Comment on NCSoft president: "The games industry's evolution towards acceptance and diversity is ongoing"
TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think greater access to game development tools has been a very good thing for the industry. These days, I’m generally much more interested in what’s coming from indie developers than any of the big companies, with a few exceptions. I think that’s the best way to increase the diversity of games and game developers. Greater access to game development resources will help to democratize the gaming industry.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yep, the vast majority of the games I buy at this point are coming from indies.
The main issue seems to be big studios want to have a safe game that does everything and appeals to everyone. Meanwhile, indies are making games that are fun-first and targeted at specific audiences, rather than just the mean. This means games can actually achieve 10/10 status.
Games like Factorio could be made by a big studio, but it wasn’t, because it don’t have mass appeal. Meanwhile, if you are in it’s target audience, it is a 10/10 game. And it isn’t like the studio had to shovel $200m into a pit to make this 10/10 game.