if game studios are struggling at the unit price the market will bear perhaps they should simply try being more efficient

@deprecated_ii that's what I keep saying. They need to cut out the fat and just focus purely on making a good game.

@beardalaxy @deprecated_ii I've hated AAA for so, so long man. I've hated the thing since 7th gen

@coolboymew @deprecated_ii once you realize what some indies can do with just one or two guys and a lot of caffeine, it makes you wonder wtf AAA studios spend all their time and money doing.

@beardalaxy @coolboymew @deprecated_ii being dead weight or shittier managers than ken levine

@beardalaxy @coolboymew @deprecated_ii The other problem is, it's not solely DEI/dead weight.

To elaborate on the second point, there are a lot of developers out there who instead of being able to stick to a goal and vision, would change it halfway in due to influence from something else. Ken Levine is very notorious for this, both with his new game and BioShock Infinite.

With BioShock 1, there was some publisher interference involved (namely I've heard that the publisher wanted him to have a single moral choice and a good ending). BioShock Infinite on the other hand is all but forgotten about except as fodder for American Krogan type video essayists and essentially spawning the genre of SFM/Blender 3d porn. One of the reasons for this game failing so hard is simple: Ken Levine was constantly changing what he wanted to do with the game until there were several games worth of cut content in BioShock Infinite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muJYTeQlvC4

With his current game, aside from going years without anything to show for it except publishers throwing money at him based on the success of a past game before it finally had a trailer, he was constantly deciding "actually no I want to do this" during development, all the time. This is the same thing that doomed other developers including Ion Storm.
https://archive.fo/1RiHw

There's other developers who have shown they cannot manage a game worth a damn. Denis Dyack could not make a game without a tard wrangler like Nintendo in charge of his games. Or the dude who made Freedom Planet 2, taking nearly 10 years to make a 2d platformer, and at least that was a passable one compared to the YanDevs of the world and the infinite sea of Early Access.

@PurpCat @beardalaxy @deprecated_ii @coolboymew Didn't the Freedom Planet creator also trooned out as well?

@berkberkman @PurpCat @beardalaxy @coolboymew @deprecated_ii I didn't think about that until now but yeah he did like 4 years ago , on the bright side I'm vindicated for thinking Spark is the better game series

@Ace66062 @berkberkman @beardalaxy @deprecated_ii @coolboymew not just that but apparently FP2 has neoliberal propaganda in it.

@PurpCat @Ace66062 @berkberkman @beardalaxy @deprecated_ii @coolboymew I thought FP was a troon/furfag game.

@doonxib @Ace66062 @berkberkman @beardalaxy @deprecated_ii @coolboymew You weren't wrong. It was always the latter, it was made based on someone's Sonic OC, had a minor following, and then by the time 2 came out the world had moved on and the creator trooned out.

No really. Did anyone remember 2 came out?