nintendo seems to be one of the only companies making pick-up games. even botw/totk can be played for like a few hours a week, you do some things, save, and go about your other business. gacha can't do that at all, and souls-likes have such a high level and complexity that if you stop playing them for a week or few months, you have to either start a new game or play your save for a couple days to refresh yourself with the complexity. skyrim was successful because you can just pop back into it and go on an adventure, drop it after you get a fix, and come back years later with new mods to change things up. most dudes aren't streamers or pro-gamers.
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