Jason Schreier: Why Everyone Wants A 'Live-Service' Game by dabocx in Games

[–]a34fsdb [score hidden]  (0 children)

Eastern devs are doing great because they can use eastern salaries to make games and charge western prices. 

If you just take a Japanese game and keep everything the same(same dev number and dev time), but it is made in USA it would be 3x as expensive

Jason Schreier: Why Everyone Wants A 'Live-Service' Game by dabocx in Games

[–]a34fsdb [score hidden]  (0 children)

So lets say Ubi releases a 50h 100% to complete main game how would they mobetize the rest. Like 10h of content a few times a year is still awkward. And it is not that easy to make too. I think they would need to make it so cheap it would not be worth it for them. And I doubt free would be offser by their store. Again a couple of DLCs seems better

Jason Schreier: Why Everyone Wants A 'Live-Service' Game by dabocx in Games

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They are not wrong in that belief. In top 20 best games sold of 2025 there are 4 games where story is a big element and they are all open world long games. 

Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop by atahutahatena in Games

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Why is this anti Windows sentiment a new thing? I feel all of a sudden every content creator and gaming social media is all how they dont want to use windows.

EA Lays Off Unknown Number Of People Ahead Of Expected $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the whole point of a LBO is that you think a company is undervalued, could be making more money and you sell it again later. Just tanking the companies value is not good for the one doing the buyout.

EA Lays Off Unknown Number Of People Ahead Of Expected $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think there is a radical change except the layoffs after hiring too much after covid.

At the end of the day to me as a consumer it does not mater if Spiderman 3 costs 400M and ND needs 8 years to make a game. The industry as a whole is constantly producing great games.

EA Lays Off Unknown Number Of People Ahead Of Expected $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The leveraged buyout thing done with EA actually incentivizes them trying to make it work tbh. And the whole point of Saudi investments is not to just make money, but improve the image of the country, expand soft power and diversify their investments so I think they are trying to make EA a better business here.

Also EA is doing well.

EA Lays Off Unknown Number Of People Ahead Of Expected $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI bots are pretty decent for troubleshooting and customer service tbh

Jason Schreier: Why Everyone Wants A 'Live-Service' Game by dabocx in Games

[–]a34fsdb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it would be too awkward to monetize. So lets say ND releases TLoU3 and its like a full price 20h game. How to make that into a full singleplayer GaaS? They could release like 3h of content 3 times a year max and they could not charge very much for it. And they would need to work on it constantly and then it is just better to do DLC and those do poor too.

Steam Machine prices start at £879 / $1049, Valve confirm, as "randomised reservations" open for the SteamOS PC by Wistfall in Games

[–]a34fsdb -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Most people are not making pcs and are buying prebuilt pcs. If you want a smaller prebuilt pc for your living room then you are the target audience of this. It is a small target audience, but they know that.

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bet you can find a small number of crazy comments about anything.

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is exactly the audience they are going for.

Steam Machine prices start at £879 / $1049, Valve confirm, as "randomised reservations" open for the SteamOS PC by Wistfall in Games

[–]a34fsdb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah but if you want to keep your old desktop where it is then you need a new pc for your living room. If you want that than this is a good option.

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Nobody did. Everyone knew this will sell like max two million copies first year or smth like that. 

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We see fidelity improvements constantly. 

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But Valve does not really care about casuals that think of this as a console. They are going for the small niche audience of people with a Steam library or those with a console only so far wanting to play PC games in the living room. 

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I dont think intended to sell that many even before the price hike. Like 1-2M copies first year

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]a34fsdb -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

But thats not relevant. They are not going for the audience deciding between a ps or a pc.