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Former PlayStation exec says there's a "collapse of creativity" in the industry (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 21 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 21 hours ago (11 children)

There's no collapse of creativity. There's just a collapse of the industry that now is in the hands of shareholders whose only goal is profit.

As soon as your company gets controlled by those, your creativity becomes a need to make another soulless "blockbuster".

Look at the indie world instead. There is creativity, it's just incompatible with the AAA business model.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Yes. Most AAA stuff now is just copy and paste because games cost so much to make and so they want a guaranteed return on their investment.

But I think consumers are getting tired of that now, as Ubisoft's declining sales seem to be demonstrating.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I swear it's only expensive because of the CEO taking most of it, and the rest being spent on ads and other trash like that. Basically propping up their friends

I'd be shocked if they spend close to 50% on the actual game design/function

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You're also hitting issues with asset creation. You need a larger team to create assets for AAA games than an indie game.