"...we are just running at a f*cking wall, I think, and we're gonna crash on that wall really soon" - CDPR on 'AAA' RPG's

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

GTA 6 will decide if we've hit a wall or companies just need to put more money behind their projects

GTA6 is the successor to the singular most profitable piece of multimedia entertainment in history. This is a huge outlier. This game isn't the game to do a litmus test with.

 

[Luke Cage]

GTA6 is the successor to the singular most profitable piece of multimedia entertainment in history. This is a huge outlier. This game isn't the game to do a litmus test with.

Plus GTA6 isn't coming out until sept of 2089

 

[Legal]

Plus GTA6 isn't coming out until sept of 2089

We gonna be playing that shyt on the dash of our self driving flying cars.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

GTA6 is the successor to the singular most profitable piece of multimedia entertainment in history. This is a huge outlier. This game isn't the game to do a litmus test with.

Nah ROCKSTAR has been leading the pack for decades. It's the innovation. Every single one was ahead of it's time, then other companies would copy. If GTA6 comes out stale with nothing new to offer, we are in big trouble. If they continue to innovate, like any flagship model of it's field, the tech and ideas will funnel down to smaller companies eventually.

But yea.. If we're waiting until 2028 and it's just GTA 5.5, I'd say gaming has hit the wall

 

[High quality poster]

Nah ROCKSTAR has been leading the pack for decades. It's the innovation. Every single one was ahead of it's time, then other companies would copy. If GTA6 comes out stale with nothing new to offer, we are in big trouble. If they continue to innovate, like any flagship model of it's field, the tech and ideas will funnel down to smaller companies eventually.

But yea.. If we're waiting until 2028 and it's just GTA 5.5, I'd say gaming has hit the wall

Isn’t it coming out next year?

 

[rdj]

GTA 6 will decide if we've hit a wall or companies just need to put more money behind their projects

Yeah more games need to have a 2 billion dollar budget. Perfectly reasonable.

 

[rabbid]

Isn’t it coming out next year?

they gon sleep on rockstar like its groundhog day.
november 2024 gonna feel like hollis queens in the late 80s

 

[Why-Fi]

Devs are expected to deliver more and more on the same human/technology/monetary budget....

...to a crowd that does not know or care about mass effect. my nephews and em are driving the market now. ask epic

 

[daze23]

 

[The Mad Titan]

Yup, nikkas be giggling when I say stuff like the industry is currently in a bubble when it comes to Triple A titles but it's facts and should be common sense for people that actually pay attention to gaming news.

Triple A games are a huge risk most are hail Mary passion projects now.

Edit: or super by the metrics and numbers... meaning regurgitated trends that have shown to be profitable in recent years. Currently that's what most are.

The best games now are double A indie games.


Consolidation isn't happening because of XYZ, it's happening because stuff cost too much to make.

And on top of costing a ton, the industry is changing so you can't work people like you use to (which is good for employees but bad for gamers) games are taking longer and longer to come out and the gamers are so cynical and bougie now that a triple title that took 6 years to make can get negative press and reviews for any kind of problem.


Jim Ryan ain't just talking when he said they need COD revenue. They count on that to offset the cost of these games and deals.

They want to act like I'm the crazy one though