commander@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square189linkfedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down15
arrow-up1761arrow-down1external-linkAAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20wccftech.comcommander@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square189linkfedilink
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIn what way? Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Gearbox, Bethesda, Capcom, etc etc all still make and release new games.
minus-squareAzrael@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoBecause AAA doesn’t just mean “new game”. AAA is about budget, the size of development teams, the time it takes to make, and monetization layers. The AAA industry is struggling because they don’t really make games like they used to.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOk. That doesn’t change anything about the companies I exampled. Those are triple A game companies.
In what way? Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Gearbox, Bethesda, Capcom, etc etc all still make and release new games.
Because AAA doesn’t just mean “new game”. AAA is about budget, the size of development teams, the time it takes to make, and monetization layers. The AAA industry is struggling because they don’t really make games like they used to.
Ok. That doesn’t change anything about the companies I exampled. Those are triple A game companies.