Ka-pi96 said:
Twilord said:
Ka-pi96 said:
badgenome said:
Sure, the industry might be able to release many more games per year, but how many more games per year will consumers support? Are the same people who bought Gears of War going to be interested in a cheap Gears knock off? Probably not. We're already faced with a glut of content as it is. So unless these leaner, meaner, and far more numerous teams are making truly innovative games which scratch an itch that existing games don't, they're better off working on polishing up games that will actually sell instead of making ones destined to be part of a "20 games for just $1!" Humble Bundle within a few months of release. |
Very well put!
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I am not saying they'd need to make them all indie level, but there is a signifacant gap between the size Nintendo would need for a comparable end product and the overbloated budgets some companies invest in their games that can minimize the opportunity for experimentation despite Nintendo having many products that easily stand alongside those games. Why shouldn't other companies immitate such 'profit maximizing' practices?
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Because they aren't really maximising profit. Take Ubisoft for example. They claim thousands of people work on Assassin's Creed games, but they also had a much smaller team make Child of Light. There is absolutely no doubt that Assassin's Creed made more money than Child of Light though. The big expensive AAA games do make the most money, of course they don't if they flop, but on average they do make a lot more profit.
Besides that, Nintendo are a 1st party developer, they don't need to sell as many copies in order to make a profit on their games.
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That is a horrible mis-example. Assassin's Creed has a brand name, mainstream advertising, no 'cartoony' stigma, heavily action oriented gameplay, and a retail release. - If you switched the quality of AC: Unity and Child of Light... well I can't say no-one would complain, a vocal minority of RPG gamers would be pissed.
Hell being mindful of what they can do and not thinking money solves everything would be GOOD for AC based on that game.
