505 Games' parent company lays off 30% of its workforce, says gamers really only want sequels so that's what it's going to make

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• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We like new IP. We just don’t want trash at launch.

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  • mateomaui@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or live service games.

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• scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Everyone should start prepping for cheaper and crappier “AAA” titles moving forward.

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  • deus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    cheaper

    I wish

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    • Catpurple@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cheaper development budgets, no room for QA, rushed out the door; still sold for 70 bucks.

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    • mateomaui@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      cheaper quality

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    • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah, I don’t want to pay less for AAA games. I don’t pay for them at all. They’re all mass-produced garbage.

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• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Never even heard of them. Yea no always online bullshit, battle passes or micro transactions. No stupid launchers either.

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• corytheboyd@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You many not agree, but he’s right. We are not most people. They want, and they have, that sweet “lowest common denominator” market, and they will take advantage of that until something else generates more cash. The “lowest common denominator” demand more CoD and whatnot. They don’t care if it’s bad, because them and all their friends will buy it and perhaps even have some fun. The big studios converging on raking in cash instead of creating interesting content is depressing, sure, but hardly surprising in a world where morals and ethics don’t matter, you can get away with the absolute most heinous, reprehensible acts, and suffer zero consequences.

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  • Narrrz@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    and the open source, free tools for creating such games are getting better almost by the day.

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• bleistift2@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When’s the last time you played an indie game?

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  • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m only one data point but nearly all my gaming hours are indie.

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  • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Uh… Yesterday? They’ve become my go to now. They’re so much more fun. A lot of them are just pick up and play. And they bring new concepts and stories instead of the same old crap.

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  • corytheboyd@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Was always a big fan, but the steam deck has me playing a handful of new indie games every month, and it’s fucking awesome. So many little gems, so many unique ideas, for way less money, way less time invested, way less SERIOUS BUSINESS.

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  • half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bg3 is indie

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  • Tavarin@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tuesday, why?

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  • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Earlier this week! I play what I like and that covers a pretty wide variety.

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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  All you See Sweets can keep trying to quantify what it is gamers like. The truth is its ephemeral until it is materialized and on our screens. You never know how fun your thing is until milliona of people can access it. So stop trying to codify it, or find a formula. There is none. Make fun shit, take all the risk. Make new shit that no one has ever made before. But for the love of fps fucking please don’t pretend you’ve drilled down on what gamers like. Thats a promise to fail.

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