Yeah let’s focus on our franchises like Doom and Quake – by firing half the staff at id.
Sony is on fire, Microsoft is on fire, Nintendo seems to be doing fine by focusing on brands and profit-first hardware; Valve is doing its own thing…Where did everyone else go so wrong?
$500 million budgets probably. Things are different now. Video games aren’t a form of art or interactive storytelling or anything creative. They’re simply made to make a profit, that’s it. Anything else is just a useful side effect. That’s why indie games hit different. People with stories to tell instead of dollars to make. Movies are the same way too.
Yeah let’s focus on our franchises like Doom and Quake – by firing half the staff at id.
Sony is on fire, Microsoft is on fire, Nintendo seems to be doing fine by focusing on brands and profit-first hardware; Valve is doing its own thing…Where did everyone else go so wrong?
Big money and MBA guys running the show is where it went wrong
$500 million budgets probably. Things are different now. Video games aren’t a form of art or interactive storytelling or anything creative. They’re simply made to make a profit, that’s it. Anything else is just a useful side effect. That’s why indie games hit different. People with stories to tell instead of dollars to make. Movies are the same way too.
Looks like those that do badly are those that went on an acquisition spree over the last years.
I think Nintendo has moved to niche, their gaming selection is so bad.