/v/ - Video Games

Put down that bottle, anon.

>why dont they just make good games?

because devs have publishers under a leash, and publishers only care about making the most amount of money with the minimum effort.

>>15284611

Because good ideas aren't always easy to sell, and publishers care more about money and how quick they can make it than quality.

>>15284611

Because they make products, not art/entertainment.

>>15284641

this, why invest more resources, human and material, when doing so would only get a minor increase in sales and praise from fans

they'd rather invest the money and manpower into marketing which sees real returns, all you have to do is get them to buy into your game

>>15284662

>>15284678

companies should just trade stocks and turn into a hedge fund and have the side business be making games that way it's quality

>>15284738

Leftists are just useful idiots. You don't get rid of a weed by plucking its leaves.

>>15284611

>why don't they make good game?

They literally can't.

>>15284818

because?

>>15284611

Woah creatively bankrupt trend following money grubbers can't make good games?

shit dude call me shocked

>>15284832

2009 was really the last good year of life on earth. everything went to shit after

They mainly hire recent naive but enthusiastic college graduates as opposed to experienced or talented game developers.

>>15284834

I'd say it was 2012. It wasn't as good as other times but 2012 was the line where you can say there is nothing good coming out.

people say it's because money and all but what about the past? Like 90's and early 2000's? Gaming was still big enough in terms of business. Maybe it wasn't that popular and they needed to make good games to sell. Nintendo kinda falls to that category. It can't go full western propaganda since Nintendo is aimed for kids mostly. So if they want to sell good, they need to put effort to the game or something. It was also same with flash games. Since there is little to no business, it was purely hobby.

>>15284944

>either

>or

It's either the first, or both at the same time.

>>15285095

Gaming before 2008 was a nerdy thing, and nerds made better games than normalfags.

It was also before the whole "we want to expand our audience" / "we want call of duty audience", "we added waypoint markers, made linear maps, and games overall easier to complete in order to accomplish that". There's also way more naive college grads that will work long hours for shit pay because they wanted to make video games.