As gamers get closer to the end of 2020; gamers are looking forward to the release of new gaming consoles as well as several new games to enjoy. The end of the year also causes many gamers to look ahead to 2021 and in a new Opinion Piece; Skewed and Reviewed looks at announced games that have been very light on news that fans are eager for updates on and the possible reasons behind the silence.
The next Witcher game will still be an RPG but players can expect new things as CD Projekt Red want to push boundaries and discover new ways of storytelling.
Bethesda seems like a studio that is "stuck in the same spot". Development wise. Glad CDPR are wary of that element in game design.
Industry insider Dusk Golem reveals that there is no Resident Evil 1 Remake in the works. Instead, Capcom are reportedly in active development of Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica.
RE Zero would be better to do first over RE1 because they can tie the story into RE1 more.
The original RE Remake was weird because Rebecca never mentioned anything about what happened in Zero and it felt so disjointed because Zero was developed during the Remake and they clearly didn't share any notes with one another.
Founder of Metal: Hellsinger studio says he wasn't against Game Pass until their game launched on Microsoft's service, which affected game sales.
Why did PS copy gamepass if it's so terrible and unprofitable? PS Now was before gamepass but it was streaming trash that no one had any interest in.
And honestly the way the industry releases overpriced and broken games with day one season passes and dlc who wouldn't want to just pay for a subscription instead of $70 per game?
Only biased PS fans would defend paying more to a corporation rather than an option that's cheaper for the consumer overall. If it's from an indie studio that needs the sales that's different but games published by larger companies are fine on a subscription model. Also any of these devs who complain did decide to put their games on gamepass in thr first place.
I feel no sympathy for the guy, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that putting your game on gamepass would affect sales.
The 'day-one' feature is the breaker or maker with GP, business-wise.
GP is no Netflix.
Because, from all the Marvel's Avengers to Sicarios, illustratively speaking, they all had their box office money. Before they had entered Netflix.
This concept shows you what Microsoft have actually put themselves into.
And what situation studios put themselves into if they go day-one into GP.
Why not sell your game the traditional way first? Then after about 6 months to a year put it on a sub service.
Day one on gamepass is a gamble. It works for some (Pal world) and not for others.
More to add ...
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Little Devil Inside
Destruction AllStars
Everwild
Scorn
Sons of the Forest
Dragon Age 4
Age of Empires 4
Project G.G
R6 Quarantine
Babylon's Fall
Exo Mecha
Werewolf Apocalypse Earthblood
Dead Island 2
and much more ...
its almost like people forget there is a pandemic going on.
The director for Beyond Good and Evil 2 was canned by Ubisoft I think.
Left 4 dead 3, half life 3, portal 3, dead island 2
''Overdue for Status updates...''
Sounds like entitlement.
Let them make the game and announce/market/release when its ready.