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irstupid on 04 February 2013
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enditall727 said:
Kresnik said:
Shame, but unsurprising. I have been enjoying Playstation All-Stars.

The market has just completely fallen through for these sort of not-AAA-but-still-full-priced titles. I would imagine Sony are just going to stop investing in them altogether soon. Twisted Metal, Starhawk & PSABR all pretty much flopped last year and caused big layoffs, despite the fact that the games were generally pretty good.

That's not counting all the teams not just at Sony that have been shutting down from just one game underperforming (despite doing well previously) - studios like Eurocom, Dark Energy Digital, Radical Entertainment etc. etc. This industry is falling apart.


I just want to know what the budget for this game was

 

The game couldn't have costed much because there was like no game modes, the cutscenes were like short still-cartoons, and the graphics were just "good" for what it was

 

I'm guessing SuperBot had WAAAAAAYYYY too many people working on something that really only needed a fraction of the people so they laid the excess off. I guess Sony decided to  cut ties from them since they didn't deliver as good as they should have with the game but it's still Sony's fault for not getting the word out to the people WHO ARE NOT people on forums like us who generally always know more than the average consumer

 

 

and i think this industry needs a change. That change is a relatively good NEW console that doesn't cost a leg and an arm to get. I really think that the PS4's launching at $399 will really slap this industry into shape

I would 100% disagree.  How does going from a system that has 70+ million userbase, or 140 million if you count both HD systems, become better to jump on a system that has 0 userbase?  

It doesn't matter if this PS4 is $800 or $300, the userbase pales in comparison to the 360/ps3 userbase.  Then you have to consider production costs.  Like every generation before it will go up with a new one.  So gaming companies which are dropping like flies because they aren't making money would now be selling a more expensive game to less people.

Sorry but that in no way sounds like what this gaming industry needs.  The gaming industry might actually not need a PS4/720 for a few years.  The gaming industry rigith now is struggling.  Too many companies going under lately.

I have a feeling this next gen we will have like only a few giant companies making games, like EA.  No small guys anywhere.