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Baldur's Gate 3's success is not about setting a new "standard" (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That might be the way it works in your head, but the reality looks different.

AAA games make the most money on PC. And even those games despite micro transactions, DLCs and so on are easily overshadowed by mobile games.

My favorite games are indie games, but indie is simply not feasible in some genres. Take MMOs for example, every stab at it has burned to the ground or was abandoned (or a scam).

Criticizing the big publishers is the only thing we have, because obviously voting with your wallet doesn't work. You might not buy it, but several million other people who saw a shiny cinematic trailer did. And they will continue to do so, even when Call of Duty 23 sucks they'll go and buy 24 next year.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I wanted to stick to my I Statements a little more than I did. I cede mostly to your points but reserve that it's bullshit to tell me not to expect quality just because someone proved it can still be done. It tells me the bigger gaming industry has gotten too large and dreary to be much use to me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Wasn't RuneScape an indie MMORPG?