Chasing trends was once possible, but now games just take way too long to develop. Concord's numbers might show that this strategy that once worked, might no...
What gets me is that there are games that, if made, would obviously print money and people would love. It requires minimal creativity or thought.
Make the pokemon MMO.
Make the chao garden.
Half Life 3
Right off the top of my head. There are so many games that people beg for that get avoided like we’re asking for healthcare. I’m not even asking for something cool like a 3D platform fighter that makes them have to shit their pants because it’s not formulaic.
I’ll never forgive profit extraction and investment returns sticking their nose into every last facet of society
Given that gamefreak couldn’t get Scarlet/Violet to run at a steady frame rate despite the simple, outdated graphics, I can’t imagine that them attempting that but with hundreds of players per server would result in anything other that an absolutely broken game.
I’m generally a defender of modern Pokemon games but to call the online features of Scarlet and Violet “outdated” would be an understatement. The tera raid battle lobbies are inexcusably awful. We figured online lobby systems out in the 90s for god’s sake.
What gets me is that there are games that, if made, would obviously print money and people would love. It requires minimal creativity or thought.
Make the pokemon MMO.
Make the chao garden.
Half Life 3
Right off the top of my head. There are so many games that people beg for that get avoided like we’re asking for healthcare. I’m not even asking for something cool like a 3D platform fighter that makes them have to shit their pants because it’s not formulaic.
I’ll never forgive profit extraction and investment returns sticking their nose into every last facet of society
Given that gamefreak couldn’t get Scarlet/Violet to run at a steady frame rate despite the simple, outdated graphics, I can’t imagine that them attempting that but with hundreds of players per server would result in anything other that an absolutely broken game.
I’m generally a defender of modern Pokemon games but to call the online features of Scarlet and Violet “outdated” would be an understatement. The tera raid battle lobbies are inexcusably awful. We figured online lobby systems out in the 90s for god’s sake.