An extraction shooter reaching 700,000 concurrent players underscores how risk-reward tension can scale even as genre friction persists. Tight budgets, with most games built for under $1 million, are pushing teams toward episodic, systemic, and socially sticky designs, while legacy franchises endure on measured communication. Intensifying scrutiny of platform safety and creator accountability highlights that trust now competes with hype as a core engagement driver.
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