Yes, I think the trend is driven by, ultimately, digital distribution. I don't think we would have independent developers without digital distribution. It allo

Yes, I think the trend is driven by, ultimately, digital distribution. I don't think we would have independent developers without digital distribution. It allows small developers and publishers to create games with a smaller scope than AAA games, and to sell them for less. I think this is allowed because of the reduced logistics of digital distribution versus physical. But smaller scope will also mean smaller teams - sometimes even just one or two developers. A sprite-based, retro-ish game is much more realistic for a handful of developers to finish in a reasonable time. Personally, I greatly enjoy the graphics that tend more to the 16-bit, SNES era