Square's biggest game is FF16 this year and everything else is significantly lower budget
One AAA game a year is still a lot better than Western studios
I specifically didn't list the really cutting edge games like Sonic Adventure, Shenmue, Phantasy Star Online, Dead or Alive 2, Soul Calibur 2, etc. The games I've listed above have very simple yet addictive gameplay mechanics with decent enough graphics. Those games are the ones I'm saying wouldn't be celebrated here today. They would have been met with constant criticisms and complaints, buried into obscurity for a LTTP years down the line. For example, a game trailer like Neon White would have been celebrated here back then.
Tons of indie games this gen keep being released with 3d graphics and for some reason there are people on this forum who keep bringing up this false claim that they're 99% 2d pixel games. I don't get it. Your comparison is a bad one.
... But these AREN'T atari like games.
They still have alot of talent and even some passion onboard, that’s mostly why. They still create high budget games regularly, but they don’t have to create 100+ hour blockbusters with a $500,000,000 budget on a regular basis like many Western developers seem to always strive for.
can't forget doug bowser aka genuinely demonic person with a burning hatred for everything community and fan made
I don’t know. Not seriously investing into ip’s like Half Life, Left for Dead and Portal because GaaS makes more cash is not a jewel in that crown.
Slimy, someone needs to wake you up if you think a small group of shrieking gamers will somehow make these big budget publishers change their mind over night. You can shout all you like, but its going to fall upon deaf ears.
Honestly, alot of the AAA games are made by amateurs and that's the problem. Senior devs are let go because they are too expensive, so you are left with junior staff and temp employees who just don't have that level of talent. It's what everyone won't say unfortunately, that all studios aren't created equally, and many times delays don't result in higher quality products.
I really hype for these two games, especially Callisto Protocol and it coming out this year.
A small group of shrieking gamers literally forced MS to fire their Xbox CEO. Forced them to abandon their TV push. Abandon their Kinect peripheral. Abandon their always online requirement. Abandon their plans to DOUBLE price of Xbox Live Gold. Sony literally just did a 180 on making everyone pay $70 for Horizon's upgrade from PS4. They did a 180 on their decision to close the Vita and PS3 stores. Even big bad EA listened to online outraged and literally removed every last piece of microtransaction and loot box from Battlefront 2.
Nah man. A symbol of what is wrong with the industry, with greedy monetization, sunsetting, and content vaulting. If Activision is Palpitine, then Bungie is Darth Vader.
This
The opposite is the case. The older i get the more i like AAs and Indies. AAAs, especially from Microsoft and Sony, are mostly soulless, generic and play it safe. Starfield is one of the few big budget AAAs i'm really looking forward to. Can't remember anything in the last decade that had me more excited.
Except, innovation in indie games has really hit a wall too.
Yep the new saints row is a prime example, before it seemed targeted at anyone who liked gta style games with gang stereotyped adult characters.
Hey now, Valve did release Half-Life: Alyx. Sure, it'll go back into hibernation for *checks notes* 15 years, but credit where it's due.
Not sure why you're including Sony in all this. They have been doing more and more AAA successfully. In fact, people were complaining that Sony is only interested in doing blockbuster games just a few months ago.
Ok. Who are you
One of the biggest unspoken tragedies surrounding this industry is that much of the talented, inspiring AAA workforce and creators have long since "left the building" or ran for the hills.
Thank you! Someone realistic about the state of indies. People hold them up like they are all unique and creative. For every outstanding gem, there are dozens that are uninspired shovelware and/or jumping on the newest fad.
The guy who was overwhelmingly negative today. Duh.
Yep. Seems like OP was afraid of the banhammer so he added Sony to protect himself even if it didn't fit with any of his complaints.
It’s sad that younger generations are getting used to lower quality and they will think back to now as being the golden age
The Golden Era is long gone.
Publsihers make whatever the people are willing to spend money on. The problem is that consumers are buying less games. publishers concentrate on GaaS subs/f2p and microtransactions because it's what people are spending the most money on. The people buying games are those who always did in the past hence the remakes. AAA has actually declined massively and it's sad.
