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Boycott the triple-A games industry (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Norodix@lemmy.world 64 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But but but... Consoles are the AAA industry. Indies have a chance because of PC gaming.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

and nowadays im siding with the indies.

triple A has been pretty dissapointing lately.

[–] arudesalad@lemmy.funnyname.xyz 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But what about AAAA?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

how long until we have AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA games

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

🎶We come from the land of the the ice and snow🎶

🎶From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow🎶

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

What do you mean? We already have them. For example, Dark Souls makes me go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA all the time.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

the year is 2050
you are in a stadium
a man walks up on stage. he yells at the top of his lungs for 30 minutes straight
the crowd goes wild
suddenly the lights go out
the lights come back on slowly
you see "The elder scrolls V: Skyrim"
The first AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...A game
Todd Howard has done it again

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I think someone probably made a possum simulator.

Press X to scream at own ass.

[–] UlfKirsten@feddit.de 6 points 8 months ago

Lol, yeah. Lately.

[–] franklin@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly the XBLA (Xbox live arcade) kicked off a lot of indie games, that was short lived though it differently has the best chance on PC

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

The best thing to come out of Microsoft's push into the indie space was XNA, which even now stands as one of the best game development frameworks of all time. It's a shame they murdered it in its crib.

(I know Monogame/FNA exist, but I'll always wonder where the project could have gone with Microsoft-level funding)