Re: "They Just Have To Be Good"

On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:03:56 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

The big-name publishers looked at this calculation and decided the
best way to do things, then, is to go all-in on live-service,
MTX-riddled, advert- and sponsorship-heavy games in a hope that they
can recoup some of the expenses. And --for the time being-- that
strategy is working, but it comes at a cost.

Yeah. The indies and smaller shops will step in. We're not back to games
in ziplock baggies, but AAA games are not where it's at for me.

I prefer small dev-team options and will pay them handsomely. So long as
Unity doesn't shit the bed, this will continue to be available.

And then there's Larian. There's CDPR. There are single-A companies that
try. We need to be forgiving of them and support them. I bought Cyberpunk
2077 at a discount to keep them honest.

It's not dead yet. It's just very badly burned.

I don't care if the textures aren't 4k. I just have to buy a much more
expensive graphics card and monitor then.

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Zag

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