Why games like Smash selling like they are helps the industry...

[Zoombael]

Shiken said:

Zoombael said:
How is it good for the industry? There is no indication the industry is or will be better off than it was years ago. Established franchises are doing well, and thats it. Good for them. There is nothing beyond.

Established IPs that do shady practices are not doing well such as Fallout 76, Destiny 2, Battlefront 2,  and Battlefield V.

 

Established IPs that do things RIGHT are doing well such as Zelda, Smash, Red Dead Redemption, SFV , and God of War.

 

Newer IPs that are doing things right are successful such as Octopath Traveler, Horizon Zero Dawn, Splatoon, etc.

 

The entire point went over your head.  These IPs are doing better than they EVER HAVE, while those that do shady practices are failing and catching major backlash.  This discourages shady business models and encourages complete and full experiences out of the box.  That is why it is great for the industry as a whole.  Or do you prefer being sold part of a game and charged more money to complete the experience?

 

 

You didnt answer the question.

How is it helping the whole of the industry? All it does, it tells the industry "lets go with the same ol same ol. Ol franchise, popular genre..".

You fail to see the big picture, the persisting dilemma. The risk to produce a time/money consuming product and fail miserably in this line of business remains unaltered. We wont get Alien Isolation 2, because Alien Isolation was commercially unsuccessful, despite being a v ery good game set in a well known universe. Same goes for Prey 2017. Btw. whats Arkane Studios working on? More game development studios than ever go out of business on a regular basis, release schedules are so densely packed release dates have to be postponed to have better sales in the initial crucial months and ironically games you mentioned fall into the category of games as one reason why other games, single player games dont do well.

It only helps those succesful on the path they can afford to walk.

Mentioning Octopath, some small jrpg in 16bit style. HZD, developed by a Sony Studio with marketing Powerhouse in their back and the need of a platform holder to attract customers and a certain clientel with exclusive content. Splatoon, combination of aforementioned games and circumstances.

 

"Or do you prefer being sold part of a game and charged more money to complete the experience?" 

 

i dont mind story DLCs like in Spiderman. Story DLCs as in DeusEx MD not so much. Whereas MTX and "cancerous" business stratgies that come along with  them (Overwatch, BFV, PUBG, Fortnite aso.) i see as detremental long term.