PC gamers buy way more games that cost less than $30 at launch compared to PlayStation and Xbox players, analysts say, and it's "reshaping the PC market"

Agent_Karyo@piefed.world · 3 months

Schedule 1, Peak, and REPO lead a big year for small games

SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 3 months

Like, I appreciate the effort that goes into big AAA releases. I really do. I get wrapped up in the stories a lot easier when the game is nice to look at and the voice actors are really good.

But if a game isn’t fun, it isn’t fun. A lot of indie games are fun first, and that makes all the difference in the world.

brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 3 months

“AA” games can look fantastic though, with incredible voice acting.

See: Expedition 33.

I think “too much budget” is a thing. There’s just a point where it hurts more than helps, and now AAAAs (as I dub them) are smacking into it.

BrightCandle@lemmy.world · 3 months

Indy and small budget games are where all the innovation in game mechanics is occuring. The AA/AAA industry has become a conveyor belt of ever more expensive graphics on the “omni game” mechanics.