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G2ThaUNiT on 23 May 2023
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the-pi-guy said:
Spade said:

One of the biggest 3rd party publishers can't release on multiple platforms... Time to close up shop. This is sad. Sony needs to put them out of their misery and buy them out. Sucks to be Nintendo. 

NobleTeam360 said:

Just reading that Final Fantasy tweet. I'm confused, aren't publishers the ones who typically have to go to the console maker to have their game on their system? Square is trying to make it sound like it's the other way around and the platform holders are the ones who have to pay THEM to have their games on whatever platform. Instead of what I assume is a standard practice of splitting revenue 70/30 (70% to the pub and 30% to the platform holder).

Development is hard and there are a thousand reasons for a game to fail.

Even large teams of seasoned developers frequently struggle to put out a game. Look at most of Ubisoft, Bioshock development, etc. Final Fantasy XV was originally announced in 2006. 

Even if your game does make it out the door, it might not end up making money. Square Enix themselves just closed a team due to Forspoken. 

It's not unusual that a publisher would ask for financial and technical assistance (Square has talked about how Sony is actively helping them make the game.)

This was about GTA 3 back in 2001:

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Microsoft was looking for third-party content to publish on its debut console, looking worldwide in North America, Europe, and Japan. Kevin Bachus, who worked on third-party relations from 1999 to 2001, said that a "small publisher" wanted to bring one of its 2D games to 3D. The publisher was committed to investing time and resources to make that transition. However, Microsoft executives eventually turned down the pitch, citing that they didn't believe the studio was capable. Additionally, they didn't believe the user interface was good, and that previous entries in the franchise didn't sell all that well.

Platform holders do have to go out and support third parties, not just the other way around. Sometimes that means sending out devkits, sometimes it means financial assistance, sometimes it means technical assistance. 

In short, AAA development isn't sustainable.

It doesn't help SE's case that they're burying themselves into blockchain investments that easily could be money and resources going into their top teams development. 

But I get what you're point is! I feel like AAA gaming is a bubble that'll eventually burst in one way or another.