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The difference between AAA and indie games is blurring. If I was EA & Ubisoft, I'd be concerned. Consumer are/will benefit from this movement.
by pothibo 13y ago
The difference between AAA and indie games is blurring. If I was EA & Ubisoft, I'd be concerned.
Consumer are/will benefit from this movement.
- teamonkey 13y agoThe difference between AAA and indie is several hundred full-time content creators and millions of dollars worth of marketing. One area Epic win here is that by making their AAA-grade engine affordable to individuals they'll end up with a lot of budding game developers self-trained in Unreal. This creates a sort of lock-in: AAA studios are more likely to chose Unreal because it's easier to hire people with Unreal experience.
- Jare 13y agoWhich is exactly what Unity has been busy doing for the past 3 years. Epic and Crytek knew that as soon as someone released a major AAA game based on Unity, it was game over for them, and the beginning of a console generation (where developers are still leaving a lot of power unused) was the perfect time for this to happen. They needed to react, and they have.