published a study that said 99% of gamers think that advanced AI NPCs will improve gameplay — as 84% of gamers feel that NPCs make a "substantial difference" to gameplay. According to the study, which surveyed 1,002 U.S.-based gamers and was funded by Inworld, 81% of gamers would be willing to pay more for improved, advanced AI NPCs.
so they asked 99% of all gamers across globe?
these "studies" that use this language is just stupid as its faulty by design. If I ask 1000 ppl something theres a good chance I can get 1000 ppl who think alike...doesnt make it the actual global mentality of it...just that got lucky on who you asked.
theres literally hundreds of millions of gamers.
even out of 50M ppl 1,002 is 0.02%.
the % gets smaller as the userbase goes up (and mroe than 50M gamers by far)
idc about NPC's personally..would it be fun if they wereb etter? sure. Would I pay extra for it? no.
Way too many games already launch is incomplete, broken, or beta state.
Just having pay $70 for those is awful. Rather nto pay more for same mess with better npc's (which would liekly only be fun for a bit then just skip all the dialog)
also these "ai npc" likely mean "requires online connection" which I hate as travelling, isp issue, etc can casue you tyo be w/o net meaning you cant play game and get what you paid for.