Effort needed to make next-gen title has "quadrupled", says Killzone dev

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Pristine20 said:

JEMC said:

Pristine20 said:
Gaming is DOOOOMED!

Seriously, not all games have to be OMFG-realistic. More power = more options. it doesn't mean all said options must be used.

Lastly, why is it that simple PC modders can always seem to get a game looking even better without much manpower?

The problem isn't and has never been the power, but how publishers sell the games.

The only way most of them use that power is for better graphics. Why? Because graphics are something that is easy to sell, they can make a trailer to show how good the game looks, and they can turn that trailer into an add and put it on TV, Youtube or websites. People go "Wow" and buy the game.

But how can they sell options? They can't. What they can do is make a good game and try to get the press/websites hyped for it so gamers know it and tell it to the rest of the people.

One way was more secure than the other, and therefore that's the route publishers have felt more comfortable with this gen. And I say was because this gen graphics alone won't be enough. We only have to look at the trailers of Killzone or Forza. How hard (and expensive) will be to make something that looks markedly better than that for a TV spot or Youtube video? Too much.

Maybe developers can get back some of the power they lost and make the games they want, not the ones that publishers want (prime example of this: Dead Space).

So you agree with me then?If so, smart management changes the marketing instead of wasting their money. Anybody going out of business still has none to blame but themselves.

I still don't understand how PC modders can achieve heights greater that actual devs by themselves. Why is this so expensive normally?

Oh, yes, I agree. But still, until publishers find a new or a better way for selling us their games, they will keep going for the OMFG-realistic route. Unfortunately for them.

When it comes to modders, I don't know. Most of the time it's because they are not 1 person but a group of them that use all their free time to do it. For devs/publishers that extra time isn't usually worth it. They have deadlines after all.