Wyrdness said:
AC and Watch Dogs decline is significantly contributed by the poor quality control to the point Ubisofts' name has become a running joke among gamers for glitchy games as much as Bethesda. The is only so long you can get away with doing things with bad habits and many so called big AAA franchises of old that have disappeared now are a reference to that, Zelda is much better off not adopting such poor habits becuase their approach how ever long it takes consistently delivers a high quality game and high polish and in some cases is one of the defining games of a gen. It's been doing it since before many of the games you mentioned even existed and will likely be doing it long after some of them have faded or even disappeared all together. I'd much rather have one really good well polished Zelda game per gen where they've taken their time and fit as much of their intended ideas in it as possible then 2 or 3 that they've rushed out just to meet a deadline for the sake of releasing a Zelda game. |
See, people keep saying for at least the last five years that the AAA industry will collapse because of games released unpolished, yet said collapse is still nowhere in sight. Most gamers honestly just seem not to give a shit if their game drops to 25fps sometimes or has minor bugs. Consumers are voting with their wallets, and they're saying that they're fine with it. If it means we get more games, more often, that's a good thing.
Taking five plus years to make a game polished is not a sign of diligence, it's a sign of incompetence and mismanagement. That a 2015 game may not make a March 2017 release window is pitiful, and Nintendo's obsession with OCD perfection has hurt them again and again this generation as their games consistently miss their deadlines. They would be better off getting with the program and following the rest of the industry's lead. After all, most of the industry is doing much better than Nintendo is.
