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'

[u/CiabattaKatsuie]

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?

[u/Largofarburn]

My god it’s so frustrating not being able to play games I bought just because my internet sucks. I’ve been playing black ops 3 zombies lately and it’s immensely frustrating to loose all my progress and have none of it count because my internet cuts out for a few seconds.

And micro transaction can go suck a fat one. I’m fine with dlc, even some of the more questionable ones. But as soon as they start selling an alt currency that you need to buy stuff in game and time gating normal progression I’m out. Fuck that and fuck them. There’s hundreds of games to choose from these days. I’ve been going back and playing a lot of older games lately just because I’m so sick of all the bullshit.

[u/SuperKamiTabby → u/Largofarburn]

I remember a few years ago complaining about a single player game dropping connection due to the shit internet I had at the time.

I was told "Why don't you move somewhere else then?"

Fucking WHAT.

[u/meowtiger → u/SuperKamiTabby]

a few years back when ms was attempting the greatest fumble in the history of fumbles, they announced that the xbox one would require constant internet connectivity even for single player games, to verify licensing

some people said "hey what about people who have no or limited internet?"

and ms said "we have a console for those people it's called the xbox 360"

[u/quiyo → u/[deleted]]

Well deserved

[u/stealthyotter47 → u/[deleted]]

That’s why my ship had PS4’s :)