GamerNode's Anthony LaBella writes: Mass Effect 3, UNCHARTED 3, Resistance 3, The Elder Scrolls V -- these are all games that were announced at the Spike Video Game Awards. What else do they have in common? They are all sequels that will be coming out in 2011. Looking back at the VGAs there was a noticeable lack of new IPs. The only one revealed was inSANE in a teaser trailer, which did not show much at all and will be coming out in... 2013. It's not just those games announced at the VGAs though; there are plenty more sequels coming out next year, perhaps too many.
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
I wish everyone would stop complaining..
I mean seriously, 2011 is going to be great.
What if they are sequels? Those are great games and that's what matters.
Ninokuni
Journey
Sorcery
The last guardian
DCUO
LA Noire
Rage
If you want new IPs, wait for E3, not the VGA.
if theres a gta 5 and re 6 announcement then all my fav series have upcoming sequels xD