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RightHandOfIkaros, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

I’ll be honest, maybe it would be better if they didn’t have creative control anymore. They haven’t really been all that creative these past years.

dil, do games w At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion

My plan is to buy less games, if anyone enjoys sandbox games, physics, etc. I recommend just spending a month learning blender instead, then it becomes funner than most "creative" games available.

dil,

i want AAA to mean more gameplay options, more horizontal and vertical progression, tired of the graphics focus, lost comsetic progression, elden ring at least brought it back

CosmoNova, do games w At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion

That will backfire hard when AAA gaming implodes next year and consumers will demand quality over quantity. But I expected no less from a bunch of execs high on profits who never even booted up a game in their life. The bonus crap they promise you for a pre-order or a deluxe edition at the end of many trailers paint a grim picture. We’re not just talking about cosmetic either and I know some games have done this for a while but it’s across the board now when AAA sales are actually going down. Nobody has time or money for that slop.

lowleveldata, do games w Report: Resident Evil 7 on iOS has earned Capcom $28,140 since launch

That’s a fucking lot of money

foldor,

That’s revenue, and not profit. If they funded the port themselves, and didn’t take Apple money, this would absolutely be a huge loss. It also serves as a reminder that phones just aren’t the right platform for games like this.

addie,
@addie@feddit.uk avatar

Yeah. Unless they’ve some ulterior motive for porting their RE engine to iOS, then this is insane. That kind of cash will barely fund a senior engineer for a month once you’ve paid out overheads as well.

If they’re planning to have some kind of phone tie-in to the next Resi game, then maybe it might have made sense to work the compatibility issues out. An app that runs on your phone that makes it “your phone in game”, so you can receive texts from the president’s daughter while shooting some definitely-not-Spaniards on your Playstation, bit of an augmented-reality thing. Could be a laugh to have your phone be in control of a drone so that you can see round corners, while juggling the other things you’re doing? But probably mostly so that you can get dinged for microtransactions.

ByteOnBikes,

Yeah. Unless they’ve some ulterior motive for porting their RE engine to iOS, then this is insane.

That’s actually a really good idea.

Port a functional blockbuster to iOS to ensure the engine works. And now you have teams experienced in the engine to build shitty mobile games.

kibiz0r,

They spent more than that on status meetings about the project.

Delusional,

More than I make in a year. Too many companies in America severely underpay their workers.

bigmclargehuge,
@bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world avatar

That wouldn’t buy you a base model Toyota Corolla

lowleveldata,

no fucking way really?

dogslayeggs,

That’s how much it costs to pay 10 engineers coding for 10 days. Do you think they created the game with only 10 people in 10 days?

lowleveldata,

10 engineers coding for 10 days.

Well that converts to like 2 developers + 1 QA for 1.5 month. It’s maybe possible if it’s a straight port?

Kolanaki, do games w Who is subscribing to Game Pass, PS Plus and Nintendo Switch Online, and why?
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I subscribed to Game pass when it was just $1 for a while because it was just $1.

I subscribed to PS+ Premium for a year when I got my PS5 because it was cheaper than buying games unseen to see if I liked them.

I had Nintendo Online specifically because I got Rocket League on my Switch when my previous PC died and I needed my fix. This was before RL was F2P and thus you needed NO to play online.

I stopped with GamePass when it went to a regular price and it stopped being worth it for me since most of what’s on it does not interest me, or I already own it elsewhere.

I didn’t renew PS+ because they jacked the price up and I couldn’t afford it, even though I still feel the year is worth what you get out of it since it’s still cheaper than buying every individual game I might want to play, and a whole year is plenty of time for me to complete several games.

Ditched NO as soon as I got a new PC and could play Rocket League on my regular account.

NoIWontPickAName, do games w Who is subscribing to Game Pass, PS Plus and Nintendo Switch Online, and why?

I subscribe to game pass ultimate.

It lets me game on my tv, instead of the Xbox, plus my ADD and a whole bunch of ever changing games is just glorious.

Plus they usually run a sale when they take it off gamepass so you can get it cheap if you like it.

It’s sega channel revamped

spacedogroy, do gaming w Call of Duty and Diablo boost Microsoft's gaming revenues, but Xbox sales continue to fall

It’s really quite bad imo, but it’s surprising considering how the consoles are basically the same, hardware-wise - the Xbox on paper might even be technically more powerful.

I think that if they’d been able to get out there with a couple of great 1st party games early in the generation it might have helped swing the market in their direction but they didn’t and now it doesn’t matter.

catloaf, do gaming w Baldur's Gate 3 sweeps BAFTA Games Awards 2024

Hot take: one game shouldn’t be allowed to win multiple categories.

kemsat,

This is a stellar fusion hot hot take.

UprisingVoltage,

Why not? If it’s the best game of the year in multiple categories why deny its merits and penalize it for it?

Syltti,

If one game is winning multiple awards, it says something about the competition.

Aussiemandeus,
@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone avatar

Yeah? give a reason, not an opinion.

Best storey

Best gameplay

Best music etc.

If a game has all this it deserves to win each category.

The world where we give awards for turning up is a terrible world we live in.

If you’re not the best you’re not the best. Try harder

Cossty, do gaming w Report: Saber Interactive buys itself back from Embracer in $500m deal

That’s great news, I just hope they stay independent, and Microsoft etc doesn’t buy them. Are they private now when they bought themselves?

Skua, do gaming w Report: 95% of studios are working on or aim to release a live service game

I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding

But for so long as live service games make the insane amounts of money that they currently do, this is going to be how it is. Indie devs are a blessing

yamanii, do gaming w Nacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games"
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Games are an art form like any other, I don’t see people complaining there’s too many songs or too many movies, and it’s easier than ever to make one thanks to all the free engines, hobbyists make something, push it to itch.io and move on with their lives.

CurlyWurlies4All,
@CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net avatar

To be fair he said it was an ‘industry’ problem. And the music ‘industry’ absolutely has the same problem.

Too Many Songs, Not Enough Hits: Pop Music Is Struggling to Create New Stars - billboard.com/…/new-music-tiktok-artist-developme…

executivechimp, do gaming w Kojima Productions and A24 to adapt live-action Death Stranding movie
@executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I wonder if it will have half-hour long game play sections…

HopingForBetter, do gaming w Kojima Productions and A24 to adapt live-action Death Stranding movie

All I can hear is infant screaming.
The premise was good, but that ruined the game for me. Same as Yoshi's Island. Infant screaming.

hamburglar26,

I first played the game with an infant at home, do not want.

Aside from that I loved it, even with the insane plot.

Kolanaki,
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I simply got good enough that they never screamed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

LemmyIsFantastic, do games w US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas

Gamepass is an absurd value. I’ve saved literally over $3,000. There is very very little reason to purchase games.

Potatisen, do games w ReedPop Network seeks buyer for Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more

We should buy it. Crowd source it and let’s see what happens

Goronmon,

That’s what sites like aftermath.site are trying to do, but we’ll see if any of them are actually successful.

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