Why? Most people enjoy AAA games and I don’t see why that has to change.
Or you could enjoy AAA, AA and indie games, if only thing you play is AAA blockbusters not only you gonna get bored but also miss out some gems just because it doesn’t have expensive graphics.
We can’t expect more and more in our triple AAA games then. The more polish, the more features and the larger the world, the more the dev time takes.
I get that but not playing or buying anything is also a option.
I’m not saying buy everything that comes out, I’m just saying be more open minded instead of dismissing games just because it’s not AAA.
People were saying that the AAA will decline with where the industry is headed but most were labeled as haters and doomers. Now you will slowly see as GaaS takes over.
I think most big companies have been going back to office since mid 2021 (I work for a large corporation and we have been back since then) so the Covid delay is kind of a crutch now for companies not performing.
Most Japanese publishers do this. SQEX especially.
Not really, seeing as you cannot just wipe away the time lost.
So true. Dread is nearly flawless.
But Indies/AA are amazing! I just played through chorus and deliver us the moon and both were amazing experiences. I think in many ways I prefer these types of games over the bloat
Then you need accept the fact AAA games are expensive to make and takes a long time to come out…..that’s just how it is.
Again, I didn’t buy a Series X console to play indie and AA games. I am not saying those are not good games but it’s just not for me personally.
Mid-budget games started dying off after the end of the PS2 era when the costs of making games ballooned due to the higher resolutions and asset requirements of the HD era. The current state of the industry where it's AAA or F2P is a direct consequence of the fact that mid-budget games simply were not able to keep up with visual quality demands while still being able to turn a profit.
Most people enjoy food and drinks which slowly poison and kill you.
I loved metroid dread. I beat it with 100 percent item completion, but it definitely lacked the oomf of a 3d mario, a zelda game, a metroid prime, or bayonetta 3
I'm kinda with you, but I think it comes down to what gaming era you come from maybe?
Bang on. Gamers think a Red Dead Redemption 2 can be made by just anybody. When an Assassins Creed comes out who dares to be a bit repetitive, trash it like theres no tomorrow.
There’s very few studios that can pump out a AAA game in 2-3 years. Even then they’re much less ambitious than Red dead.
My commiserations.
I wouldn’t say mid-range games ever really died off, most games that come out on PC that aren’t just console ports are mid-range games. My point was mainly about the major publishers, EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Capcom, Square-Enix, etc not making these types of games anymore.
We should never settle for less. Not when we are spending $70 a game or $180 for an yearly service. Not when we just bought $500 premium priced consoles. We should never give up and let these corpos get away with underdelivering and misleading us. There is a great movie quote I love that perfectly describes these suits running the video game industry right now:
"They bank on your apathy. They bank on your willful ignorance. They plan strategies around it. They try to figure out how much they can get away with because of it [apathy]."
Some of us have to speak up or in 5 years everyone will be making fortnite clones.
I am not disappointment. I am angry that Sony and Microsoft knew they were releasing consoles in 2020, and yet 2-3 years before covid was ever a thing, they decided to make cross gen games instead. Had they made GT7, Forza Horizon, Horizon FW, GOW, and several other games next gen only and really pushed themselves to take advantage of the hardware, we would not be faced with this depressing reality. At worst, those games would get delayed due to covid, but we would be far more excited just seeing next gen stuff knowing we would be playing them in a 6-12 months instead of next 3 years or so.
Looks like you didnt game much in the 90s. A lot of top quality games on console or PC could get a sequel a year later. Even in the 80s.
Those games were pretty cutting edge back in the day though and had good art styles and unique gameplay.Alternate take: The creation of the phrase 'AAA games' have ruined today's 20-40 year old gamers into thinking they need big blockbuster movie-style games to enjoy gaming anymore, when their younger selves would have just been amazed at the gigantic selection of all of these video games, regardless of studio size.
Edit: Most of those really fun arcade-like Sega Dreamcast titles like Jet Set Radio 1, Crazy Taxi, Chu Chu Rocket, Space Channel 5, Sega Bass Fishing, Samba De Amigo, House of the Dead 2, Power Stone, Bangai-O, etc would have been called indie trash by today's standards of this forum, and that's sad.
True. They would be indie.Alternate take: The creation of the phrase 'AAA games' have ruined today's 20-40 year old gamers into thinking they need big blockbuster movie-style games to enjoy gaming anymore, when their younger selves would have just been amazed at the gigantic selection of all of these video games, regardless of studio size.
Edit: Most of those really fun arcade-like Sega Dreamcast titles like Jet Set Radio 1, Crazy Taxi, Chu Chu Rocket, Space Channel 5, Sega Bass Fishing, Samba De Amigo, House of the Dead 2, Power Stone, Bangai-O, etc would have been called indie trash by today's standards of this forum, and that's sad.
