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by keerthiko
2823 days ago
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LucasArts, while they made adventure games, was just as if not more well known for their action and franchise titles such as all the Star Wars games. Knights of the Old Republic and sequel, Jedi Knight and several smash hit sequels, TIE Fighter, Republic Commando (basically all the Star Wars games) were squarely in other genres, and all very successful titles. They had some less successful ones as well, which probably fed to their collapse. But in general, the crux of the matter is that games are still adapting to internet-age business models -- selling a title for $30-$60 with higher and higher development standards has been unsustainable for some time now. Going F2P is also hit or miss: not every game can be a League of Legends, and 99% quietly die running deserted servers with a tiny tiny fraction of the player base they may have had in their peak. It's the reason indie games have risen in popularity -- AAA studios are now just hoping to arrive at a hit franchise, and then furtively milk it for as long as they can, still fully aware they're one bad title away from biting the dust. Meanwhile thousands upon thousands of indies throw their life in the pool and a few good games reliably come out. Few hear or care about all the indies that disappear and return to their day jobs after a failed 5-year game. This model works fine for gamers, and making games is quickly becoming a cottage art industry like music or films - yes there are some studios churning out blockbusters, but mostly indies struggling, while consumers just get a glut of stuff at low costs. The unstable part is that most game devs can easily abandon the art for tech jobs with gobs of money, unlike musicians and (most) filmmakers, so it's possible the entire industry could die out if we enter an era of uninspiring games for too long. |
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But yeah, making an indie game is on average not a good financial decision.