may i just say that while this  was true earlier this year (except EA they are dumb) alot of game companies have flourished giving the consumer good single-player experiences they have been craving (minus treyarch who have foolishly take they're story away and replaced it with another copy and paste battle royal like fortnight and pubG BORING).<br><br>take insomniac for example, Spiderman PS4 was incredible and while it had DLC it was decently priced for more story and outfits that extended the play time considerably, or god of war where it came out with NO dlc (except pre-order bonus which was more just cosmetic) and even that flourished.<br><br>i see what you mean but it is not FULLY true, there are still good game companies making new great games that are selling well even indi developers are getting good shots with nintendo and the switch having loads of indi games on the Eshop now too.<br><br>the biggest problem i find with the game industry right now is the over use of other games in newer ones, black ops 4 is a prime example, i loved black ops 1,2 and 3 for the SINGLEPLAYER story and multiplayer when i felt like VSing others or playing with friends, but BO4 took that from us leaving it only online. yet with all it's flaws i bought battlefield V because it has a SINGLEPLAYER story and a satisfying multiplayer with good customization in it, the story's are lacking i admit but all are unique and interesting i only wish we got more time with the characters. now what I'm getting at i suppose is multiplayer is all well and good, but what happens if your internet goes down, or if the player base drops off (the first titan fall is a great example) if the game is purely multiplayer and there is no one playing or you can't connect it is then rendered useless. whereas if the game has a singleplayer story for you then you don't need internet or others to play.<br><br>i feel like THAT is what alot of the industry does not understand (EA definitely doesn't anymore), this is causing quality story telling that has been on par or even better than movies to go down hill and more people need to make this known, granted i bag on BO4 quite alot here but treyarch at least listened and replied to my criticism in an email saying that they will take what i and others have said to heart. (saying and doing are two different things but it's at least a step)<br><br>if developers and publishers listened to their players and if the players made their concerns heard even louder then possibly JUST POSSIBLY we could bring back the good times of videogames<br><br>now don't get me wrong I'm not FULLY for or against DLC in fact sometimes i like dlc (the witcher 3 and spiderman ps4 doing very well with it) but some dlc's are way too expensive for example  if it was just for a cosmetic costume i would NEVER pay $10 for it, maybe $4 max just to be fair but if it was an expansion that added more to the story and gameplay $10 - $30 is fair depending on how big it is.<br><br>but when people say "no more dlc we don't want that blah blah" that is what they hear, essentially causing them to ignore others who are calling out wanting more singleplayer.<br><br>thankfully it looks like a few companies still have the idea but until the others realize singleplayer is what we want with some multiplayer mixed in SOMETIMES and not just purely multiplayer games then the industry will just continue on it's downward spiral until either only a few companies remain or they just don't exist anymore.<br><br>on a side note company higher ups HAVE to stop making dumb speeches, and employees of companies who do the wrong thing have to STOP pretending that they are in the right and any punishment they get is the company being biast in some way. all of this is just hurting the industry more.<br><br>anyway this is just my opinion, i know many people enjoy multiplayer and multiplayer games, and power to them but.... not all games need multiplayer to be amazing, we still love a good story and a good singleplayer experience where we don't have to be online or deal with hackers or shite talkers, plus singleplayer can always make you feel alittle more powerful than multiplayer sometimes.