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>Meanwhile, Fortnite, Destiny, Marathon, and Apex Legend revenues have all been trending downhill for several years. Other games having done bad is not proof t

>Meanwhile, Fortnite, Destiny, Marathon, and Apex Legend revenues have all been trending downhill for several years. Other games having done bad is not proof that your unique RTS will do good. That's my argument. > If the goal is to lose money, make a live-action shooter. When your examples that lost money got the green light to start development, the shooter market was very different which is why they got all that money to begin with. But then you take 5-7 years to ship, and by that time the market has changed, so they lost the gamble but that doesn't mean that at the time it was a bad business decision. Meanwhile new RTS is known for the start it won't make any money since the young players are captured by MOBAs and boomers still play the OGs. That's also my argument. >Objectively speaking, if the goal is to make a profit, RTSs are a lower risk than shooters. Feel free to put your money where your mouth is. THere's some indie RTS games out there who probably need some money.

gamblor956 11d ago
hen your examples that lost money got the green light to start development, the shooter market was very different which is why they got all that money to begin with. No, it wasn't. You are just ignoring the dates. When Marathon got the green light, the shooter industry was already a feast-or-famine niche, with most entrants starving to death. Meanwhile new RTS is known for the start it won't make any money since the young players are captured by MOBAs and boomers still play the OGs. That's also my argument. Which is false. Almost every AA and AAA RTS in the last decade has made a profit. My point is that they don't make much of a profit, but a small profit is better than a huge loss. Feel free to put your money where your mouth is. THere's some indie RTS games out there who probably need some money. I probably already have purchased them. By the way, I used to work in the video game industry, so my knowledge is firsthand.
- PorciiVorbesc 11d ago
  >Almost every AA and AAA RTS in the last decade has made a profit. Which AAA RETS games? How much profit?

gamblor956 11d ago

hen your examples that lost money got the green light to start development, the shooter market was very different which is why they got all that money to begin with. No, it wasn't. You are just ignoring the dates. When Marathon got the green light, the shooter industry was already a feast-or-famine niche, with most entrants starving to death. Meanwhile new RTS is known for the start it won't make any money since the young players are captured by MOBAs and boomers still play the OGs. That's also my argument. Which is false. Almost every AA and AAA RTS in the last decade has made a profit. My point is that they don't make much of a profit, but a small profit is better than a huge loss. Feel free to put your money where your mouth is. THere's some indie RTS games out there who probably need some money. I probably already have purchased them. By the way, I used to work in the video game industry, so my knowledge is firsthand.

PorciiVorbesc 11d ago
>Almost every AA and AAA RTS in the last decade has made a profit. Which AAA RETS games? How much profit?