A game industry insider reveals the major trends shaping the industry now and for the future. What are the forces behind what you will be playing and what you will be playing it on?
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Golden Axe is a great game I enjoyed it on the SMS, Genesis and in the arcade. Great game but it truly was a quarter eater back in the day. I wish Sega could get the rights to the arcade port of Moonwalker another great arcade game I enjoyed. Collect so many monkeys and become Robo Michael lol.
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With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
It was worrisome to begin with.
It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.
Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.
Helldivers 2 manages just fine…
Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.
Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.
Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.
I see two important points:
1. Casual gaming is expanding at an immense rate.
2. When it comes to global publishers of AAA games the industry is consolidating down to a handful of players.
This means that the days for the hardcore gamer are becoming more in more numbered just in plain fact that the companies investing money into the product want to cater to the highest common denominator, which is casual gamers. I expect to see a hell of a lot less "M" rated content in the near future.
Like in 1984 when everybody made quickie Atari 2600 games and it sank the industry ?