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>even then all they fucking talk about is either crossovers or established IPs from the past.
That’s literally every console since 2010. Also every movie since 2010.
We are hopefully at the end of the decade of rehashes.
Now PC on the other hand, has Indie.
While Indie does have a bunch of millennial faggot devs, they do however produce original and fun games that, get this, sell on more than just name.
For example Mordhau. Most recent example I can think of.
“Well mordhau is just Chivalry 2”
In mechanics and gameplay, yes some what.
But did it sell because it had Chivalry’s name brand?
No, it sold because of gameplay even though it was new and niche.
The actual Chivalry 2 will probably sell less unless it has better gameplay and no micro transactions, which considering Triwire as devs is pretty much impossible.
Want Arma but different? Play Squad.
Want Minecraft but different? Play Hytale
Deep Rock Galactic, Hollow knight, DOS 2, etc etc.
PC doesn’t give a fuck about name brand because, (and this is Todd’s worst nightmare) a bunch of modders with enough time and money can just make an easy leap to being devs while making games that players actually want.
Want Skyrim 2? Make it. Call it something else to avoid the copyright Jews.
PC players don’t care, as long as it’s good.
To give credit where credit is due, I will mention that Nintendo, while they do rely on brand name heavily, they also try to keep things original within those series. Like with the Mario spinoff games and Zelda’s experimentation.
However they aren’t original with all their games. Pokémon is stale as fuck. Fire Emblem is mediocre like OP said. Smash is stale as fuck. When they do have a successful gag spin off like Mariocart or Mario-sports they re-release it into the ground until their is like 8 mariocarts and 20 Mario Olympics.
There are also some original games on other consoles as well that came out this gen.
But unfortunately these games, and devs, acted more like token Indie games so that Console salesmen can say “See! Consoles can into Independent Development!”
Sea of Thieves and Titanfall were two western console games that were original.
Gravity Rush and Octopath Traveler are two eastern console games that were original.
They do happen, but they just get no press, and are overshadowed by the blockbuster franchises.
On PC everyone knows (or quickly learns) that all the blockbuster games. (Asscreed, Overwatch, etc) are all crappy ports so Indies have more room to breathe in that way.