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/ReactionJifs Oct 02 '24

I love all of the social aspects of (checks notes) Elden Ring?

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u/Tillustrate Oct 02 '24

Elden Ring has social aspects, like the messages and invading. But yeah, it's not the reason why it became so popular.

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u/given2fly_ Oct 02 '24

Games like that are "social" in that people will talk about it online, watch streams of people playing it etc.

Surely that's got to be the goal? Make something that takes over the social conversation amongst gamers, without necessarily having to be a "social" game with online play?

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u/redfoobar Oct 02 '24

Yes, but I think this is confusing causation with correlation.

Arguably any really good game that gets a big user base has people talking about it regardless of genre or mechanics. So at that point is more a result of the succes rather than the source of the succes.