With development costs rising, we need to make games based on user feedback, not numbers and data from the past, says NEXON Games executive
With development costs rising, we need to make games based on user feedback, not numbers and data from the past, says NEXON Games executive
NEXON Games CEO Yong-hyun Park talks about the company's policy of prioritizing user feedback over data when greenlighting projects.
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Development costs don't have to rise. l would gladly play games with pixel graphics or even ps2/3 graphics. Art direction >>> Graphical fidelity.
Right. The two games I play the most are Minecraft and Factorio. Both not amazing graphically but they’re fun.
But executives don't look at fun. They want something flashy to catch attention in an ad, neither Minecraft nor Factorio look like they imagine a fun game should. They don't have outstanding visuals for their generation not audio, so really they don't see the appeal. They want cutting edge for the sake of being cutting edge. They want cool because, to them, being cool sells more than being fun.
In the universe with 20-30% of actual inflation development costs will always rise even for indie because devs have to eat something and live somewhere. Not to mention software licensing and equipment
The industry only knows either full blown AAA photo realism or WOW-esque cartoon shit.
Looking at you Valheim