A quick rundown of issues within the gaming industry that arose ever since the PS3 and the Xbox 360 launched.
The XDefiant movement speed has not been tweaked or adjusted according to devs, as the game will use Google servers confirme.
"The Cracow-based (Poland) horror games publisher Feardemic and Kuopio-based (Finland) indie games developer Jesse Makkonen, are today very proud and thrilled to announce that their 2D psychological horror/adventure game “AFTERDREAM“, is now available for PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
"Spanish indie game publisher BlitWorks Games announces that, due to technical and polishing reasons, the launch date for the acclaimed micromanagement tycoon puzzler "Train Valley 2: Community Edition" to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 has been postponed to the 22nd of November.
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Timed exclusives, Micro Transactions, developers cutting content to release it as DLC, and patches are whats killing the industry. Whens the last time a major game was released that didnt need to be patched in order to fix something they missed before releasing? Its pretty lame that we have become accustomed to unfinished releases that we need to connect to the internet to fix. They changed the business model to help line their pockets better while taking away from the core value of games. Imagine if you bought a car but had to return to the dealer the 2nd day of purchase because your windows wouldnt work right or the gas pedal would get stuck. Chances are you wouldnt buy form that manufacturer again, right?! Why do game developers get away with this crap?
The problem is that developers are afraid to try new things. Call of Duty is a problem in its own right because now everyone is trying to make a better game to dethrone it