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/Sharktoothdecay Oct 02 '24

pokemon the most profitable thing ever is a single player experience first for most of the games before you can trade and battle

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u/Akrevics Oct 02 '24

and they're still getting lazy with that. there's so much they could do to make that experience richer for the billions of fans they have, yet they're churning out weird mechanics for another 100 more Pokémon or variations in another bs region and oops ran out of time, here's a half-assed rendered world to plop them into, we'll take your $€60 and no sales 5 years after release.

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u/Sharktoothdecay Oct 02 '24

ever since they graduated from the 3ds these games have gotten bad and i say this as a life long pokemon fan

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u/sephtis Oct 02 '24

It started with the 3DS. Sun and Moon was the last game I bought.
How do you lag a console by making a pokemons model glow?