• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    meh, I don’t think that the reason AAA games are bad is because they cost less. I think it’s just greed and rushing the developers.

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      3 days ago

      I never said anything about the quality of the games. I’m speaking specifically to the monetization bullshit.

      As I said elsewhere: budget bloat happens in a lot of places. Greedy executive and publishers is one place. Overambitious design goals that get scrapped is another. There’s also bad tools workflows, mismanagement, and any number of other contributing factors.

      But even indie devs are getting screwed on pricing and making far less than they deserve to be in many cases.

      If people keep buying CoD and Assassins Creed, devs will keep making them. And if they can’t increase retail price to cover the budget they will find other ways to do it.

    • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      You realize that costing more does satiate the greed a little bit, right?

      Like, yeah, we all know that line-goes-up capitalism isn’t sustainable, but there are still other reasons call of duty has loot boxes and battle passes now.