Is Episodic Gaming Ruining the Industry?

Publishers have recently been entering into the episodic game model, which is dividing a game into chapters and publishing them in a sequence over the course of a few months. This has become a phenomenon in the gaming industry, as the trend started out as a low-risk purchase alternative to AAA titles, which have been letting gamers down lately (Assassin’s Creed Unity, for example). But is it more dangerous than once thought?

[ValKilmer]

Yes and Double Fine are the worst offenders yet. Releasing a game in two parts for absolutely no reason other than to make more money was pathetic.

[wheresmymonkey]

How exactly did Double Fine make more money? the second episode of Broken Age was a free update. So they made the exact same amount of money they would have if they had just waited and released it all in one go.

[showtimefolks]

welcome to gaming industry today where gamers will make comments which are so unture its not even funny

[AudioEppa]

Nope. I like it. Hope more do it.

[Knightofelemia]

i like them they just don't pump them out fast enough. So many franchises TellTales can do for a game.

[GrmpyolGamer]

I like these games. Telltale do good work and Life is strange was really good as well. If u don't like them don't buy them but Im not sure how they can ruin the industry. Isnt variety the spice of life?

[OrangePowerz]

Yay another "does X ruin the industry?" article.

No it doesn't and are we really complaining now about paying 20-25 bucks for something that is 10 hours long? Better don't buy movies or go to the cinema since you pay more per hour there.

Like I said in the past the games "media" is on a very dangerous course by constantly trying to tell the industry what and how to do when they have no idea about the industry. While most of the article was ok the negative part was baseless. The purpose of gaming journalism is to present the readers with information not by trying to push the readers in the direction that suits your views. The gaming "media" is becoming the gaming version of Fox news by constantly trying to get people to hate the same thing that they hate and dislike instead of informing the readers. I just have to look at the Battlefront articles that went on about how there is no singleplayer content when in reality there is, just because they need to push their agenda of "we don't like that and we need to convince others that they shouldn't like it either". /Rant over

[Two-Face]

I always wait until all of the episodes are out before I start playing. It sucks to play one episode, then have to wait couple of months for next. Ruins the immersion.

[ServerBOT]

I think it's a good alternative plus they do end up getting released as a complete version for people that can wait and not all games are doing it. so NO! it is not ruining the games industry.

[deathtok]

No. Thanks for asking!

[The-Marb]

As a huge fan of The Walking Dead but someone who found Tales from Borderlands to be hopeflessly dull and pointless and Wolf Among Us to be merely Good, I can see the points raised.

Telltale in particular are on the verge of ruining their schtick by doing the same thing too often.

That said I think Episodic content is a good idea but the release schedule needs to be set and regular. For example, it was something 3 months between Wolf Among us parts 1 and 2.

Decide when product will be realistically ready, and release an episode every 4 weeks. Any longer and to be honest I have not only forgotten what I have done but no longer care.

[uth11]

Episodic gaming has been around for over a decade, and only a small minority of games use this model

Are headlines that accuse everything of ruining the industry ruining the industry?

[medman]

I don't see how offering gamers more choices in how we play equates to "ruining the industry". More options>Less options.

[trenso1]

yea i dont like it, it doesnt appeal to me to play a game in parts

[ManAnimalX]

Yes yes yes yes yes, and of course. Changing the game to were the $$$ men make more $$.

But I know, the Industry will say its about Gamers right?

Smh. BS

P.S.- and the media and journalist will continue to perpetuate lies and deceit.