Make cheaper games?

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caffeinade said:

VGPolyglot said:

Actually, 2D can make things more expensive, which is why SNK went with 3D on KOFXIV.

You can render 3D models to a pretty convincing sprite sheet, if you try hard enough.

Look at Donkey Kong Country or Factorio.

Mario Kart on the Nintendo 64 used 3D generated models converted into sprites for characters and many objects.

Even many games today continue to use sprites.
Overwatch will use them for some of their particle effects... Dragon Age: Inquisition was using them for their fog effects.