but still, all the money to develop AAA games isn't just because the resolutions are high and there's great ambient occlusion. The games themselves are big.
If there was some easy way to make the big bucks without having to spend all the money and employ half an army, they'd all be doing it already.
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The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
Block out a popular reviewer and accept not leading the pack sounds like a recipe for failure
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
No, a significant part of the market does care about them graphics
Is Team Fortress 2 still the most popular online shooter?
Is League of Legends still the most popular online multiplayer game?
League of legends is the current WoW tier winner of a completely banana pants business model that richer companies are failing to duplicate. I don't get your point
but still, all the money to develop AAA games isn't just because the resolutions are high and there's great ambient occlusion. The games themselves are big.
If there was some easy way to make the big bucks without having to spend all the money and employ half an army, they'd all be doing it already.
Not necessarily. Businesses do all sorts of dumb, short sighted shit for various reasons besides logic that makes sense in the real world.
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VariableMouth CongressStroke Me Lady FameRegistered Userregular
I want my next avatar to be Dennis Reynolds but I think when I next change it I'll need to stop back at Tobias. I can't simply ignore my constituents.
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
Block out a popular reviewer and accept not leading the pack sounds like a recipe for failure
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
No, a significant part of the market does care about them graphics
Is Team Fortress 2 still the most popular online shooter?
Is League of Legends still the most popular online multiplayer game?
A significant part of the market does care about them graphics.
Also, no, counter strike global offensive has beat team fortress 2 for the online shooter top
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Here's an easy measuring stick: Is everyone here going to buy at least one AAA game this holiday season? Halo 5 or Lego Dimensions or Fallout 4 or whatever?
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
Block out a popular reviewer and accept not leading the pack sounds like a recipe for failure
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
No, a significant part of the market does care about them graphics
Is Team Fortress 2 still the most popular online shooter?
Is League of Legends still the most popular online multiplayer game?
League of legends is the current WoW tier winner of a completely banana pants business model that richer companies are failing to duplicate. I don't get your point
You said that ignoring Popular YouTube Reviewer and choosing not to engage in the tech arms race is a recipe for failure.
Yet neither of these games failed, and in fact they became the largest players in their particular spaces.
Here's an easy measuring stick: Is everyone here going to buy at least one AAA game this holiday season? Halo 5 or Lego Dimensions or Fallout 4 or whatever?
so there was another contract dispute update posted at my jerb. they've so far agreed:
1) you start accruing sick time after 1 year of service instead of 3 years of service
2) while you can still only use sick time for general illness if it lasts 3 days or longer, you can now use it for just one day if you went to the hospital or if you got outpatient surgery
3) july 4th and new year's day as paid holidays
i still wish it took fewer than 5 years to get the second week of vacation
also that it didn't take 2 whole years to get one puny personal day : (
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
Block out a popular reviewer and accept not leading the pack sounds like a recipe for failure
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
No, a significant part of the market does care about them graphics
Is Team Fortress 2 still the most popular online shooter?
Is League of Legends still the most popular online multiplayer game?
League of legends is the current WoW tier winner of a completely banana pants business model that richer companies are failing to duplicate. I don't get your point
You said that ignoring Popular YouTube Reviewer and choosing not to engage in the tech arms race is a recipe for failure.
Yet neither of these games failed, and in fact they became the largest players in their particular spaces.
They got rilly rilly lucky. Many have failed spectacularly where they succeeded. It denies all reason. Might as well pump out call of duty 2016 and get a guaranteed return
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Here's an easy measuring stick: Is everyone here going to buy at least one AAA game this holiday season? Halo 5 or Lego Dimensions or Fallout 4 or whatever?
If by AAA game you mean $5 arty indie game on Steam that I never get around to playing then yes
but still, all the money to develop AAA games isn't just because the resolutions are high and there's great ambient occlusion. The games themselves are big.
If there was some easy way to make the big bucks without having to spend all the money and employ half an army, they'd all be doing it already.
Not necessarily. Businesses do all sorts of dumb, short sighted shit for various reasons besides logic that makes sense in the real world.
Businesses, sure, but not an entire industry. If there was One Small Trick to making vasts sums of money off of games without much investment, besides stumbling onto the next big thing, also known as blind fucking luck, somebody would have found it.
But anyway: which game is the most popular isn't very important. How much money it makes, is.
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
Block out a popular reviewer and accept not leading the pack sounds like a recipe for failure
The stupid thing is, the AAA industry could fix it's money burning woes overnight. They just have to choose to walk away from the tech arms race, block out retards like TotalBiscuit, and recognize that they can still set boners ablaze at the trade shows with just good artwork. You don't need $30 million to make a game that looks great, and there's no fucking reason to sink these absurd amounts of cash into games creating levels of graphical detail that most players actually don't care about.
No, a significant part of the market does care about them graphics
Is Team Fortress 2 still the most popular online shooter?
Is League of Legends still the most popular online multiplayer game?
League of legends is the current WoW tier winner of a completely banana pants business model that richer companies are failing to duplicate. I don't get your point
You said that ignoring Popular YouTube Reviewer and choosing not to engage in the tech arms race is a recipe for failure.
Yet neither of these games failed, and in fact they became the largest players in their particular spaces.
They managed to hit on gameplay that people just positively loved and were able to just let that carry it
however "just count on the gameplay being incredibly popular" is not a super safe business strategy
meanwhile, while you can't really throw money at "make the gameplay more appealing" and expect that to work, you can throw money at "make the graphics better," and even if your gameplay is just "fine" then the extra pretties will make marketing stuff cooler and people's experience with the game just a bit better so
yes, finally found sources that have revenue and not just sales and woah okay yeah I understand how nintendo is still alive despite having like four games they keep releasing
wii fit had 5000 fucking million dollars in revenue, as of 2013 (but 2015 dollars)
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Apothe0sisHave you ever questioned the nature of your reality?Registered Userregular
what is going on with my intertube?
my bone downloading some witcher thing is monopolising about half of its usual speed.
but that is only half of it.
I dont wish to ring the technical support for the isp
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Here's an easy measuring stick: Is everyone here going to buy at least one AAA game this holiday season? Halo 5 or Lego Dimensions or Fallout 4 or whatever?
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genuine?
*rips off chu mask*
actually is dolan
nah it's a solid game with a bad community that it is admittedly partially at fault for having
so it's more like South Park
PSN/XBL: Zampanov -- Steam: Zampanov
If there was some easy way to make the big bucks without having to spend all the money and employ half an army, they'd all be doing it already.
League of legends is the current WoW tier winner of a completely banana pants business model that richer companies are failing to duplicate. I don't get your point
fact.
(both of them are crushed by a sensible game like Saints Row 3.)
I'm just jealous, and chu rhymes with you, so it is kinda a little saccharine.
Not necessarily. Businesses do all sorts of dumb, short sighted shit for various reasons besides logic that makes sense in the real world.
saints row is mostly too silly for me but some of the humor in sr4 was excellent
i ain't never played destiny
I made a fire sale joke today and your avatar wasn't there to accept the offering
I have nightmares that Raz will do this on my deathbed
A significant part of the market does care about them graphics.
Also, no, counter strike global offensive has beat team fortress 2 for the online shooter top
Just making them up.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
You said that ignoring Popular YouTube Reviewer and choosing not to engage in the tech arms race is a recipe for failure.
Yet neither of these games failed, and in fact they became the largest players in their particular spaces.
Probably not.
1) you start accruing sick time after 1 year of service instead of 3 years of service
2) while you can still only use sick time for general illness if it lasts 3 days or longer, you can now use it for just one day if you went to the hospital or if you got outpatient surgery
3) july 4th and new year's day as paid holidays
i still wish it took fewer than 5 years to get the second week of vacation
also that it didn't take 2 whole years to get one puny personal day : (
yeah i have so many frogrammer friends and seeing their benefit packages scalds my soul
They got rilly rilly lucky. Many have failed spectacularly where they succeeded. It denies all reason. Might as well pump out call of duty 2016 and get a guaranteed return
this is immoral, P10!
i like frogs
I'll probably get Fallout 4, though.
I don't know where I will get time to play it. I haven't even played MGS5 yet. Like, haven't even launched it.
Businesses, sure, but not an entire industry. If there was One Small Trick to making vasts sums of money off of games without much investment, besides stumbling onto the next big thing, also known as blind fucking luck, somebody would have found it.
But anyway: which game is the most popular isn't very important. How much money it makes, is.
...IPEN? ...iPen.
iPen.
o.o
brb calling apple
I had the idea first guy
IT IS MY IDEA
however "just count on the gameplay being incredibly popular" is not a super safe business strategy
meanwhile, while you can't really throw money at "make the gameplay more appealing" and expect that to work, you can throw money at "make the graphics better," and even if your gameplay is just "fine" then the extra pretties will make marketing stuff cooler and people's experience with the game just a bit better so
wii fit had 5000 fucking million dollars in revenue, as of 2013 (but 2015 dollars)
my bone downloading some witcher thing is monopolising about half of its usual speed.
but that is only half of it.
I dont wish to ring the technical support for the isp
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A typo that gained new life due to its hilarity.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
It was an autocorrect that stuck
if you say no you are killing games for everyone