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Former Santa Monica Studio Writer Shares Insight On The Game Industry: “It’s Not Great”

Former Santa Monica Studio writer Alanah Pearce has shared some insight on the game industry, and it's not great.

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Goodguy0119d ago

AAA has gone downhill as they focus on huge profits. Indie and other smaller games however have been amazing not chasing trends and the next big thing.

Redemption-6418d ago

In all honesty, a significant majority of indies and smaller games fail. At best a you might hear about 10-20 indies that get attention or do well, but 100s more fail. AAA games can still be the bread and butter of the industry, but greedy executives would kill a good game if it doesn't make them a lot of money

Cacabunga17d ago

I don’t game much anymore as i used to. Last big game i played was Stellar Blade. Almost didn’t touch the console since.
I don’t have much backlog for the first time in a long time. Maybe others enjoy what’s coming, but I’m losing feeling a little

Ethereal18d ago

Nail on the head. AAA has lost the magic and focused on profits and "player engagement". Gaming is an art form, and like always the CEO fat cats roll in to capitalize at the cost of innovation, passion, wild experimentation. We need a major realignment in the industry and it starts with gamers voting with their wallets.

Killer2020UK18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I think that's already happening, we're seeing commercial successes in studios like Larion and whoever made Kingdom Come for example. Double Fine is another good example. Studios who are filled with and run by people who give a fuck that aren't hamstrung by money men. That's the answer and consumers are favouring it more than the soulless AAAs that have been put out. I don't doubt there is talent at Ubisoft for example but when they're told exactly what the end product needs to be by people who don't know what consumers actually want, it's always going to result in the same rehashed but slightly shinier slop.

Ethereal18d ago

Exactly. I do believe we are starting to see a shift in consumer habits. The market is saturated with GaaS and battlepasses, seasons, etc. We can't all play the same four games until the end of time. Fatigue is setting in and the industry needs to get back to making new experiences rather than chasing the latest "money maker".

Killer2020UK18d ago

I was wondering whether this is perception or actually happening but it feels to me, as a semi old gamer, there is more choice than ever and as such people are now much choosier about how they spend their time and money gaming. Certainly noticing this when it comes to GaaS as you mentioned, the question always has to be why would I play this instead of what I'm already playing. Anthem is going to have a real hard time prying away people, especially with a premium price tag that screams money men as a decision.

Palitera18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Nah. Devs need to pay the bills. Uninspired games fail, but artsy games usually fail even harder.

PapaBop17d ago

Gamers are voting with their wallets, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Expedition 33, games made by passionate developers who are not being controlled by money men are seeing their work get universal praise and selling extremely well. Meanwhile Outlaws and Veilguard are underperforming. I wonder how many people Ubi and EA had working on those games, in comparison Sandbox have just a core development team of 30 and managed to put something out EA and Ubi can only dream of.

The underlying problem though lays with how EA and Ubi execs react to these sort of things. Seems like they'd rather just lay off good developers and focus their efforts on their cash cows as opposed to change their development philosophies.

anast18d ago

She didn't even call out Stanfield's PNG file planets when she flew through one. She just 'yelled' something stupid like 'flat earth'. She wasn't even taken aback in the slightest. I am not sure she isn't a part of the problem.

Aloymetal18d ago

She's always been a narcissist bimbo, I'm even more surprised she's not in only fans yet.

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anast18d ago

@Aloy ha!

@Lanx I'm sure you see where you are not making any sense.

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SimpleDad18d ago

You know what...?... for once I totally agree with you. Gaming bimbo true.

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Cellblock1118d ago

"Former", wow she didn't last at SM Studios very long at all.

isarai18d ago

4yrs is pretty good not sure what ur talking about

Cellblock1118d ago

I wasn't sure of the actual number of years just seemed like it wasn't that long ago when I heard that she got a job as a writer there, guess time flies. 4 years being "pretty good" or not is subjective depending on ones perspective. The question might be, was four years long enough to make a discernible writing contribution to a video game based on how long development cycles are these days?

gleepot17d ago

Maybe for some industries. In gaming that's barely enough time to ship a single game.

QuantumMechanic18d ago

She left SMS because she needed to go back to Australia to support a parent with cancer.

Chard17d ago

Chuds hate her because she doesn't do the anti-woke brainrot thing

SpacedDuck18d ago

She doesn't last anywhere long.

Petebloodyonion18d ago

She quit SM studio to focus on her own stuff, There was a video where she explained all of it.

SpacedDuck18d ago

Okay, explain like the other 50 jobs she's had and hasn't held......

I think she likes to bend the truth a ton on how involved she is and when her lies catch up with her she moves on to start a new batch.

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Rainbowcookie18d ago

Greed , lack of innovation and agendas

Why do we rave about a good indie game but we avoid a AAA game.

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Neil Druckmann Reveals He’s Working on an Unannounced Game at Naughty Dog

Neil Druckmann, the creative director of The Last of Us, is working on a new, unannounced game at Naughty Dog.

RaidenBlack16h ago

I know they've expertise in third person games.
But given the lack there of in PS catalog, I'd want the other project to be a narrative first person ND game.
Look, there are lots of 3rd person Sony games in variety of flavors. And ND is already doing intergalactic. And since they're pretty expert at gameplay and tech wise in whatever they do, they can easily venture a new genre and ship a first person game/shooter.

VenomUK15h ago

Hopefully the lead character is a boss babe who will challenge the patriarchy.

RaidenBlack13h ago

So, judging from the dislikes, hardcore Sony fans here don't like first person games, anymore?

arkard12h ago

Let naughty dog do what they are great at, 3rd person games

crazyCoconuts7h ago

I don't really have a big opinion on first vs third person perspective. That's one of the least important things to me when rating how much I like a game

Flewid6384h ago

Sounds horrible. The downvotes are right on this one.

badz1493h ago

I actually hate 1st person. very hard to associate with a character you only see their hands most of the time.

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OtterX15h ago

funny thing is with failures like Concord and soon to be Marathon, Factions could have been Sony's guaranteed huge success with a shooter! I don't ever play online shooters anymore, but I would have come out of shooter retirement for a new Factions game.

darthv7215h ago

...Way of the Warrior 2: Electric Boogaloo

Amplitude15h ago

It’d be cool if they bought the Parappa licence and made Parappa 3 that’d be the real good timeline

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Lightning771d 2h ago

Wait I thought they cancelled a game? Or did they announce another project?

https://wccftech.com/naught...

pwnmaster300022h ago(Edited 22h ago)

I’m assuming it’s the unannounced game in the title you posted.

“Naughty Dog Reportedly Canceled a Single Player Game This Year, But Another Unannounced Game Is Still in the Works“

Lightning7712h ago

OK I gotcha. That makes sense.

jznrpg9h ago

Devs cancel games all the time early stages if it doesn’t turn out the way they envisioned it. We just don’t hear about every one of them.

badz1493h ago

so a 2028 release at the soonest

Lightning773h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Some speculate it could be Uncharted spin off. It's already 3 years in production so yeah 2028 maybe 2027 at the absolute earliest but most likely 28 release.

Also to add. kojimas next game that's not OD is said to be 5 to 6 years out for PS. That metal gear inspired game. These games are just too far off it seems.

pwnmaster300022h ago

This dude is busy.
So who is running intergalactic?

Knushwood Butt21h ago

'We have several directors on Intergalactic. I work with two game directors: Matthew Gallant and Kurt Margenau, [and] I have a co-writer in Clair Carré.'

pwnmaster30007h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Okay you got me, I skimmed the article and video .
Thanks lol

vTuro2415h ago

Cuckmann is going to be Naughty Dog's downfall.

itBourne5h ago

Going to be? The damage is already done lol.

Flewid6384h ago

Sunlight is good for you, I promise. lol

Flewid6384h ago

yall say that about ever developer and then they end up becoming more successful lol

mkis0072h ago

Downfall? If anything he is a huge reason they are on the map! A few apes don't like the material hasn't stopped his games from being massive hits.

DarXyde2h ago

I have grievances with Druckmann, but he does deserve some benefit of the doubt. He's been in crucial roles at the company through all of their successes.

Maybe wait and see?

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StormSnooper15h ago

Interesting. So they are working on more than we knew.

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Nintendo Has Confirmed It Will Be Attending GamesCom 2025

Company skipped last year's event.

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Obscure_Observer1d 10h ago

Not surprising at all.

I mean, they´ll be releasing a new console in a few weeks.

repsahj11m ago

I hope they show new Switch 2 exclusive games.

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CD PROJEKT RED Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Celebrations for The Witcher 3

CD PROJEKT RED celebrates The Witcher 3's 10th anniversary with concerts, comics, REDstreams, and more.

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Profchaos22h ago

A switch 2 update might be a nice way to celebrate it for people who brought the switch 1 version

4Scarrs_Gaming15h ago

This is exactly what I was thinking too.

gigoran84h ago(Edited 4h ago)

It will be for a price. unfortunately not like the PS5 where a majority of them were free.

anast17h ago

Cool, can we get a controller sensitivity option for the PS5? Geralt going full sprint when I barely touch the controller is keeping me from playing this game a 3rd time.