85
Square Enix Wants To Make Fewer Games – New CEO Takashi Kiryu wants to focus on making AAA and indie titles and marketing those titles better (kotaku.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/gaming@lemmy.ml
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Speaking of salvage...at this point I think Bethesda themselves might be worth salvage value at this point. If they were willing to release a turd like Starfield, imagine what they'll do to TES VI.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah… I don’t have high hopes for TESVI. After FO76 and Starfield, they’ve got a lot of trust to win back. I expect it to be the following;

    • Slow rise in hype after 2025
    • Sharp rise in hype within year of release
    • Honeymoon phase for first 5 days after release, criticism drowned out by fan boys
    • Collective realization the game is shit with only the most delusional still protecting/coping

    That’s basically what happened with Starfield, and unless they prove otherwise, it’s what I expect for TESVI

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've started turning more and more to indie games now, and I've found quite a few games I've loved that way. Deep Rock Galactic, Streets of Rogue, Valheim (before realising it's abandonware)...honestly, good fucking riddance to the consoles who make it impossible to enjoy games by smaller studios.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same. Indie games and emulators is what I’ve been putting a lot of my time into. I’ve learned that “AAA” studios are a lot like their alkaline counterparts - basically obsolete.

    Valheim I agree. I did get a ton of enjoyment out of it on release, so it’s not really a matter of disappointment in the sense of fun per dollar, just disappointment in the glacial pace of updates. My feeling is that the Devs got their bag, then decided to just coast. It makes me wonder that if it didn’t explode in sales at the start, would they have put more effort into updates or would they have just given up. Guess we’ll never truly know

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •