commander@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square180linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareAzrael@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoNo. AAA games don’t really exist anymore. They’re a thing of the past.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoIn what way? Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Gearbox, Bethesda, Capcom, etc etc all still make and release new games.
minus-squareAzrael@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days 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.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoOk. That doesn’t change anything about the companies I exampled. Those are triple A game companies.
No. AAA games don’t really exist anymore. They’re a thing of the past.
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.