Mario Wynands - the developer who claimed next-gen will fail - has clarified to NowGamer on exactly why he thinks next-gen will fail, stating that one of the 'big three' developers will drop out of the console market.
Despite No Man Sky's rocky launch, Hello Games managed to turn it into one of the best space exploration RPGs out there.
I hate the whole concept of "comeback story" because at the end of the day it doesn't remove the core issue we had in the first place, that we were lied to, it was disappointing and it launched with bare content to what was promised for years.
Any bad game can have a comeback story if it's supported enough after launch but for me if you launch in a terrible state then you had your chance. I can applaud you for what you've done after but at the end of the day there's not much of a choice since most gamers would blank your next product if you ditched your last game so fast, it's not about repairing the game but spending your time repairing gamers trust before you launch your next product otherwise it would be dead on arrival.
With these stories and the games being updated, the only way is up most of the time so of course it's going to improve the game and feel better over all, getting better and better as time passes. No Mans Sky, Sea of Thieves, Fallout 76 etc but then you have games like Anthem, Suicide Squad, Redfall and The Avengers where the devs just clearly moved on, now if they have another product people won't be as exited for it, I mean hell Guardians of the Galaxy was a great game but because of the Avengers it didn't help its sales since people were obviously still sour at that point.
I still think despite the improvements to games like No Mans Sky and Cyberpunk along with being better now overall the games are still not up there to what was promised and hyped as for years.
If we keep celebrating these “comeback stories” then unfortunately it only strongly supports the concept that these studios / publishers can continue to push half arsed broken products out for the sake of quick sales instead of waiting until they are fully finished. We need to condemn this awful behaviour or sadly we lose all voice and power as consumers.
I really enjoyed it at launch and had every trophy by August 2016.
The experience I had is no longer in the game: It was just me and my ship. It was a survival game and the feeling of loneliness in the universe was pervasive. There was no way to ruin too far from your ship and, in an emergency, you grenaded a hole in the ground to survive.
I miss that aspect, but since then, I love what they've done.
Ozan Drøsdal tells TheGamer about The Holy Gosh Darn, the final part of the Tuesday Trilogy.
Hollow Knight: Silksong’s new collectible that succeeds the popular Grubs has the potential to deepen the mysteries of the new world.
That sounds very interesting. I'll definitely give it a try if I have the chance.
Sony have a three for three successful streak going on with consoles.
I believe MS lost a ton of money on the original Xbox and still didn't bow out.
Nintendo have had relatively unsuccessful consoles in the past and are still kicking it today.
I believe the 'big 3' are stronger than most give them credit for. They have a wealth of highly acclaimed development studios under their wings collectively, which will keep them in the top rungs of this industry for the foreseeable future, IMHO.
I think the big three are still strong, but I do agree that one of them will probably struggle towards the end of the next-gen. Hard to say who, but I'd wager Nintendo will have some issues if its audience keeps shifting to iOS and other mobile handhelds.
nintendo should drop out and concentrate on a sega-like existence. sony is still powerful with its ps-brand and micky$oft got way too much money to feel the necessity to stop. nintendo is the only logical choice. their inhouse-titles are a far cry from their installments from the last few decades. to me it feels like they fired all of their programmers and just kept the lowpaid leveldesigners. it almost feels like they are squeezing everything out of it before they will be calling it quits as a hardware-manufacturing entity.
@timmyshire sorry man, but you know how the haters are, they are just dying for nintendo to fail, and the wii u is really next gen, but they will never admit it.
Nintendo have lots of money.
http://www.nintendolife.com...