Baldur's Gate 3 - “It’s Rockstar-level nonsense for scope”

[Chazore]

Reading into that article more, as well as watching LK's video on the matter made me realise that some indie devs need to stay in their own lane and not act like they know absolutely everything about the industry (especially if their games are very small time projects and don't have renown to go with them).

This is also a terrible excuse when you consider that R* is releasing a barebones digital port of a 4 gen old game, with no extra additions or enhancements and they are asking for £50...

I'm sorry to all the nitpicky devs at those American studios (even EU ones like Ubi and CDPR), but the bar has in fact been raised. Indie devs clearly should not be aiming for what BG3 is doing, unless they have the staff and the cash flow to make it all happen (as well as a great producer/game director who isn't a nonce like Chris Roberts), but there is virtually no excuse on earth for why AAA studios/publishers cannot meet this bar, especially when you consider the money they waste on marketing or buying out Streamers for their esports scenes or just to sponsor.

I find it kind of disheartening that we've reached this point with the games industry, where game devs are acting super salty that there are other devs out there who make a game that isn't insanely watered down and streamlined, that isn't diming you for more and more coin, and is able to set a new standard. All I can say to those devs is to get back to it and actually listen to your community (you know, what the Saints Row devs didn't do for example), and if they are asking for multiple endings or intricate systems, then listen and do it, don't pear back the systems and the quality so you can just cash in and ask for more money for less, because then you're far more likely to get shown up by another studio doing more for less, and then you have virtually no one to blame but yourselves.