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AngryLittleAlchemist on 25 October 2017
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Miguel_Zorro said:

 

Aura7541 said:

Divinity: Original Sin II is one of the most recent examples of single-player games doing really well.

 

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Rise of the Tomb Raider(if someone responds "it performed under expectations" be honest, we all know why that is), Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, Persona 5, Nier Automata, Divinity Original Sin 2, etc

- I'll have to check out Divinity Original Sin 2.  I wasn't really familiar with it before.

- I wouldn't count Crash.  It's not a new game.
- Tomb Raider was big budget, wan't it?
- I read somewhere that Breath of the Wild was a $100 million game.
- Nier Automata is a good example, although I don't know how big of a budget it had.

I think the point that publishers often make is that there's pressure not to take a risk of single player games.  This appears to show in the fact that most of the examples that we can come up with sequels.

Holy shit, sorry! I read the budget part, but when I made the comment later on I forgot to exclude it to smaller budget titles!

That being said, there have been quite a lot of 2nd tier(or "AA") games that have released that have sold very well this generation. Hellblade and yes, Bayonetta 2, are good examples.