This is something that most of us have spoken about at some point without actual proof. Everything from story, gameplay mechanics and monitization structure is there to please the unsustainable expectations of shareholders.

This is why most games just feel like the devs got a homework assignment with a list of tasks to complete rather than a game that feels like passion went into its development from inception.

No shit lol

The focus on huge profits is because, there is a huge section of gamers that allow it

So, like many of us here have been saying for a decade now.

She has always been so pretty to me

AAA has gone downhill I feel like most of the time while there is some good games. Too many rules of what they can make and cannot make with too much management well as shareholder control got to include this or that etc. Not really much creative freedom besides a few studios. Lot of devs do a lot better with 30-200 staff rather than 400-800 staff members more people involved in AAA stuff means more problems.

The wolf of wall street corporate types are running through the gaming industry. They went from insurance to “financial brokers” to commercial real estate to now gaming. There’s several other ways they’ve bled people dry but these types of people are what have consistently caused market collapses for the sake of profit.

Ain't it funny how the focus on profit always, literally always leads to less creativity, burned & bored out staff/players and ironically even lesser profit in almost every business in the long run?

i think shareholders are mostly to blame for this.

innovation goes to shit when it comes to money and profits.

theres a video on twitter, where a dev talks about just how much time and how many people it takes, to make a decision on adding a simple chair in a videogame.

thats also a huge issue imo.

The last video I watched of hers she was letting everyone know she was going to work for Santa Monica. She's gone already? She also she tried to stir up controversy at the game awards with the developers of Black Myth: Wukong. Anyone paying attention should be able to see she says and does anything for clicks. She's not to be taken seriously.

I watched this the other day . Good video . Basically she said, stock holders are looking for the next big trend in video games.. And because video games did not bring 300 billion a year as predicted during the panic, the stock holders are moving their money towards A.I.. The good thing is , there is still companies that want to make great single player games , but it so expensive to to make triple AAA games today . So we are getting less big budget games today ..