On Gaming · 1:53am Jan 17th, 2019
Howdy, folks! First and foremost, as always, Adorable Applejack:
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Now then, I was just watching a YouTube video called The Rise and Fall of Dead Space. In it, it details the series' origins, lore, development history, and downfall. Dead Space 2 is one of my all time favorite games, and I did like Dead Space 3. However, the overall point the video made is that Electronic Arts, as they are wont to do, interfered, meddled, and summarily killed the franchise. The comments on this video all said variations of "Fuck EA."
And it made me think. We love to lament parent company meddling in gaming, like we do about studio meddling in Hollywood. And between Fallout 76's, well, fallout, The endless drama of Blizzard/Activision, and the like, the Triple A gaming scene is kind of in flames these days. We shout that these companies are pandering to the lowest common denominator, that they are playing it too safe, or, the most egregious of sins, not giving us what we want. And yet, Fortnite sells like hotcakes, the Madden and FIFA franchises are alive and well, and the Call of Duty crowd loves their games.
So I ask you this: between these game franchises selling hot and remakes/nostalgia porn movies making millions of dollars, are companies/studios really "not giving us what we want?" Or are they giving us exactly what we are asking for via our wallets? And is the Triple A market really suffering? Or are these recent shakeups not going to affect a damn thing?
Discuss!
I think the controversy comes not from giving us what we want but business practices.
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I'd have to agree. A lot of companies are shitty really behind the scenes, and most of us don't actually seem to care until their practices are on full display. Mind you, it could and this is a huge if mind you, it could lead to a video game crash which might be needed to wake up the industry and make them see they're just not exactly producing a quality product or in the case of CoD producing the same thing year after year.
With recent events in Activision | Blizzard, what with Bungie leaving with Destiny and several key funders jumping ship, and with EA's stock prices plummeting and several more of these companies being charged with illegal gambling in certain countries due to lootbox fuckery, I would say that yes, things are definitely getting stirred up.
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And, I agree as well! Most companies are annoying in that way.
It's so painfully obvious Bungie leaving Activision won't actually cause them to make better games.
I have to admit playing Dead Space one or two, not sure which. It drove me a little nuts because I sat down, started playing, died, died, died, died, died, died, and couldn't kill a single (censored) thing. Then I did a little research. Blow their arms off? Fast-moving, hard to hit anyway creatures that you need to de-limb? (censor) this.
I know what I clearly don’t want.
1. Microtransactions especially if it’s the pay to win sort, but any microtransaction pisses me off now.
2. Buggy obviously half baked games that need a day one patch then more.
3. Stupidly short games that then have a dozen dlcs.
4. SJW garbage followed by SJW asshole devs trying to shame me into buying their crap.
A long time ago, I thought Mass Effect was our next Star Wars and Dragon Age was our next Final Fantasy. Damn, I was naive.
We just might need that crash at this point. I don’t mind relying on indies or old games for a while. The gaming industry has to learn. Gamers have to learn too. Stop preordering. Stop defending mediocrity just because it’s your favourite series or favourite dev. Stop saying shit like “it’s only cosmetics”.
Let us not confuse quality with popularity. However, from the business standpoint, there is no difference between the two. Lest we forget, the most profitable game of all time is Farmville.
Your mistake is assuming that the "we" you belong to and the "we" delivering the money are the same.
The amount of dedicated fans compared to the 'normies' is pretty much always depressingly low. And a lot of dedicated fans will see a movie even if they suspect they'll hate it.
Also, Sunk Cost Fallacy is a thing, dude. You should be aware of that by now.
I have no idea.
Maybe it's just that things have always been this way, and that grumpy old man sitting on his front porch, yelling at the clouds? That grumpy old man is on the internet now. And it's us.
Or maybe the industry really is going to shit.
You know what's a good single-player game without any microtransactions or behind-the-scenes bullshit drama?
Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light. Both with a great story, good graphics, and lots of replayability.