Chazore said:
You know, the more I look back on our gaming history, the more I start to realise Steve Jobs was right, in that we are seeing suits replacing the people that loved making the products, and all we're being left with are people who only care about the money, not the customer, not the product, not the long-term success and reputation gains. I feel like the games industry right now is more cut-throat than it has ever been before. |
Man this video hits right in the feels.
Corp greed, and CEO catering to Shareholders... who have no clue about gaming,
what made these companies big and popular, and who dont care about the product at all, only the profits.
I've said the same thing with the Live services type games.
That because returns can sometimes be 20 times bigger than say a good "normal" successfull game (say a one and done), even if chances of it failing are 10-15 times higher, the lure of the profits a GaaS game can make, makes them gamble for it. Which might make bussiness sense, if it only takes 1 mega hit, to more than make up for alot of failours.
The thing is, as a consumer, its gonna suck..... dev times are so long already, and no one wants to see a million failed GaaS games, much less play them.
Steve Jobs was the GOAT.
There is a disconnect between the consumer (gamer) and the shareholders (that are trend chaseing, and only care for possible profits returns)