A view on why players continue to play Natural Selection 2 despite active development ceasing

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GreenRex

4 Nov @ 9:59am

A view on why players continue to play Natural Selection 2 despite active development ceasing

I was wondering on why people continue to play this game despite development ceasing, and thought it would be interesting:
https://multiplayercommunityloyalty.blogspot.com/2024/11/part-one-on-consumer-loyalty-in-video.html

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Skarth

4 Nov @ 12:21pm

I don't strongly care if a game gets patches, it's the gameplay I'm here for.

All of my favorite games are ones that are now dead and *cannot* be played anymore. Some of them had the servers go offline so it's not even a case of no active players, but no way to actually play it, period.

Savage 2, The Culling, S.O.S., Empires Mod, and Contagion, off the top of my head.

Most of these were FPS game with unique/specific gameplay elements that involved more than just "Shoot opponent and you win", they typically had resource management and objectives. They required strategy, not just reflexes.