I'm just pissed off about Mass Effect. Andromeda had really good moment to moment gameplay with totally forgettable characters and setting, and I was cautiously optimistic for ME4 and now we'll never get it. Feels like the games industry is collapsing before our very eyes with closure after closure and mass layoffs across the board.
They would rather repeatedly shoot themselves in the foot than listen to the fucking customer base they serve. Then they’re also surprised when prioritizing advertiser money further alienates playersÂ
Yet videogames are more profitable than ever? Wake up. This isnt from not listening to gamers. This is the industry and its being steered the same way movies were into a corporate suit. It will make money or its worthless.
It takes time money and energy to make stories for a market where we all have our own bubbles. sure massive hits come along that sensationalize the industry like battle royales and extraction shooters but they're so few and far between that the gambles are less worth it each year. Its incredibly difficult to make games that are the relatable fantastic story we want with the graphics as high as a AAA studios bleeding your pockets can and everyone has to compare EVERYTHING all the time.
We have expectations for AAAS that we dont for indies, as if money decides creativity while indies get game of the year because they can afford those risks the AAAs are going to keep shutting down. Were seeing the same clones of eachother as its harder and harder to put all that money into developing something that isn't a planned money maker. This is why everyhing you see approved these days comes with a shop or micro transactions. They have to subsidize the production because the AAA industry has become gambling for most developers.
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u/SolaireFlair117 8h ago
I'm just pissed off about Mass Effect. Andromeda had really good moment to moment gameplay with totally forgettable characters and setting, and I was cautiously optimistic for ME4 and now we'll never get it. Feels like the games industry is collapsing before our very eyes with closure after closure and mass layoffs across the board.