Why I gave up on the AAA industry.

[Veknoid_Outcast]

bigtakilla said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:
While I generally agree—AAA gaming, particularly western AAA gaming, is one of the least interesting spheres of gaming today—I don’t think indies are any better at innovation. Many of them are riffing on formulas that have been around since NES.

In general, I think the best work done today in the games industry falls into three buckets: Western A (or indie) games, Japanese AA games, and Japanese AAA games (thanks mostly to Nintendo). In my mind, many modern AAA experiences are spoiled by cinematic pretensions or games-as-a-service frameworks.

Thanks to mostly Nintendo? The company that has cannibalized their last consoles library to fluff this one, that has been increasingly using anti consumer practices like season passes and dlc instead of focusing on releasing games and their sequels instead of draining the consumer dry, that has easily the worst bang for your buck in their online pay wall, ect.

They were the last bastion of consumer centric gaming, this gen though they're leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

Hey you’re preaching the choir. I’ve been very vocal about my distaste for a la carte gaming. I even wrote an article three years ago stating that Nintendo had become part of the DLC problem. But in the end the company makes the best games on the planet.