(04-28-2015, 07:35 PM)Oswin Wrote:Unfortunately, that will always be a side-effect. A very cynical part of me is convinced not stronger moderation will happen because you have to pay 100 dollars to get your game on greenlight, and Valve, specially this past year in general, has been quite greedy, and there WILL always be bad games.(04-28-2015, 07:33 PM)Desu Nee Wrote:This is very true, but also dangerous.(04-28-2015, 07:29 PM)Oswin Wrote: This is a side effect of rising developmental costs. Games need to be more approachable to read a wider range of audiences. This coined the now famous term "We want the CoD audience".COD could release an empty blue-ray and it would still sell. I can't even complain, I bought COD Black Ops and World at War to play with friends mostly. It's was pretty joyful fun playing Zombies at night and surviving to wave 60 something.
All in all, I honestly believe that, much like music, the more fresh ideas have gone to the Indie industry.
Something that Valve has been criticized for is the lack of moderation in their green light and early access services. Low quality games have flooded the market, and some games never leave Early Access, becoming abandonware after gamers have already paid for the game they are beta testing. Practices like this, where large amounts of mediocre games flooded the market, is what lead to the first video game crash.
It won't cause a crash however. The gaming industry isn't in a big bubble because people still buy AAA games. The first crash was caused because people weren't even BUYING games. Period.
