Good.
Also first post. Go team Lemmy.
That’s because instead of brainstorming new ideas, big companies just look at what is currently selling and duplicate it. Often poorly.
I mean, even BG3 itself isn’t very innovative. All they did was take ideas that had been around and stayed in the 90’s to the modern world of gaming. I kind of have my doubts if it would have been such a huge success if there were more CRPGs like those of the past that had kept up with today. It’s on par with a lot of those older RPGs, including the 2 previous Baldur’s Gate games, but by comparison with other modern games, it’s a god send.
This isn’t meant to be against the game in any way; more about the state of the industry that the discussion around this game has shown me is worse than I thought. Even the consumers don’t seem to know that games like BG3 used to be the norm, and not exceptions.
Man, Baldurs Gate 3 is so fucking funny to me. Like, gamers get to play, enjoy, and love a top-tier RPG, and all the other devs have to say is “it’s too good and now we’ll be judged poorly by comparison!”
This Ismail guy is an idiot.
“Don’t yell at the messenger!”
Motherfucker, you aren’t a messenger. You were not given an analysis by someone else and then bidden to proclaim it to all of twitter. This is your analysis, for better or worse, and trying to act like you have no agency is just cowardice.
Speak your truth and stand by your words. Or shut up. Either is fine.
Once businesses move from private to public sector, the risk tolerance takes a nosedive. You all of a sudden have shareholders that want a steady return and don’t necessarily give a shit if that comes from a F2P game with a ton of gimmicks and microtransactions or a true stellar game.
Management therefore goes with “proven” low risk strategies that may generate a smaller return but also won’t break the studio (and lose them their job) if they fail.
My personal view is that it comes down to risk analysis. Great for generic “business” or investment, but bad for innovation. They start playing “not to lose” instead of playing to win.
Newsflash: CEO discover their customers like quality.
