It was only a few years ago that analysts had proclaimed the death of the PC games market in a continuous orgy of crocodile tears. It must come as a shock to them to see what’s happening now: two of the biggest companies in gaming – EA and Valve – fighting over… scraps, right?
If anything is testament to the health of PC gaming, it is Electronic Arts’ surreptitious bid to rise above Valve as the market’s digital kingmaker.
Make no mistake: both groups are at war – locked in battle over a DLC policy dispute that neither will back down from...
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
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.
Steam has cemented its place as the digital distributor and EA knows this. I don't think its a case of who blinks first- more a case of seeing how much EA will persevere and the lengths it will go to get that cake (the latter of which definitely exists and is NOT a lie).
EA is going down.
it's bad for EA of course.. in everything! Valve had Steam.. and they will find a publisher for their games on console which will cost EA alot.