alt Hacker NewsIt doesn't fall to zero, but for some people, there is still a difference between playing a game directly after release when everyone is figuring out and talking about it vs playing it years later.
It's the same as watching a movie in cinema or following a series or watching it later.
Sort of, for many the cinema screen itself is the experience. In contrast, games played today vs 5 years from now are largely on the same hardware, whether it be the console or PC driving it and the TV and sound system displaying it. Like I said I make affordances for live service or multiplayer games but not sure there's such a strong connection to playing games as soon as they're out, although it does exist somewhat. That's why I classify games as a durable good.