Comment by willmadden
15 hours ago
It's self-inflicted. The big studios are beyond terrible. The games are more about social conditioning than entertainment.
See Clair Obscur. They got funding from the State of France and the French National Centre for Cinema, and the game is 100x better than the slop the big studios publish.
Social conditioning? Clair Obscur is good and was very unique, but is not 100x than “the slop big studios publish”.
Infinity times better coukd be a better hyperbole, very goos game versus no good. Dividing by zero gets you infinity instead of just 100
"Let's just all make Clair Obscur/Minecraft/Blue Prince" is not a repeatable strategy (every indie dev is trying to make good games). How much did it cost to make the Beatles' albums? A piano, drums, a couple of guitars and salaries for 4 guys? Why don't the big studios today with all their money just hire another Beatles?
Same reason why Ubisoft isn't just making another Balatro. Industrializing culture isn't (yet?) a solved problem.
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Correct, a better description.
Yes, it is 100x better than the slop the big studios publish.
Enter: parasitic storytelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFxu3Q71NvE
Your mention of "social conditioning" a propos of nothing gives you away like the "three fingers" in Inglorious Basterds. I would highly suggest not basing your entire personality and opinions on a slack-jawed streamer's meandering rant delivered from his RGB gaming chair for 5 hours straight.
Here, educate yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFxu3Q71NvE