In this case I think it's fair. The business heads come to you and go, "So what are you working on?" And the studio just shrugs, then you're out. It's not that complex.
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Translation: a bunch of stuff got cancelled and they're now all in on their big AAA franchises
Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix Takes $140 Million Hit in ‘Content Abandonment Losses’ as It Revises Game Pipeline - IGN
Square Enix has revised its approach to PC and console game development, and absorbed ¥22.1 billion (approx $140.9 million) in what it calls “content abandonment losses.”www.ign.com
Thanks for compiling these!
The second looks prime to be a critical darling, and the third a steamer-boosted success (I'm assuming it's co-op).
True enough. And I guess the studio wasn't exactly bringing mints for doing so for such a long time. I mean GTA Online is 11 years old by this point, and R* isn't gonna shut it down anytime soon because of the shark cards people are buying. In fact, I imagine it being alive LONG TIME after GTA 6 comes out.
KSP2 is still in EA and now it looks like it will remain in EA.
The fans, from what I've seen, are pretty pissed right now and are giving up hope to ever see KSP2 finished or feature complete. Most of the promised features still haven't materialized, notably the colony building and other star systems that were a big selling point in the pre-release hype. Apparently the communication from the dev team has been pretty shitty as well the whole time.
I was really hoping pre-release that it would be good, but I held off buying it waiting for it to be promising enough to pay for it(as in something close to feature complete and stable) and it has yet to reach that point.
It sounded like the sequel was in early access, so definitely pretty far along being worked on. Maybe it was troubled though idk.
And now it clicks what you meant by EA. The other EA, yeah. Gg I’m slow but in my defense it’s been a long day.
LRG once again showing us they ain't it
Mind you, they charge $60 and above for these 'limited' games. There's comments suggesting this is not their first offense.
Makes you wonder what the differences is between them and any of the folks making bootleg repros outside of charging 2-3 times as much)
Mind you, they charge $60 and above for these 'limited' games. There's comments suggesting this is not their first offense.
Makes you wonder what the differences is between them and any of the folks making bootleg repros outside of charging 2-3 times as much)
Bethesda’s Todd Howard Addresses Mixed Reception to Starfield - IGN
Bethesda development chief Todd Howard has commented on the mixed reception to its expansive space game Starfield, suggesting some of the criticism stemmed from the game being different from the likes of Fallout and Skyrim.
OOOORRRRRR It could be because of the outdated designs, not-so-great writing, and pointlessly large in-game universe. There's a reason why people love to mod the crap out of FO or ES games
Except people are so bored with Starfield that they aren't really bothering to mod it because it's not fun enough to mod.
AAANNNNDDDD there it is. We just can't have nice things without any controversies, can we? I already have PSN account so it doesn't bother me too much, but I can understand why some players doesn't like this decision. Just hope this doesn't mean I have to have a PSN subscription
I dont understand what their problem is. Helldivers fucking told people they would need to link a PSN account from the beginning. There was just a functionality problem and it didn't work so rather than lock people out of the game they've let people play without it. But they always said the functionality would be required at some point and now is that time. You can be mad that the thing they TOLD you was coming has now arrived.
It that same whining that people had when games came only to Epic like a bunch of babies having to go to a different supermarket to get eggs.
A few weeks ago I had to go to a different store to get eggs but they were worse eggs. Paler, smaller, less taste... blech.
This is not some point about Helldivers, I just take my eggs seriously.
But... your point (about the messaging not the eggs) makes me wonder how many players actually follow that stuff? I mean sure the company said this but who actually pays attention to that?
It's like when there is a TOS and you just scroll to the bottom and hit accept so you can play already. It's not their fault you don't read that shit.
Yeah, again as long as I don't have to have PSN subscription I am totally fine with this. My criticism was towards people who want to make this way bigger deal than it actually is.
Although, I do think the outrage comes from people wanting the "centralized" experience of where they buy and play the games. If it's requiring yet another launcher I probably would've jumped on the hate wagon, but it's a simple linking to PSN account.
The PC is an open market you should not have any expectation of having a "centralized" buying and playing experience. Except for the fact that it is centralized to the PC itself, so it's not like you have to drive across town to a different game's store or something. It's an entirely silly argument that holds no real ground.
If you wanted a real centralized Experience then you should stick to one single console and nothing more, because that's the only way to remain in a single centralized consumer system.
Speaking of news that nobody wanted, Tomb Raider is going open-world. https://insider-gaming.com/new-tomb-raider-game-to-be-open-world-its-claimed/
This is technically not new for the franchise, as the first game to the reboot series has a semi open world or open zones. I have no strong feelings one way or the other on this, but for the fans at least I hope the game is good. Have fun with the tone and don't be super serious like last time. Enough of the on dark please take me seriously games from 7th generation. A majority of them are not good and are stuck on that console for a specific reason.
Aside from the forced PSN account creation, other complaints people are raising are:
- PSN being a very unstable network in the first place
- Especially when it comes to bans
- PSN not being available in some regions
- The devs are shifting the blame on Sony
- Apparently for easier banning?
- The CM over on the discord basically telling everyone "Don't like it? Ask for refund"
Unless speed reading is a honed skill, by the time anyone reads that shit, they won’t even be interested in the actual game anymore. Suits realize this, and that’s why the *important* stuff for consumer rights is buried within a shitton of legal bs.
Who cares about bans. Dont be a jackass to people. It isnt that hard to not get banned. PSN is not that unstable and no more unstable than any other online game service.
These are just empty excuses to throw a hissyfit.