If I had to point to one thing that makes gaming worse today then what it was 15, 20 years ago it would easily be the big increase in development time of games.
People seem to forget there was just four 4 years from Gran Turismo 1 to Gran Turismo 3.
Just 3 years from Final Fantasy VII to Final Fantasy IX
People keep saying next gen consoles dont have games...the thing is they do have games, they're just stuck in development. If this was the PS1 or PS2 gen Uncharted 4, GT7, FFXV, The Last Guardian, Kingdom Hearts III etc would ALL be out by now. And their sequel would be here in 1-2 years.
Maybe developers need to take a page from No Man's Sky book and look into procedurally generated worlds?
Outsource more work maybe? Turn 10 does this with Forza which has allowed them to stick to a tight 2 year release window with every sequel, and based on review scores quality has suffered very little if at all.
Even Square Enix is outsourcing Final Fantasy VII Remake. Maybe thats the future?
Point is something has to be done. Games take way too long to make these days. I mean Captain America Winter Solider is a quarter billion dollar film and its going from Day 1 of principal photography to in the movie theaters in just 11 months.
Log in to comment