As part of an in-depth Gamasutra interview posted today, Rockstar San Diego exec Alan Wasserman (Midnight Club series) has been discussing the state of game development, commenting that he "absolutely hates" the phrase next-gen as a "manufactured marketing term" - and that developers should create their own "special recipe".
"They want you to believe the devs under them are super stoked to work generative AI into their processes," continued Gaider, "but I assure you what they took as excitement was really a veiled wail of despair not unlike the time that team was informed of their new 'really cool' live service mandate.".
I think anyone with some common sense knew this, im glad i don't support their games anymore, what a sh!t company.
I said this yesterday. AI isn't what we want when it comes to crafting artistry. Alas, these soulless corporate morons don't care about their work, only about cutting corners as much as possible.
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This ship was never meant to sail, this ship was made from the get go to sink as fast as possible. It almost feels that they want to lower the standards of quality in the industry so that they can fit in
Xbox has no soul and Phil has no confidence, and it's impossible to say either do when they killed Tango and Arkane Austin.
Everything they've said since has only made them look worse to a point that they're actually less competent than Embracer.
Whe you release something like the series S and expect it not to hurt your business model, and developers have to have parity with games. Then you know Microsoft don't care. Series s is the final nail that broke developers,
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Of course she did. She's part of the problem and will just tow the company line.
I always wondered why xbox had multiple leaders with similar titles like Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, and Sarah Bond, like, how many heads do you actually need?
Seems to me it would be more cost efficient to cut 2 of them instead of all those studios.
He has a point, if developers just focus on their vision games will become next-gen. Because i can't see a developer wanting to make a game with crap AI or a host of the other problems that plague games.
This "next-gen" gimmickry is becoming insulting to peoples intelligence. Just make good games.
But it's weird seeing this kind of statements coming from the Midnight Club dude. I mean, they're generic racers, and aren't likely to be "great art". Had people like the Killer 7, Shadow of the Colossus etc. said something of the like .. that would make sense .. but this like Vin Diesel criticizing the lack of drama masterpieces in Hollywood and the rise of brainless blockbusters.
Bubbles for you Alan Wasserman.
I too would give this guy bubbles if I could. "Next-gen" is the most loaded and ill-defined buzzword ever created in the gaming industry. Ppl are always arguing about what is considered "next-gen" simply because the term is so ambiguous.
Get off technology's nuts and concern yourself w/ the games already.
"It's like I'm baking a cake. I have flour, butter, eggs, and chocolate, but how I use those ingredients and how I combine them will determine whether I give you a next-gen cake, as opposed to something you'd get at Starbucks." -ouch!
Somewhere someone at the CEO: offices of Starbucks is saying "WTF"...LoL