r/Games • u/AutoModerator • Nov 22 '24

Discussion Daily /r/Games Discussion - Free Talk Friday - November 22, 2024

It's F-F-Friday, the best day of the week where you can finally get home and play video games all weekend and also, talk about anything not-games in this thread.

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u/x_TDeck_x Nov 22 '24

Why does it feel like everything is taking longer to do recently? TV and games especially.

Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim: 9 years, Fallout 3 and 4: 7 years, Breaking Bad: whole story 5 years, Lord of the Rings trilogy: 2.5 years, Harry Potter 8 movie series: 10 years

Nowadays

Skyrim to ES6: 13+ years, Fallout 4 to 5: 11+ years, Severance 1 to 2: 3 years, Wheel of time 1 to 2: 2 years, House of Dragons 1 to 2: 2 years.

Anime series especially are insane with things like Re Zero season 1 to 2 taking 5 years then season 2 to 3 taking 3 more. Meanwhile Bleach's original run released 16 seasons of 20 episodes each in 7 years

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u/aestheticbridges Nov 22 '24

For games, we’ve hit a wall where the technology is no longer the limit. Just manpower and logistics. scope increases workload exponentially in software, and the animation/art is also a massive barrier.

The added time it takes to complete projects, the more risky/expensive they become.

I think in general, also, we just have a lot of competition for consumer time. Something either needs to be an event, or otherwise it’s competing against endless user generated content, indies, or shovelware or social media.

Also, crucially, the business model has changed for TV. It doesn’t depend on ad dollars anymore, so there’s no reason to flood the market for airtime. Shows used to have 20+ episodes a season, but they also had a ton of filler, small scope and factory like production values. And that stuff just can’t really compete with social media/user generated content.

Like my nieces and nephews don’t really have the patience for movies anymore, and they dont really play games outside of fortnite/roblox either.