commander@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 天前AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square189linkfedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down15
arrow-up1761arrow-down1external-linkAAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20wccftech.comcommander@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 天前message-square189linkfedilink
minus-squareAzrael@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·14 天前No. AAA games don’t really exist anymore. They’re a thing of the past.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 天前In what way? Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Gearbox, Bethesda, Capcom, etc etc all still make and release new games.
minus-squareAzrael@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 天前Because AAA doesn’t just mean “new game”. AAA is about budget, the size of development teams, the time it takes to make, and monetization layers. The AAA industry is struggling because they don’t really make games like they used to.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 天前Ok. That doesn’t change anything about the companies I exampled. Those are triple A game companies.
minus-squarew3dd1e@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 天前It’s fine. I like smaller indie games anyway. For $3 on Steam I can run down a spooky Japanese hallway.
No. AAA games don’t really exist anymore. They’re a thing of the past.
In what way? Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Gearbox, Bethesda, Capcom, etc etc all still make and release new games.
Because AAA doesn’t just mean “new game”. AAA is about budget, the size of development teams, the time it takes to make, and monetization layers. The AAA industry is struggling because they don’t really make games like they used to.
Ok. That doesn’t change anything about the companies I exampled. Those are triple A game companies.
It’s fine. I like smaller indie games anyway. For $3 on Steam I can run down a spooky Japanese hallway.