I think the biggest culprits are scope creep due to lack of good/fair management, and too much say from publishers and shareholders like @Rekkaprydelet the pros do their job breh
y'all gonna eat in the end
Completely agree
Yeah if you read the whole thing, you wouldn't have tried to pin my post as sensitive about Playstation as this isn't specific to just PS exclusives or Playstation.
I've talked about this before a million times. What's at stake is the overall quality of the art form.
The value/experience/art of games (and artistic content overall) suffers when metrics become the primary driving factor.
If you don't have "loss leaders" in the arts, the genres will never get pushed forward.
The obsession with metrics is what leads us to yearly releases of the same re-skinned games crammed with micro-transactions and season passes.
See this classic dose of other-worldly knowledge dropped here for reference:
https://www.thecoli.com/threads/wha...-mean-for-the-future-of-entertainment.605361/
To basically say: You see! I told you so! Sony's strategy of focusing on AAA games doesn't work. Long live Xbox! The 4K sometimes 8K 60fps sometimes 120 fps GOAT console for all your true A and AA gaming rental needs!
Is basically celebrating the regression of the genre. Indies will always have their place and will drive the genre forward, but you can't discount the need for AAA games with fleshed out story driven experiences. Think what you want about it, but cinema was pushed forward by Marvel in ways indie flicks couldn't. It's the same for gaming. Sony gets joked on for "movie games" and "set pieces". Jokes aside, I would hate for my ONLY options to be re-skinned first person shooters that focus solely on the multiplayer experience. I want the option of getting lost in intricate stories wrapped around great gameplay to be around forever.
The poster I agreed with said your sole reason for making the thread was to try to skew it as an ex-playstation guy(appeal to authority) is saying AAA games are unsustainable. If you just said it yourself you knew people would dismiss it simply because you're a known Xbox fanboy
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it kinda sucks that it won't matter in the end, because as soon as they announce a RD on either one of those the net will go crazy, when they inevitably delay, the internet will go crazy, rinse and repeat until the game comes out and gets universally praised (despite gamebreaking bugs ). I'm all for taking as much time as you need to see your vision through, especially with the glut of games I haven't even gotten to yet, but either treat the cycle as fluid or rigid.
The Ex Sony Boss is literally saying making games like TLOU2 is unsustainable due to development costs and your dumb ass literally just ignored what he said and posted this nonsense.Well of course you do. Nothing will make you happier than the industry pumping out AA Gamepass fillers like the Xbox
We need more games like TLOU2 if we want to push the medium forward. Of course there will always be a place for AA indie games but that shouldnt be allowed to dominate.
Make up stats in your head, dumb brehs
Exactly! My thoughts exactly. Dudes look for any sort of way to discount AAA narrative focused games e.g. "XX of players don't see the ending", "AAA costs are rising...", "One and done...." but prop up GAAS shyt like Apex Legends of COD Warzone as if that should be the main game with the occasional AAA title once in a blue moon(GTA). I like all of em, I like the indies and I like the big AAA games that someone spent years on working.I've talked about this before a million times. What's at stake is the overall quality of the art form.
The value/experience/art of games (and artistic content overall) suffers when metrics become the primary driving factor.
If you don't have "loss leaders" in the arts, the genres will never get pushed forward.
The obsession with metrics is what leads us to yearly releases of the same re-skinned games crammed with micro-transactions and season passes.
See this classic dose of other-worldly knowledge dropped here for reference:
https://www.thecoli.com/threads/wha...-mean-for-the-future-of-entertainment.605361/
To basically say: You see! I told you so! Sony's strategy of focusing on AAA games doesn't work. Long live Xbox! The 4K sometimes 8K 60fps sometimes 120 fps GOAT console for all your true A and AA gaming rental needs!
Is basically celebrating the regression of the genre. Indies will always have their place and will drive the genre forward, but you can't discount the need for AAA games with fleshed out story driven experiences. Think what you want about it, but cinema was pushed forward by Marvel in ways indie flicks couldn't. It's the same for gaming. Sony gets joked on for "movie games" and "set pieces". Jokes aside, I would hate for my ONLY options to be re-skinned first person shooters that focus solely on the multiplayer experience. I want the option of getting lost in intricate stories wrapped around great gameplay to be around forever.
I don't frigging ONLY want Ori and FPS that has 300K daily viewers on Twitch. If it was up to these dudes, they'd be content with just playing the same game from 2013 but with new seasons yearly because reasons.