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[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not to defend big companies, but big companies have larger operating costs and they have more corporate responsibilities, to companies and people who fund them.

AAA game costs tens or hundreds of millions to make. Indie game can be made with 50k.

When game costs +40 million to make, you really cant take much risks and cant expect that the guys with the wallet wont want to interviene with you.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s all indirectly what I meant. Spend big money ant take no risks, players get expensive game with nothing original.

[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just wanted to point that its not because the companies are some inconpetent cartoonisly evil entities, but its because of real live necessities and i bet there is plenty of talented amd passionate people working there too.

I would also not belittle AAA games. There are plenty of people who enjoy the yearly NHL and CoD releases and thats okay. Its not that differend that some people like mindless action movies and some people like artsy movies.

[–] bystander@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I think the same gatekeepy gamers that make fun of people just playing NHL or CoD are the same snobby people who make fun of casual players that just like to play match 3 games. Let people have fun.

FC is literally like 75% of EA's income. I wish they took more risks with stable income like this. The problem is the large amount of people they keep hiring are product managers with business degrees. Stangleholding the creatives who love games with conservative business strategy and market research.