Gamers are urging developers to stop the frustrating trend of announcing new games years before they’re scheduled for release.
‘Gamers agree’ that would be a historical first lol
One day news media will stop reporting “Large demographic group enraged!” by citing 2 posts on a random social media platform.
But only because no news media is left.
maybe sooner than you think cuz Reddit is bots and scabs now.
Nah you’ll have an AI combing through multiple sources of social media to put together a “consensus” based on overall public opinion on various social media sources. I hope, or you know they’ll just reference Facebook posts.
Except those AI will eventually just be reading posts made by other AIs.
Gamers are like Scotts in a way.
I honestly don’t care if a publisher announces a game several years out. In some cases, such as game franchises, I see it fairly pertinent that they do announce them.
What would be a better trend is the gaming community embracing the practice of foregoing preorders. OR understanding what “buyer beware” means. Never trust a publisher to provide you the game they promise on Day 1. Never.
I don’t really see what the big deal with “we plan to make another one” is. They didn’t even give it a name, just said they planned to make it.
Starfield might have been unexpected, but the day you knew that was a thing best case for ES6 was 4-ish years later. That’s what a Bethesda game takes.
Well I’m sure they announce it early because it’s not for us, it’s for the investors. But I think there is a downside, announcing it too early with like a CGI trailer puts it in the news and gets it talked about, but gamers develop an “vision” of how the game might be and you end up with a product that will definitely disappoint a lot of people. I’d say cyberpunk was one, due to the announcement time and what they actually showed it was hyped to the moon and back (people talk about games so they just started assuming).
If you look back on it now, people’s expectations and ideas of what the game was going to be were very different than what the product ended up being (besides the bugs). I would rather get the game announced with real fucking gameplay.
I remember the original Cyberpunk announcement. It was so epic that I watched it on repeat (I was a teenager at the time). Then as the years went by I totally forgot about it except for the soundtrack, to the point where release date announcement came as a total surprise. And yet somehow I think the game came closer to that trailer than most do, although I played it a year or so after release. The thought was there for sure, and the trailer was a neat piece of media in its own right.
I think people really just need to vet who they get their games from better. There are quite a few publishers/developers I can absolutely rely on to provide a great product on day 1, and saying never to trust them that puts them in the same category as the shitty ones which is wrong.
I think people really just need to vet who they get their games from better.
Oh, I absolutely agree.
…saying never to trust them that puts them in the same category as the shitty ones which is wrong.
I’ve been playing games long enough to see so many publishers walk back on promises to the gaming community. Activision, Bethesda, Square, Ubisoft, EA, Capcom…and a lot more. I pre-order games as well, yet I know that if I’m disappointed with the studio then that’s my fault. I bought the game…caveat emptor.
Never trusting a studio to fulfill their promises good advice to a gamer. Always understand that the relationship between the gamer and a studio is tenuous. It’s only worth the studio’s most recent release.
Game marketing is a bit like when someone tells you they’re going to quit smoking. Okay buddy, I’ll believe it when I see it. No no, I’m sure you think you’re going to quit, I’m not saying you’re a liar, but also I absolutely won’t believe it will happen until I see it.
Two words “_________ Citizen” (choose your first word from the options below)
Option 1 for Scam
Option 2 for StarI guess I’m in the minority that are glad that Bethesda is being open about their development for ES6. If they hadn’t told us it is in the works but on hold until Starfield is finished then we would be seeing constant speculation about a new Elder Scrolls game followed by inevitable disappointment when they don’t say anything.
like Metroid Prime 4??? does it even exist?
I think Elder Scrolls 6 will be worse in the end. Announced 2019 and they’ve probably not even started yet beyond maybe writing the story.
if it’s like elder scrolls online I don’t want anything to do with it. I was so excited for it because the only thing I wanted from Skyrim was multiplayer. but … well … you know the rest.
it’s been 6 years since MP4 was announced. and it will be literally the only reason I buy a switch.
it’s been 6 years since MP4 was announced. and it will be literally the only reason I buy a switch.
It’s gonna be on the Switch 2 (or whatever next console) at this rate.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s one of the last big releases on Switch.
We know that the Switch’s successor won’t be out until FY2024, so April 2024 at the earliest. There’s also some indication that Nintendo is going to build a bit of a stockpile before launching to reduce scalping. I think that fall 2024 is the earliest realistic launch window. Even then, it’s possible that Nintendo keeps releasing games for the Switch after the next console launch (as Sony has kept the PS4 going post-PS5).
Nintendo has a packed release schedule through November 2023 and then there’s nothing. The only confirmed games with no release date are Luigi’s Mansion 2, Metroid Prime 4, and the Princess Peach game. It’s possible that those all come out next year for the Switch.
I was about to say, Nintendo seems to already be doing this, having learned their lesson from the Metroid Prime 4 debacle.
After the MP4 reset, I think Tears of the Kingdom is the only Nintendo game that was announced more than a few months ahead of its release. They even started shadow-dropping games this year.
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I won’t believe Dragon Age Dreadwolf actually exists until it’s on Steam and in stores.
The companies that do this are begging for dissatisfaction.
Gamers should stop buying overhyped preorders.
Man you know how hard it is to keep quiet about art youre working on? Stuff leaks eventually anyway.
Yeah and atleast with leaks you don’t get fervent talk about the game and what it might be like, building up hope before seeing true gameplay and then being immediately disappointed when seeing it in action. That Dune MMO is going to disappoint me I’m sure.
is this sarcasm?
Not particularly, things that are leaks or rumors have stayed out of my sight for the most part. But CGI trailers at big gaming conventions get more eyes, get more people talking about. Atleast from my point of view, I just follow mainstream gaming news.
