"The age of standalone content is fading" —Direct quote from an event run by the ESA, the national representatives of the game industry

also lmao they used an AI-generated photo of a PlayStation controller because that's how little they care anymore

February 20, 2026 - 18:47 UTC

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"The age of standalone content is fading"

Sounds more like

"We have been pushing for the last decade or so to destroy the age of standalone content, which has stubbornly stuck around. Only now, after we discovered the secret is firing everyone, is is finally fading."
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yet if retro games are allowed to be preserved all of these companies would instantly go bankrupt
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Yeah, and probably not a good sign that their vision of the future sounds verbatim like someone ten years ago describing how 'second screen experience' apps were gonna revolutionize tv.
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Pretty bleak!
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endless oatmeal for all!
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Ah, so we're back in the era of "Looking Glass studios gets sold to a US military contractor, then stripped for parts and sold to Star Insurance of all fucking things"
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