AAA games might downsize a bit

At least it's a new engine

Something to look forward to in my old age. That's not even a joke

OF JOKERS

And then gremmi bans me and says something pithy like ROYAL FLUSH BITCH. I dunno.

Dirtbox, with you being a big Borderlands fan, aren't you filling your boots with the Tiny Tina thingy?
Though you'd be a happy camper.

I think AAA games look good enough, and are more than big enough. It feels like massive graphical advances have kind of plateaued tbh, so I'm fine with this "downsize" or whatever it is.

"Everybody in the pool!"

Unless you're an AA or indie title

I dunno. I remember they were talking about AAAA games for a bit a few years back, then shut up because everyone was done listening.



Here we go: www.ccn.com/aaaa-game-ubisoft-two-games/

Typical Ubisoft bullshite.


Oh hey! Sony boss saying AAA is unsustainable www.ccn.com/the-60-50-hour-next-gen-aaa-blockbuster-is-dying-ex-playstation-boss/

He's talking about increasing the price point, but still. Up the price of games, more people will just wait on those sales. 

So far Forza Horizon 4&5, Uncharted 4 and Sifu have really wowed me. Two of those are just upgrades/remasters but really it's the same or actually better game situation as it was the same time last generation. Early doors Xbone I had Shadow of Mordor and GTAV and that was it until delayed MCC turned up. Forza 5 and COD Ghosts sucked. I remember last gen being even slower for "omg this is awesome" games, of any kind.

Maybe it's a perception thing, like coming out of lockdown we're impatient for more new experiences to blow us away.

I can wait for whatever's new coming next. I'm kind of intending to spend less time gaming anyway. I went dual console as I had money burning a hole, retail therapy helped, lockdown sucked, and I had serious FOMO.

We're at the "big budget Dead Space clones everywhere " phase of the great video game crash.

The games I’ve played most in the last 12 years have been Minecraft and Stardew Valley.

I’ve probably spent the most money on Resident Evil 4 (having owned it on maybe 5 platforms?) and most AAA titles I buy when drastically reduced, or finish quickly enough to trade back in at a high price, to buy digitally later if they’re even good.

Notably, most of the games I’m even anticipating are just refreshes of games I already have, to use the power of the new consoles and TVs.

I’ll probably buy Callisto Protocol but that’s all I can think of on the horizon that’s not a remake.

They all sound like “Best of the Worst” movie titles.

Half of them have no proper release date, most of them look 5-10 years old and I’ve never heard of any of the studios or anything they’ve made.

Maybe they’ll be great but that’s a big maybe. You also didn’t mention any that have actually been released.

It’s a banking term for credit-worthiness, AAA being the highest