Should Nintendo double down on working with "AA" studios

[Mr Puggsly]

Pemalite said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I don't care for the original Banjo games but I honestly didn't enjoy a lot 3D games of that era. I argue much of it didn't age well because it wasn't very good to begin with but I still think it has value for moving the industry forward.

I loved the games from that era. At the time.
Now it's a chore to go back and replay any title, but I still value the titles highly that moved the industry forwards.

Mr Puggsly said:

I haven't played Sea of Thieves since it released. I really should revisit the game given it has had many updates and it became a hit. Either way, it might just be not for us. If a game is popular and there isn't anything inherently wrong with it, its just not for me.

The same criticisms I have for Halo 5 generally apply to Sea of Thieves, whilst neither are a terrible game, both were light on content on release, resulting in me getting bored rather rapidly and moving onto greener pastures.
There are way to many games to stick around and hope something gets good with updates... And chances are, the multiplayer population would have likely imploded in Oceania anyway.

There are plenty of games I enjoyed during the 5th gen, I just wasn't that impressed with many heavily praised titles. I think there are a ton of games from the 5th gen that aged better than Rare games on N64. Again, I argue if it didn't age well its very possible the game was never that good. Because there is plenty of old shit I can still have a blast with.

While many games come and go, Halo 5 and Sea of Theives have stayed fairly high in the most played games list. If a game is fun, people will stick around.