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On the other hand, the type of games just below AAA is as alive as never before. I'm having a very good time with Steam right now filling my simulation and stra
by flohofwoe 2y ago
On the other hand, the type of games just below AAA is as alive as never before. I'm having a very good time with Steam right now filling my simulation and strategy games itch, genres that were pretty much dead in the AAA heydays. And small indie teams don't need million sellers to stay afloat either. I think the looming "death" (or rather contraction) of AAA will be good for gaming overall because it makes room for new things.
- oersted 2y agoI'm not sure I agree... There's certainly somewhat of a AA resurgence, but that's mainly because AA all but died a decade ago squeezed between AAA and indie, and it's slowly coming back to fill-in the gaps. But AA used to be much more significant before and that's how all the current AAA companies got to where they are now. We've been missing that renewal process for a while, the big players have not felt the pressure from underneath and have stagnated. And Indie has been a very tough situation since Steam opened its floodgates after stopping Greenlight. Sure indies don't need millions, but the vast majority don't even get thousands. You are seeing an extreme survival bias, if you talk to professionals in the industry you'll hear how hard it is to even stay afloat.