Of late, two big game series have gone episodic, those being Hitman and Final fantasy 7 Remake and the reason being is that both are promising large words with tons of content. Now gamers don't like that, as per episode you have to purchase it and most likely spend more than buying one game.
No matter how bad it is, its something that needs to happen if we want these huge AAA video games to make it to market. Consider this, FF 7 was released years ago on PS1, back then even it was a huge project costing a lot of money which the game itself was released on three discs or episodes. Back then, that could be afforded and doable due to the limited console specs.
Flash forward today where the PS4 and Xbox One are power houses and lots of things can be done at HD specs and above, how much do you think that costs? If FF 7 remake was released as one game like it was back on PS1, that would cost the company way too much money and even at $80 I doubt they ever make the money they spent on it back and should the remake flop, Square Enix is gone as no company could survive such a profit crash.
So as we head into future gens and gamers want bigger worlds and more content, I don't believe everything can be released at once. For game makers to do the game right, they will most likely have to release it in batches to get some money back and to properly release it.
Would you agree with this? Is gaming tech becoming so better that it affects the games in a negative way?
No matter how bad it is, its something that needs to happen if we want these huge AAA video games to make it to market. Consider this, FF 7 was released years ago on PS1, back then even it was a huge project costing a lot of money which the game itself was released on three discs or episodes. Back then, that could be afforded and doable due to the limited console specs.
Flash forward today where the PS4 and Xbox One are power houses and lots of things can be done at HD specs and above, how much do you think that costs? If FF 7 remake was released as one game like it was back on PS1, that would cost the company way too much money and even at $80 I doubt they ever make the money they spent on it back and should the remake flop, Square Enix is gone as no company could survive such a profit crash.
So as we head into future gens and gamers want bigger worlds and more content, I don't believe everything can be released at once. For game makers to do the game right, they will most likely have to release it in batches to get some money back and to properly release it.
Would you agree with this? Is gaming tech becoming so better that it affects the games in a negative way?
