Believe it or not, the PlayStation 3 was released nearly four years ago, and since then the console has been graced with hundreds of great titles. Therefore, over the next few weeks, PS3 Attitude thought they’d take some time to pay tribute to the people who create the games that make our mundane lives just that little bit more entertaining: the developers. This is the third of ten articles in our mammoth list of one hundred development teams, and includes EA DICE, Evolution Studios, and From Software.
In his latest remarks about Valve's storefront, the Epic boss likens Steam commissions to "a car dealership demanding 30% of gas purchases."
A man that basically called all Linux users entitled cheaters and then said "Installing Linux is sort of the equivalent of moving to Canada when one doesn’t like US political trends" is stirring the pot again eh? Pot meet kettle.
Jamie Hore has been writing about gaming for seven years, and somehow still has not figured out how this industry works. Like, seriously. Publishers lowering their prices just because they now pay Valve five to ten percent less? Come on. That just sounds like someone who has not been paying any real attention to the same industry he supposedly covers.
And of course Sweeney had to jump in. That is kind of his whole thing. Instead of actually working on making his own company’s tools decent, he just deflects and points at competitors, hoping people get distracted long enough to forget that his so called alternative is worse in pretty much every conceivable way for the people that actually matter, the consumer.
Not to mention how unbelievably hypocritical he is when he talks about “benefits for developers.” As if his other tool, Unreal Engine, was not responsible for wiping out thousands of positions across the industry by pushing this massive consolidation of tools. Suddenly everyone is using the same pipeline, the same tech, the same shortcuts, and all that really does is make the eyes of publishers and executives shine greener at how much of their own talent they can cut, because now any cheaper third party studio can step in and do the job, quality be damned.
Interesting take, especially when you realize Epic Game Store has yet to tun a profit.
If they spent just as much effort improving the Epic Store as this guy does complain about Steam then maybe they would've set a new standard by now. Thnx for all the free games tho.
EGS really has barely changed since it launched. I don't think he has any room to talk when they've made zero progress in 8 years
Epic store has not caught up to Steam, regarding features, but it hasn't had zero progress for 8 years. Either you are ignorant or a liar, regardless you are wrong
@gerbintosh I've paid attention and the updates. It really is almost nothing in 8 years. They added cloud save is the one big one but is really just an expected feature.
Library organization is still a mess. (separating EGS monthly free games would help)
In 8 years there's no defending the tiny amount it's changed.
And it shouldn't need to be said but again, people do not need to be defending multi billion dollar publically owned companies.
I want them to do well, I would like more competition on the storefronts, so I'm going to call them out.
I was on EGS' side for a while with this kind of messaging but EGS has had years at this point and the client has barely improved it's usability at all. It's really a nuisance to look at my EGS library.
Sony's bold entrance into the console market back in the '90s heralded the use of CD-ROMs instead of cartridges, which convinced several companies to jump on board the PlayStation train. It turns out FromSoftware was one of those companies lured in by the appeal of discs.
Elden Ring Nightreign, a weird and experimental multiplayer-led title that FromSoftware basically built in a cave using exploded fragments of Elden Ring proper, has been a big hit.
Bad, in ten future instead of getting good game like elden ring we will get cheap crapy versions like this.
It's good for them to put out lesser budget games to experiment with and also give new directors a chance to cook . Games like BB and Sekiro are what helped FS try new features that were implemented into DS3 and ER. Hopefully games like ER:NR and Duskbloods will help them with their shoddy netcode and improved MP experience lol . It's also way to early for another souls type game . It's better then company's that put out a game every 10 years and turns out to be crap
Yeah but Bloodborne and Sekiro were actually fantastic games in comparison to Nightreign which just felt like them lazily throwing together an online game with a bunch of reused assets for a quick buck.
Now they've learnt from this they can do that and still gain profit from it.
This argument has been used multiple times int he past when studios experiment with live service. It never turns out this way. They end up devoting all resources to milking their existing live services and end up neglecting any and all previous projects or IP. See: GTA, Apex Legends
Same but i respect it since they've tried to put out something new at least every year or 2 unlike most other companies, it's relatively a cheap game by today's standards and sure to get plenty of hours out of it . I'm more of a character building and pvp guy so I passed .
I have no issue with it I just dont have the patience and time to play online only games these days. Maybe when my kids are older and I have more time I’ll dabble more but it doesn’t fit my life and general taste at the moment. If I would play any MP game it would be a game from them or a really good MMO.
Don't let that mean to you guys that you should stop making quality single player though please.
