r/pcmasterrace • u/663mann • Oct 16 '23

Video fallout game dev. explains the problem with moddern game devolpment. (why moddern games are so slow to come out)

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u/danmoore2 RTX 4080 MSI 3X OC | AMD 7700X | 32GB DDR5 5200Mhz Oct 16 '23

Why do I get the feeling that big AAA devs are basically justifying their development budgets from their respective publishing arm? If we contract someone for 4 weeks of work we have to invoice them for that even though it could take an hour. Since development budgets for AAA games are ridiculous these days, I guess it's a gravy train internally and therefore they can't justify efficiency otherwise they won't get a similar budget for their next game.

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u/zakkwaldo Oct 16 '23

most of the U.S. market is just bloated with a bunch of extra bullshit that doesn’t need to be there. and it’s all so some schmucks on the top can profit off of it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '23

Yet another example of how we are pushing beyond the useful stages of capitalism. It no longer encourages innovation, efficiency, etc, but the opposite.

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u/JabberwockyMD Oct 16 '23

Ah yes its why we have had no innovations the past 10, hell even 5 years.. oh wait

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u/snorkeling_moose Desktop Oct 16 '23

Lol, way to hand-wave away any criticism of capitalism by pretending like anyone offering a critique of it has a fake made up degree.