

 

[IAmRei]

back before, I thought mmo boom is terrible trends, and yet, here we are, another annoying trend, but soon might die and i'm sure there will be annoying trend chasing once there is new trend arise.

 

[Axelon]

All BRs are dead to me but Fortnite. It's one of the only ones where you can never spend a dime and get the BP just by playing.

If they mess that up though, Fortnite is dead to me. What keeps it fun is going through the battle pass to earn stuff while you play. And I'm never (again) paying for a BP in a game.

I did it once for OW2 and what a mess that was. Didn't even bother finishing it. Not only were the skins boring, it was grindy AND you have to pay again for future BPs forever.

 

[Generic]

This will be fun to bump in 3 or so years as the Battle Royale base migrates to Extraction.

This won't happen, extraction shooters are about camping near an extraction camp to shoot bypassers.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Fortnite will always be Fortnite.

Warzone will depend on how BF REDSEC does over the next few seasons and how far they go towards making it more like Warzone, because they don't seem to be interested in making it closer to the BF6 MP.

Beyond those 2, Apex Legends is still going strong and tends to survive wild player fluctuations. EA confirmed they are planning a major update to the game once BF6 release was firmly behind them, and "Apex 2.0" in the future.

Hero, BR, Extraction. Those are the popular FPS MP sub-genre right now. That + Counterstrike. They're different enough that they don't really step on each other's toes.

Apex blends 2(Hero, BR), and Marathon is trying to do the same(Hero, Extraction). But aside from that, there's not much cannibalism in the the genre at the moment.

PUBG remains very popular as well

 

[bitbydeath]

All BRs are dead to me but Fortnite. It's one of the only ones where you can never spend a dime and get the BP just by playing.

If they mess that up though, Fortnite is dead to me. What keeps it fun is going through the battle pass to earn stuff while you play. And I'm never (again) paying for a BP in a game.

I did it once for OW2 and what a mess that was. Didn't even bother finishing it. Not only were the skins boring, it was grindy AND you have to pay again for future BPs forever.

Yeah, Fortnite has the fairest system and continues to update whilst leaving access to everything you've acquired through the pass or purchased from the store.

It's the safest one to play value-wise.

 

[crazepharmacist]

Fortnite and Warzone are 2 of the most played games in the world.

So no, BR games aren't dead. The moment another good one comes along, it'll be popular too.

It just did. Red Sec. Best version of BR I've ever played

 

[Werewolf Jones]

This dude thinks extraction is the thing to replace it I'd assume?

 

[Loomy]

PUBG remains very popular as well

Yeah, tens of millions of DAUs on PUBG Mobile is huge.

 

[BennyBlanco]

This dude thinks extraction is the thing to replace it I'd assume?

He's trolling, and to be fair it's pretty funny. Never seen anyone rile up gamers without relying on console wars like OP.

 

[Loomy]

He's trolling, and to be fair it's pretty funny. Never seen anyone rile up gamers without relying on console wars like OP.

This comment alone makes the thread worth it

 

[Pop]

No thats Call of Booty

 

[Kerotan]

He posts this just as redsec releases and is doing well.

 

[MayauMiao]

BR doesn't bother me. What bothers me is every devs trying to turn their own well established games into a BR.

 

[Bernardougf]

Fuck BR and all live service GAAS shit.

 

[yurinka]

So Battle Royale is terminal right?

In your dreams maybe. In the real world Fornite, PUBG, Warzone and others continue being huge.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

He's trolling, and to be fair it's pretty funny. Never seen anyone rile up gamers without relying on console wars like OP.

Honestly not trolling. I use a little (bad) humor to spark a discussion about design and where the industry is headed.

The reason why Battle Royale just got stage 4 cancer is because the flow of players only goes one way. You don't play Extraction and then shift to playing BR over the long term. You play BR and "graduate" to Extraction. It's a slide as real as the one at the park. BR had relatively little competition over the last 8 years.

BR was the Great White Shark. Enter Extraction...

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

In your dreams maybe. In the real world Fornite, PUBG, Warzone and others continue being huge.

This is a discussion about the mid to long term death of BR.

Obviously, everyone who posts on NeoGAF knows how popular BR is today.

 

[rm082e]

This is "terminal"?

 

[Ceadeus]

They're awesome games, what are you talking about?