I think the issue is the cost of development has gone through the roof, along with the expectation of players wanting to be blown away by a game, and that doesn’t match with the £70 asking price. But you can’t increase the price because remember when everyone kicked off about it 4 years ago when Sony announced that price for AAA first party games? The equation doesn’t balance at the moment, so until something like AI can make the development process more speedy and efficient this is how it is.
Also, for everyone that moans about this there are a dozen who are really excited by the games industry because it’s all new to them, it’s fresh and exciting. The moaners are the gamers who have been playing for decades.
I’m old enough to have owned a Sega Megadrive and after that stopped playing until I then purchased a PS5 on launch day and it was amazing how far games had come. But now I’m slightly bored because novelty wears off. And to think I was paying £40 for those games in the 90s and then I hear folks whinging about £70 25 years later. Wow. It’s called inflation.
So here’s a message to people who are upset by this: Sony/MS/Nintendo don’t owe you a lifetime of entertainment. If you don’t like it, go outside, do some exercise, interact with people face to face. You know, like back in the old days 😄
I used to work at Games Workshop in Nottingham where they created this IP, it’s always been ripe for transferring to a good video game imo. Especially the Space Marine stuff. Not sure why a AAA developer hasn’t really gone after it to be honest, it could be a great Doom alternative. But what do I know? Anyway hope it turns out decent so we can play something other than endless FF and comic book games.
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Re: Reaction: Summer Game Fest 2024 Showcases AAA's Endless Winter
I think the issue is the cost of development has gone through the roof, along with the expectation of players wanting to be blown away by a game, and that doesn’t match with the £70 asking price. But you can’t increase the price because remember when everyone kicked off about it 4 years ago when Sony announced that price for AAA first party games? The equation doesn’t balance at the moment, so until something like AI can make the development process more speedy and efficient this is how it is.
Also, for everyone that moans about this there are a dozen who are really excited by the games industry because it’s all new to them, it’s fresh and exciting. The moaners are the gamers who have been playing for decades.
I’m old enough to have owned a Sega Megadrive and after that stopped playing until I then purchased a PS5 on launch day and it was amazing how far games had come. But now I’m slightly bored because novelty wears off. And to think I was paying £40 for those games in the 90s and then I hear folks whinging about £70 25 years later. Wow. It’s called inflation.
So here’s a message to people who are upset by this: Sony/MS/Nintendo don’t owe you a lifetime of entertainment. If you don’t like it, go outside, do some exercise, interact with people face to face. You know, like back in the old days 😄
Re: Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Confirms PvE and PvP Multiplayer Modes
I used to work at Games Workshop in Nottingham where they created this IP, it’s always been ripe for transferring to a good video game imo. Especially the Space Marine stuff. Not sure why a AAA developer hasn’t really gone after it to be honest, it could be a great Doom alternative. But what do I know? Anyway hope it turns out decent so we can play something other than endless FF and comic book games.