Warhorse co-founder Martin Klima says games keep getting more expensive to make, and that money has to come from somewhere.
  • reversedposterior@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    24 days ago

    What most of the developer arguments around this fail to mention is that it costs a lot to make AAA games, but the entry point to making an indie game is much lower than it used to be, and many of those are better ‘games’ than the expensive to produce stuff.

  • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    24 days ago

    These Warhorse guys are really gunning for Sweeney’s crown as king of bad takes, huh?

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    24 days ago

    I hope GTA6 is an awful mess and starts a wave of AAA collapse

    (I’m convinced it will have in-game ads because they can’t stop)

  • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    24 days ago

    GTA6 can do it because its GTA6. KCD3 is not gonna be on that tier.

  • Thteven@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    23 days ago

    I’ve bought exactly one game at full price this year and it sure as hell wasn’t something from a giant game studio. AAA games just aren’t worth the price anymore when smaller studios put out better games at better prices and with better support.

    I really hope Rockstar eats shit on this one. I know it will sell millions of copies but it’ll be SO easy to fall short considering the amount of time and money they dumped into its development.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    24 days ago

    That can only happen if the whole tech/business world suppresses all the pre-existing games because there is a lot of shit out there we can hop to if prices get too extravagant.

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    23 days ago

    And I hope he takes a long walk off a short pier. Management is getting more expensive. Unneeded baubles are getting more expensive. Marketing that starts so many multiple years too early the hype dissipates before release is more expensive. Games are still perfectly budgetable. Get the fuck outta here.

    • VanRado@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      23 days ago

      Don’t forget the bureaucratic hangers on. You can’t cut the person who goes around checking recycling compliance by looking to see if there’s a banana peel in the recycling bin.

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    23 days ago

    Nice to see even AA studios are greedy bastards.

    But the new revenue streams needed to support those endeavours just aren’t there: Audience growth has been more or less maxed out, and digital marketplaces are already providing maximal returns on units sold—as Klima put it, “We destroyed retail, and we took all their money.”

    So even though he admits that the AAA gaming industry has fucked it all up with their greed, his answer is more greed.

    Well F’ that guy then, I’m a patient gamer and I can wait KCD III for a sale if that’s his stance instead of creating a game withing the scope of their budget.

    • creamfresh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      24 days ago

      Imagine having this kind of fantasies because someone has an unpopular opinion on entertainment products.