Publishers need to focus on online multiplayer centric games or else they're going to be f*cked in the future.

[DivinePaladin]

Snoopy said:

mZuzek said:

Oh ok, Minecraft is multiplayer centric, therefore all multiplayer centric games will succeed and all single player games are doomed.

Im glad that you agree with me. However to add to it, main GTA titles come out twice a generation. While cod, bf, ect come out way more often. Its about what gives you the most bang for your buck in terms of investment. I gurantee you it takes a lot more money to make a GTA game than a COD game.

I don't even know why I'm gonna try responding to a troll thread but here goes. 

 

GTA V had a budget of around $240 million. CoD tended to budget around $60+ million last gen. GTA V will by the end of its lifespan likely triple the sales of any CoD game. You're correct in that an annual release schedule will generally lead to better profits overall, but that's true of any game, not just multiplayer games. But that's as correct as you're ever gonna get with this argument. Everything else is unfounded babbling, comparing a game with a negligible marketing budget and a thrice-delayed sequel to a disappointing sequel to two good games to something that was marketed HEAVILY and was the selling point for an entire console. You should compare Titanfall to TLoU: R for a closer example of single player vs multiplayer focus with two new-gen games, but even then that's biased towards the latter because the PS4's marketshare is insane. There's no valid comparison point for you to make with the 8th gen yet.