What is your current opinion of the games industry in the west?
>>738758382>USputrid dogass, unsalvageable >Eurooccasionally put out decent games still
>>738758382Not my problem, I pirate everything.
I don't care about East vs. West.Video games are video games. Lots of great (and shit) stuff across the board, same as movies, music, novels, and virtually any other fucking thing produced in human history.All I know for sure is that (You)'re a nigger, OP.
>>738758462>pirating shit games magically makes them good
>>738758430>putrid dogass, unsalvageablePretty much.
>>738758497Who are you quoting?
>>738758382There's a lot of really great stuff comic out of the independant and modding scene these days, but AAA is absolutely fucking beyond saving to the point where the only hope is an economic collapse big enough to trigger a complete upheaval of American corporate culture.
>>738758382Indie is good as always, AAA is a mixed bag like use but things aren't all shit
>>738758382As shit as the east
>>738758891>>73875865995% of indie is shit too.
>>738760278Yeah, but indie has a vastly higher output than modern AAA, so the 5% of the games that are good are far more numerous.
>>738758382I want to rub Tom Nook's bellythat is all
>>738760589t. stickfag
>>738760589Based. I'd kiss it and use it as a pillow too.
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I have not purchased a AAA game made by west devs since the end days of the xbox 360 times.
>>738758382I haven't played a new AAA since 2015.
>>738758382I wish this was the Linda! video.
Devs I like are making a living, but the scene is niche and the good stuff comes out infrequently. AAA is fucked, AA is less fucked but still fucked. I assume indie is thriving if my little corner of the net is doing okay. Bedroom devs are doing well so I think gaming in the west is okay. Not great, I wish we had cool AAA games.
>>738758659Yeah this. I don't know if I subscribe to your comment about the future of AAA but without a doubt large studios are the worst they've ever been and indie studios are putting out some of the best stuff we've ever had. It's the same in the TTRPG space; D&D continues to get worse while an army of indie developers self-publish gold every year (and mountains of garbage along with it, but the good thing about indie devs is that there's lots of them, and even if only a tiny percentage of them put out quality content, the sheer number of creators means you're getting a steady stream of good stuff).Self-publishing and digital distribution absolutely turned the industry on its head.
>>738758382they make videogaymes
>>738758382western gaming is now worse than it ever has been in any point in video games history.
>>738758382Unreal engine is still a major driving force for graphics so there is that. European developers often mog American developers in their gamesMost USA AAA big budget video game companies have fully been absorbed into the globohomo matrix to make everything gay and lame and Fortnite, also competency crisis from controlled demolition that has been occuring for USA in generalSo outside the raw technology, USA doesn't have much going for itEurope often has better modern games than USA
>>738758382I'm having a blast, no idea what /v/'s problem is
Europe carries hard. America has just given up. It's stuck in a "Making art is for faggots" phase where all they make are soulless, artless games that treat games as if they are a purely competitive sport.
>>738758382doomed>fugly female characters>gayfaggotry and tranny pandering>unfunny humor>censored to hell and back (violence, sexiness)>neutered narratives that are duller than a rounded kitchen knife>casualized to hell and back>ruined by outsourcingjust let it collapse already
>>738761781This but also for his ass and his nuts
>>738777007West is still doing good. I'd rather not have solely japanese niggershit which is just>gooning bait>waifushit>animeshitKojima games get a pass, they do not belong in this category.
>>738777149The West has spawned many legendary franchies like DOOM, Far Cry 1 + 2 + 3, Quake, Assassins Creed 1 + 2. In Far Cry 3 you burn weed with flamethrower while skrillex plays.Japs just can't compete with muh otaku sex.
>>738758382The american AAA industry is in shambles and the AA industry globally seems to have shrunkEuros and indies are doing alright though I think
>>738777149>buzzwords lifted straight from twattersuch a sad, pathetic existence
>>738777372Sorry, still not playing japanese troon niggershit
I'm not generally an alarmist with video games but it actually, genuinely does seem like it's on the verge of a collapse.>game studios have been financialised to hell and back so that investors can hide their money in a studio developing a game for years. So long as they cash out before the game is out (and maybe afterwards anyway because they can write off things as "bankruptcy") they make money. Doesn't matter if the game itself is successful or not.>this creates a dynamic where real talent is lost in a bloated, badly managed team, creating something with perceived mass appeal for 5+ years at a minimum>overall the industry has even more people in it, investors or talent, who aren't particularly all that in to games, who will make plain bad decisions or take up positions that aren't essential to making a good game>we're now at a cost-cutting stage, justified by this bloat, where AI is expected to replace human talent, furthering the enshittification of development where now the best that can be hoped for is a generic as hell game>there's a huge talent drain of the western AAA sphere because of this>western studios overall push on expensive tech and graphics, treating games more like movies than, you know, games. But this looks less impressive with time and isn't a great selling point, but they have little else to sell>the western world is facing yet another massive depression, but big game publishers are really pushing to increase the retail price of a new game, which MIGHT result in a serious lack of sales>there's a growing "touch grass" movement as internet fatigue increases, which might also spread to video gamesBasically western AAA games are too expensive, not getting any better, people are going to be tighter with their money, and people want to touch grass more. I think, like a lot of things in the world right now, there'll be a moment where they're revealed to not make enough money and the cash flows with dry up fast.
>>738758382>lust provoking image>irrelevant time wasting question
>>738758382same as in the east - the board should be cleaned
>>738758382I only play jap games that have cute girls. Das all
>>738777316>The West has spawned many legendary franchies All dead
>>738758382I don't play Western games, so I wouldn't know.
