No Man's Sky First (DO NOT MISS THIS!) [Large GIFs]

[teigaga]

Chazore said:

teigaga said:

If the closest game to it is a retro styled indie title, then it means that there are not many (if any) AAA developers making games like it. Which is good because it means more diversity and as I said 2D and 3D experience are not the same. 3D Mario and 2D Mario co-exist because they both offer something different. Essentially even if NMS is very similar to Starbound, that is more valuable in terms of diversity then it being similar to Battlefield 4. I would like to see more games where there are very few comparisons at retail.

You're citing only AAA devs and yet the devs behind NMS arne't exactly AAA devs, they are indie devs given some funds from Sony due to the flood they suffered which damaged a lot of their equipment and progress, it may look AAA to you but it's still an indie game that isn't on the AAA level of say GTA, Fallout, Final Fantasy etc.

They're not AAA but they're competing in the exact same space. I'm simply talking about a game which look like they can only be achieved with a decent budget (something I think they have- 4+ years full time development 5-11 people), a game with retail presence (something many indies can't afford) and hefty a price tag (something few indie games can command). In the event that it succeeds, it sets a president for the type of games that can find success at the $60 pricetag, a market dominated by relatively samey AAA titles. In turn this game has the capacity to be a taste maker for that market in ways a 2D, sprite based, $10-20 download only title cannot. 

I really hope this titles sells upwards  of 2m at $60, I think it will really shake up the industry.