• @Almacca@aussie.zone
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    1391 month ago

    Because they don’t want some of the money, or even enough of the money. They want all of the money, and think all you have to do is copy a successful game to get it.

    • @Mirshe@lemmy.world
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      441 month ago

      Moreover, like Hollywood, the gaming industry is largely run by people who truly do not understand the thing they’re there to make. All of the C-levels still think it’s the early 2000s where you could shit out anything that looked like a popular game and make 20 billion dollars from it. They think their entire market is dumb kids who will mindlessly play whatever is put in front of them without regard to polish, story, or even playability.

    • @pyre@lemmy.world
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      429 days ago

      Stephanie Sterling has been saying this for so many years, and it’s only getting worse. at least in the “”“AAA”“” space.

    • @Niiru@feddit.org
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      330 days ago

      Because sometimes that’s all it takes… See dayz vs pubg vs h1z1 (vs original fortnite to some extend). Or valorant vs overwatch (and csgo to an extend).

      Spins with just a little bit of change can be a massive success.

      • @Almacca@aussie.zone
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        13 days ago

        That “little bit of change” is what these greedy cunts don’t get, though. You need creativity for that to work.