Seasoned RPG devs from Obsidian and Bioware blame the temporary death of the isometric CRPG on 'vibes-based forecasting' from retailers - eviltoast
"I can't stress enough how often I'd hear a retail rep declare a genre/style/look was dead with zero supporting data."

“I can’t stress enough how often I’d hear a retail rep declare a genre/style/look was dead with zero supporting data.”

  • abraxas@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Considering the way they responded to ESPN football back when I was younger, I cheer on every time I hear bad things about EA Sports.

    For those too young or who don’t recall… ESPN (or I should say, a company who licensed ESPN) came out with a budget football game 2000ish. They charged $20 for it, and it blew that year’s Madden game out of the water in terms of quality and reviews. It was situated to force the industry to pivot from AAA to lovingly-crafted AA titles by teams that clearly cared about the product being fun.

    So EA gave the NFL a metric fuckton of money for exclusivity to murder the competition.

    The end.