Unpopular opinion but I think Fortnite ruined gaming.

I’m not sure how unpopular my opinion is on this topic, but ever since fortnite became popular around 2016 or so, I’ve noticed gaming take an absolute dive.

Fortnite is essentially an ad space for companies to promote their products/characters. Fortnite profits off of this by offering battle passes and micro transactions so players can unlock their favorite characters.

Other games, especially Call of Duty, saw their success and attempted to emulate it. Before gamers knew it, battle royales were the whole craze for every new game. Live service and battle passes replaced games that were finished upon release and had DLC’s.

Gaming turned into a gimmick and an easy way for studios to maximize their profits as opposed to producing quality games for fans of the franchises.

Battlefield is a PRIME example of this phenomenon. They were so good at what they did, but they copied the trends of gaming and we got 2042. What an absolute dumpster fire that game was.

That’s all I got.