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> And gamers won't buy them.

There is an even darker possible future: gamers WILL buy this AI generated crap. And the executives know it, since gamers have been buying their low effort budget cut pre-order alpha crap for years.

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> gamers WILL buy this AI generated crap

Sure, to me personally it really doesn't matter how the assets are generated, gameplay is what matters. However, I will buy AI generated crap with good gameplay / design for 20€ with no DRM and no grinding, no microtransaction bullshit and no always-online.

Then the repugnant conclusion is not that gaming is dead, but that games are made primarily for teenaged boys and most of us have aged out of the target audience, so games simply aren't made for us anymore.

It's like those low-quality socks made on automated looms all over again...

Not at $70. If it's that easy to sell AI-generated druck to the masses then hundreds of shops will open and the prices will fall to free (with in-game subscriptions).

People buy new FIFA games at prices like that every year, and usually the only thing that's changed since the last game is updated player stats and some cookie cutter "new features". Unless there's a new console out, in which case there may be a jump in engine quality.

If people are willing to pay $70 for what is essentially just a database update...

FIFAs achievement was licensing the original kit and players of basically every professional football team on earth. They monetize that fandom

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