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i wonder if the market will shift even more to indies/"AA" games - games with some money but relatively tight budgets, like Nicalis' offerings, The Witness, Cuphead, etc. those games are relatively large risks for their creators but also were notably successful

 

I really want to get the new South Park but dangit it’s the worst time for me to spend money.

Sigh.

 

child of light was good, small title but from ubi.

and i think hellblade was well received?

 

yeah both of those games were pretty well received, but big studios may not care too much unless there's a buying audience for them. Hellblade is at 180k owners on steam alone which is good for only being out a month, child of light at 700k which is also pretty solid sales, but whether or not that turns a significant enough profit for them i'm not sure without the budget info. the problem is that the money makers are the far crys, assassin's creed, etc, so that's where the money will tend to go as long as there's a lot of studio involvement

 

Fuck sake EA.

 

Activision Researched Using Matchmaking Tricks to Sell In-Game Items

this is wild

 

So did all this loot box hand wringing I’m seeing lately came from Battlefront 2 and the new Mordor game, right?

 

I think a basketball and racing game too. Jim Sterling has all the info you need if you want to watch one of his videos.

 

I just think it’s weird. Like EA has been doing battlepacks since like BF4, this is new to people?

 

Hell, practically every EA multiplayer game nowadays has loot boxes/card packs. Overwatch is rather famous for theirs. This is nothing new so what changed?

 

There are several problems.

1. Development keeping up with expectations has gotten too expensive.

2. Gamers won't accept higher prices. If anything, it has gotten worse, because they'll juat wait for a sale.

3. People haven't actually been buying most of the AAA single player games of the last few years.

 

Agree with all of this. I'd also add that growing backlogs plays a negative part. With the amount of free games that are being peddled out by Games with Gold and PS Pro it is quite hard for the average gamer to keep up with all the games they want to play.

I'm personally really excited to buy and play the new South Park game, but I have 10 other games that I already own that I am equally excited to play. It makes sense in those situations to play those others games and grab South Park when it inevitably drops in price.

 

This is exactly how I feel. The backlog gets stacked, so unless it's a game that I NEED to have right when it comes out or a game all of my friends are getting, I put it on the backburner til that sale hits.

 

Still loving Gravity Rush 2. I want that team to make a Sailor Moon game.

 

Which is a death spiral, because the more games go on sale, the bigger your backlog gets.

 

Just started Sniper Elite 4, love how goofy these games are. @aspeedomodel you play it yet?

Also making my way through Golf Story. As much as I love it, I can't help but be bothered how much text there is.

 

Took me a while to find out but you can speed up the text with B

 

“Our Visceral studio has been developing an action-adventure title set in the Star Wars universe,” EA’s Patrick Söderlund said in a blog post. “In its current form, it was shaping up to be a story-based, linear adventure game."

Okay sounds good.

"It has become clear that to deliver an experience that players will want to come back to and enjoy for a long time to come, we needed to pivot the design."

Has it? I don't like the sound of that. How loved are games like KOTOR.

EDIT: From this article http://www.kotaku.com/ea-shuts-down-visceral-games-1819623990?IR=T

 

Oh I know, but I basically button mash the game with B, just wish it wasn't so text heavy.

 

they mean in order to deliver an experience where they can get people to pay for lots of lootboxes.

 

They mean deliver an experience that has an acceptable profit margin and opportunity cost

 

Yeah me too. The writing isn't bad, but it's not my style at all. I do love the game though, it's very relaxing.

 

Except when you get to frisbee golf

 

Not surprised about TEW 2, the original performed about the same way.