This trend needs to end

[Kakadu18]

Ka-pi96 said:

Kakadu18 said:

"AAA is dead"

Just from this year:

Resident Evil 4, 93 Metascore:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/resident-evil-4
Street Fighter 6, 92 Metascore:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/street-fighter-6?ref=hp
Tears of the Kingdom, 95 Metascore:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom
Diablo 4, 88 Metascore (even higher on consoles, 89 and 92):
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/diablo-iv?ref=hp
Do you think Final Fantasy XVI won't be just as good?
Hogwarts Legacy, 84 Metascore:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/hogwarts-legacy
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, 85 Metascore:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/star-wars-jedi-survivor

And that's just the first half of the year.

Of course there are duds like Forspoken or Redfall, but that doesn't mean the whole industry is dead now.

Every year has a few duds and a bunch of worth playing peaces of excellence.

Some of those were broken at launch though (at least the PC version). That more suggests that reviewers don't mind buggy launches, not that games aren't released in a bad state.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor got a much lower score on PC for that very reason. But the link I posted is for the PS5 version.