r/gaming • u/CiabattaKatsuie Console • Oct 01 '24

The games industry is undergoing a 'generational change,' says Epic CEO Tim Sweeney: 'A lot of games are released with high budgets, and they're not selling'

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-games-industry-is-undergoing-a-generational-change-says-epic-ceo-tim-sweeney-a-lot-of-games-are-released-with-high-budgets-and-theyre-not-selling/

Tim Sweeney apparently thinks big budget games fail because... They aren't social enough? I personally feel that this is BS, but what do you guys think? Is there a trend to support his comments?

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u/Big-Routine222 Oct 02 '24

"We keep spending obscene amounts of money to make shitty games with no soul or creativity while shoving micro-transactions into them. Why are the games selling badly??"

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u/Icewind Oct 02 '24

We paid all these consulting companies a sweet amount of money!!!! Why aren't people buying the things they tell them to like?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 12 '24

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u/CaptainBayouBilly Oct 02 '24

“How can we turn young gamers into an endless stream of cash the way casinos do?’

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u/obp5599 Oct 02 '24

Man, people have poor comprehension lol. If you took that as a question, maybe try going back to some critical thinking classes

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u/freightdog5 Oct 02 '24

when GTA V released it was the most expensive game ever made and made buck load of money.

years later despite it featuring everything "bad" still the make top 10 bestseller list consistently, if you make good product people will buy it's not that complicated it's very simple.
Making a good product is extremely hard though if not impossible because of the way most of these studios conduct business.

You can't throw money at bad management and expect good results, abusing the devs , constant layoffs ,toxic and sometimes unsafe workplace .all of these issues why even a small studio can compete nowadays because how dire the situation at AAA studio level