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Baldur's Gate 3's success is not about setting a new "standard" (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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[โ€“] Hanabie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What devs see is "all those other devs are too lazy to make a good game".

What players mean is "all those other games are full of micro transactions and sell missing content and features as dlc", which is not the same thing.

What players want to be addressed is the bad influence investors have on the products. Publishers aren't interested in publishing good games, they only care about money.

Devs don't go about making a game only for the money. Most of them would rather do it the same way Larian does it, focus on quality and provide a good gaming experience, but their hands are tied.

So the message gamers try to get out goes to the wrong recipients, and it's obviously being taken the wrong way.

Pretty obvious and epic communication fail.

[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

And that's why I generally prefer indie games. Many indie games are made with passion, with money being down the list of priorities. AAA games are made with money first, though there is certainly passion as well, it's just not the top on the list. As studios and budgets get bigger, so will their expectation of profits.

So if you want better games, buy from smaller studios. Show them that you value passion over high budget.