We really seem to be entering into an age of indie devs. Small independent studios are creating the more risky and interesting games that larger studios don't feel are safe enough to invest in. As much as I dislike it, buying into early access to be an alpha tester is here to stay. It's to much of a money maker to ignore. Even larger companies are getting into it. The new Lego building game is even doing it. DLC is going to get more and more ridiculous. To think we laughed at horse armor. Lastly VR is hard for me to gauge. We've been promised it so many times before that I'm skeptical it'll take hold this time.
I dont see an age of indie devs happening while consoles are such a massive part of market, mobile handheld and pc are much cheaper to develop to expected quality but to get to the level that people are coming to expect from consoles costs lots either making the game short or graphically simple which limits the scope that indie devs can do
We have been promised since I was a kid, we had virtual boy. Which I actually still have fond memories of. But DLC to me is really where they are nickel and diming the gamer to the extreme. I really hope they do get away from it like /u/Gandarf said!
We really seem to be entering into an age of indie devs. Small independent studios are creating the more risky and interesting games that larger studios don't feel are safe enough to invest in. As much as I dislike it, buying into early access to be an alpha tester is here to stay. It's to much of a money maker to ignore. Even larger companies are getting into it. The new Lego building game is even doing it. DLC is going to get more and more ridiculous. To think we laughed at horse armor. Lastly VR is hard for me to gauge. We've been promised it so many times before that I'm skeptical it'll take hold this time.
I dont see an age of indie devs happening while consoles are such a massive part of market, mobile handheld and pc are much cheaper to develop to expected quality but to get to the level that people are coming to expect from consoles costs lots either making the game short or graphically simple which limits the scope that indie devs can do
We have been promised since I was a kid, we had virtual boy. Which I actually still have fond memories of. But DLC to me is really where they are nickel and diming the gamer to the extreme. I really hope they do get away from it like /u/Gandarf said!