I’m sort of worried what is going to become of single player games. Take Bethesda for example. They released Dishonoured 2, Prey, Wolfenstein and Evil within 2 within the past 12 months and they all didn’t sell very well. I know some of that is down to their silly review policy and lack of advertising.
I’m hoping Rockstar with RDR 2 release a decent sized single player with no micro transactions or any of the other bullshit. The online obviously will have some form of micro transaction due to the success of GTA V cash cards.
Nintendo and Sony are continuing to invest in single player games. Hopefully MS follow suit and get their exclusive line ups sorted out.
Tell Karl his brother is dead wrote:Loot boxes are a symptom of an underlying illness -- a reasonable RRP no longer covers the return investors expect to make on a big-budget game. I think the AAA gaming industry as we currently know it might 'crash' in about 10 years once the ever-escalating budgets become truly unsustainable.
For me that’s personally a cop out about investors and returns. Let’s look at Battlefront 2. The game was going to sell very well anyway. I don’t think it cost a lot to make. The single player isn’t even finished. Just look at all the silly gooseberry fool in UFC 3 which is going to be a reskin of UFC 2 with a few new features. EA are looking for their next UT success. A mode that generates them 800m a year. It’s why they cancelled the Visceral game. They asked the Visceral team what is their version of ultimate team?
I’m sure games like Zelda and Horizon cost a lot to make yet delivered a good amount of profits for their respective publishers.