For the first time ever a major AAA publisher has had in-game digital purchases, subscriptions and microtransactions outsell digital copies of their complete games. Does this set a worrying precedent for the future?
Getting a victory in Fortnite Battle Royale is more more challenging after the recent change.
TNS: Based on its most recent ESG data, Nintendo boasts a remarkably low staff turnover rate of just 1.9%, with virtually no reported layoffs.
It’s unreal that people are downvoting this when they consistently have the best scoring games on metacritic.
Well it doesn’t surprise me. As much money as they make and how they value their employees. It’s a great company in that regard.
Replies(1)Well, when your games remain full price many years after release.
And you make profit off of outdated hardware.
I would be shocked if they couldn't afford to retain their staff.
I didn't want to say anything but drivxr is right.
Nintendo always sells at a profit because they purposely use tech that's always 5 or more years behind. And it's also true their games hardly ever get price decreases.
Don't get me wrong, it's great they kept most of their workforce, but making a point to have your tech specs behind everyone else affords that luxury.
I don’t think it’s their purpose to use old tech. It’s their purpose to make value of software and know their value. Nobody makes games like them that’s for sure. I just don’t appreciate their customer unfriendly policy.
It’s not impossible to take their status. Companies need to have a selection of 8-bit and 16-bit. Now imagine a split screen for 8 player game for SNES Mario kart and selling at $9.99. The problem is that it doesn’t make profit. So many companies won’t invest in “old” technology. Everyone guns for triple AAA modern technology software but honestly we can enjoy modernized 16-bit creative ideas that allows 8-player mayhem. It’s a pipe dream, possible but impossible.
If they ended up kicking people out after all of that stated above, it would be truly shameful.
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Tesla and Meta are all trillion dollar companies yet they are laying people off in large numbers.
I believe the reason Nintendo layoffs off less workers may be a result of their culture. It seems Japanese companies believe in giving their workers long term or life long employment opportunities and will exhaust all options before laying off workers. This is something we don't see much of in the west unfortunately.
might be something to do with the fact all those companies hire more than 20x the employees than Nintendo
What the hell are you talking about? It has nothing to do with how profitable they are. Its completely cultural, MS and Sony make stacks of cash and still lay folks off. Nintendo chose not to lay off staff for the same reason their execs took pay cuts to increase staff pay instead; because they value their staff and view them as colleagues, and respect them as such.
If Sony weren't so US centric I fancy they'd fare better too, they should get shot of US and European leadership and go back to when Japanese execs were running the show if you ask me!
This should make fans attending the ahow event happier as Bandai Namco is bringing some interesting game experiences to the convention.
Only a matter of time before this happened since its introduction last gen. “Player Recurrent Investments” has had enough time on the market for younger gamers to have grown up with microtransactions/season passes as a normal thing, so I expect this to probably get worse. The real kicker is how the industry will use it to their advantage now - if they tend to abuse, that is. This is indeed worrying, but expected.
When Reality Crash currently boastsover $3.5 million made from its virtual currency thanks to microtransactions before the game is even out, you know things have depressingly gotten out of hand
And we can thank the casual clueless players for this.
Gaming is on a fast trak to ruin. I said this when they introduced DLCs first that it will get to this but everyone called me an idiot. Yet, here we are. Pay to win. Content held back for MT and loot boxes and DLC is the norm. If you guys think it can't get any worst, think again. It will get much, much worst within a few years.
My advice: don't buy a single MT, loot box and dlc. Only buy games at $20 from now on. That is the only way we can show companies what we think. They don't give two shits if we write them e-mails or create petitions.
The younger generation will see this new gaming structure (microtransactions) as natural, and thus will spend their money without realizing they are paying for things that used to be free, and/or unlockable.
There is a mentality to want to have a better/fuller product. Instead of us being delivered one, we are sold it in bits and pieces. If someone has a general love for the game, they will be more prone to spend their money (And honestly, you can't hate someone who loves a product and wants more of it, but you can certainly label them as the weakness). There are those who seem to drop tens of thousands of dollars on a single game (At that point, hate them)... It's undeniably clear why the Devs/Pubs want to change the gaming landscape. While 100 gamers might drop off, 1 gamer will make up for that loss of revenue and then some.
The problem is now that the games themselves are feeling less and less "for the gamer" and more and more "for the profit." The change alienates the older generation (because the games are garbage -> Battlefront 2, what are you? You're not a game - you're just a slot machine). This also warps the minds of those naturally growing accustomed to paying more for literally colour schematics and prettier emojis because, hey, that's what they've seen more of rather than games as a full product upon release day.
Soon the days of owning multiple games and enjoying their stories will be gone. If you love gaming, you may end up with 1 title, and constantly put money towards it... Because if gaming is now a service, we all know we won't want to pay for multiple services.