fluky-nintendy said:
I was inspired by the warm success that titles from a large range of genre are getting this generation, especially on PS4. I can't imagine games such as The Evil Within, Child of Light, Velocity 2x, etc; games that would have flopped hard on the 7th gen by how they look or how they play (just not your console friendly game for that time), but these games had both commercial success and critical success today. Of course I'll have to agree that it's still soon to have the confirmation that this gen will mark the comeback of the variety of the 6th gen, but that's why I'm asking if others feel the same way. I think the potential is here more than ever and the path PS4 (especially) is taking, makes me think that there is a high chance of this era becoming a remarkable era for gaming. |
SE and Capcom didn't become greedy and arrogant, as that's what they already were. I think everyone else would like to see them back on track too, however I don't think it's possible as long as the same people keep working in the industry.
At the same time the creative side thinks they are creative geniouses, the corporate side sees only marketing and demographics. This leads into devs making either "anything they want" and on the other end "checklist games", and then there's nothing in between.
What you basically are asking is the industry (or the two companies for that matter) to destroy themselves and being born again.
Videogames forums tend to be full of young and naive boys who still think the videogames industry is like their mothers; have the responsibility to raise them. When the companies make financial decisions to save their jobs getting axed due to impatient shareholders or keeping profitability, they don't understand it because videogames is just play to all these kids associated, but serious business to all who work in the industry and everyone who's invested money in it.
I wouldn't bet on the indies to make "mid-tier" games as even the mid-tier requires quite an investment, so even if you had a breakaway success on a small random indie game, it doesn't mean you could make any bigger games and profit them (at least enough to make third game similar size with the second).
With the tablets and PS4One being after the same market with overlapping features, I would expect a fight between MS, Sony and Google on who's being able to sell you entertainment in your livingroom, so I wouldn't bet my money on indie devs rushing to PS4 when you're able to have potential market multiple times the size of PS4 installbase just to have your game on Android.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.