Umbasaborne
Banned
E3, and other game announcement presentations used to be filled with big games from medium to large publishers. Often mixed with middle sized “aa” games. Often with one or two indies thrown in, as nice break from the action, or an indie reel.
But in the past year ive noticed that in every game announcement event ive watched, Console announcements, summer game Fest, Nintendo directs, the majority of games shown are indie titles, with maybe a small hand full of big AAA game announcements.
I think that the time and budget required to make a big game now is so massive that they will be released far more sporadically, with some series or developers even missing out on entire console generations, as shown last generation with gta and the elder scrolls. With this in mind, and with the mid tier publishers all but dead, indies seemed to have taken place as the majority of games announced these days, rather then the minority.
They are doing what the mid sized aa games used to do, fill the long gaps between big releases.
im indifferent to indie games unless they really grab my attention. Now we decide, do we embrace them, or complain whenever they take up the majority of time at video game announcement events?
Me personally, i usually complain.
But in the past year ive noticed that in every game announcement event ive watched, Console announcements, summer game Fest, Nintendo directs, the majority of games shown are indie titles, with maybe a small hand full of big AAA game announcements.
I think that the time and budget required to make a big game now is so massive that they will be released far more sporadically, with some series or developers even missing out on entire console generations, as shown last generation with gta and the elder scrolls. With this in mind, and with the mid tier publishers all but dead, indies seemed to have taken place as the majority of games announced these days, rather then the minority.
They are doing what the mid sized aa games used to do, fill the long gaps between big releases.
im indifferent to indie games unless they really grab my attention. Now we decide, do we embrace them, or complain whenever they take up the majority of time at video game announcement events?
Me personally, i usually complain.