I think with the success of Palworld, it shows people are hungry for survival games. Palworld numbers will decline sharply, so a new survival release as much as a year out would make sense. People WANT this. Blizzard has lost focus. I especially dislike the phrase: "to focus on... several promising new projects..." this survival game WAS a promising project when they first announced it. So what gives?
I'm getting sick and tired of these big game companies having completely lost the way. They don't know A) what makes a game good anymore and B) what makes a game an instant success.
If Palworld can be this successful with a team of like 10 people (most novices, at that), then why are AAA companies struggling? There's a phrase here: AAA game companies are indeed getting in their own way, and it shows.
And the software devs, artists, writers went the extra mile to make the game???? The point is??? They know who and how much to staff up for a game. This idea of using DLC/microtransactions to justify talent needs to stop or it'll just get worse.
We put art into the game. Oh? You wanted good art? Okay Art DLC! We have to pay the artists somehow!!
@chriss_m: I agree. I also think HBO, Disney, Netflix and other large companies are becoming ever more risk adverse and are uninterested in signing multi-year deals unless they know for certain it'll pay off.
I mean, look at movies like Dune. Part II should've been a no-brainer and filmed right after, but there was no trust and no confidence in it. Films like LOTR that were filmed back to back, are not happening anymore.
Also, The LOTR show from Amazon had 5 seasons greenlit and they still don't have a yearly release schedule. What gives!!
@Barighm: True, and he made that statement in an era where Nintendo didn't really do patches on their games. Games are starting to eventually get good post release, it just sucks for us gamers since we have to suffer with something broken until it gets fixed, then the Anniversary editions start coming out... sigh.
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