Comment by selfhoster11
3 years ago
> The problem is that those AAA games people demand are not possible to make without those big bucks.
I question this premise. Do people demand the production values of AAA games, or are they just used to expecting it? I remember reading some article about how much more expensive it is to build photorealistic games now that you need to add so many more details to everything, and it makes sense. Maybe the fix is not to keep the current unsustainable system, but to readjust people's expectations and downgrade production budgets. Indie games are already doing this, because they cannot compete on production value.
>I question this premise. Do people demand the production values of AAA games, or are they just used to expecting it?
Well, look at what sells most e.g. on Steam or Epic's store, etc.
No, those aren't indies with "Minecraft" or "Nintendo" graphics. Ultimately it doesn't matter at all whether people "demand it" or "are used to expecting it" when it is what they are putting their money into.
And it isn't for lack of other choices.