Re: Thanks a lot, Nintendo!

On 05/05/2025 15:21, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

And regardless of all of that, there are a huge number of gamers --the
majority, in fact-- who are quite happy to pay full price for triple-A
games. I mean, I don't get the fascination with "Call of Duty: Modern
Advanced Ghosts Infinite Black Warfare XXIII" either, but that series
sells. And if those are the games which can push an $80 pricetag
(while more esoteric titles struggle even at $60), you can bet the
publishers -whether Indie or Triple-A or anywhere in between-- are
more likely to focus on that sort of gameplay.

That is one of the worries I have with the game industry as a whole. The middle could end up being squeezed between those at the top end and those at the bottom end. The result they may start aping big budget games not just in terms of gameplay but also the likes of MTX and cutting would should be the base game into sellable chucks. I'm far less concerned about them bumping up the price a bit as generally I still feel I get my monies worth in the £25-£35 games range.
Indie games I don't think will do that as I believe it's quite a different marketplace and, well they are to busy copying each other's ideas already.