Former PlayStation govt Shawn Layden has mentioned that the price of creating AAA video games will proceed to harm the trade, which is at present reeling from ongoing layoffs. Providing his recommendation on making video games sooner and cheaper, Layden mentioned that devs have to cease chasing prolonged video games and photorealism the place it’s not wanted.
Solely a small proportion of gamers are ending prolonged AAA video games, says Shawn Layden
The necessity to cease obsessing over lifelike graphics and sport size are simply two suggestions out of many who Layden supplied to GamesIndustry.biz, however they stick out essentially the most. He identified that solely 32% of gamers are ending the video games they begin, so devs are “making loads of sport that 68% of the individuals aren’t seeing.”
Layden didn’t say the place he received the information he’s quoting, however now we have seen trophy statistics for some main video games, like Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2, that counsel that a lot of gamers aren’t really ending video games.
Talking of photorealism, Layden mentioned that a few of the graphical enhancements that devs are chasing are barely observed by the typical participant, however they’re costing loads of time and assets to implement. “We’re within the realm of variations that solely canines can hear,” he remarked.
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