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AAA games need to do honest pricing. They can release at $70 dollars but if it’s not a hit, drop the price and release modding tools so the community can have a
by bloomingkales 2y ago
AAA games need to do honest pricing. They can release at $70 dollars but if it’s not a hit, drop the price and release modding tools so the community can have a go at reinventing it.
What they seem to do is drop the price and give it another go with updates, but the game has already failed by their standards (it no longer sells at $70). The second life of games always comes from the community.
They underestimate how much gamers want to be involved in the game design process, even by a mere purchasing vote.
Speaking for PC games here.
- oersted 2y agoIndeed, Skyrim was really not that good, the modding community made it a >decade-long success. Bethesda has acknowledged that to some extent and built some infrastructure to facilitate it, but they also tried to get a cut from it, so the result is quite mixed. Few other studies are open to it.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoSkyrim was great for 2012, and while it was fairly bland it was still large, colorful, and had great music. it's pretty shallow, but modding breathed new life into it.
- joshstrange 2y agoI agree that mods can greatly improve the Skyrim experience but I sunk 1K+ hours into the game (over a decade-ish) all on my Xbox (unmodded). I was super happy when they released support for mods but the game was/is awesome standalone IMHO.