Disagree, not in with your point in general but with this specifically: That is the exact time period in which triple A actually became a thing in the first place.
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And then there's the Cup Noodles sidequest in Final Fantasy XV which is really... something
Thank god China hates them and Japan, which is the key demo for that Jewish fanfiction writer's historical revisionism, is quickly waking up to the niggering attempt of their culture. They don't seem too pleased. Francia Delenda Est.
You're saying that AAA games didn't exist before every monetization feature now associated with AAA games had been fully implemented, which is idiotic.
Didn't say that. But in 2007 loot box tier dlcs were already rearing their ugly head. It was always there. I just meant there was no triple A as we now it before that time period.
Yeah, that's really, really stupid.
That's just plain wrong, early 2000s triple A isnt really triple A: the budgets were never that high before gaming went mainstream.
Bioshock had a notably low budget for its time, actually. COD4 had in the ballpark of 2x the budget of Bioshock.
But that was late 00s - that's exactly what I was saying - there was no mass market blockbuster triple happening before. Way to misrepresent what I wrote.
I don't understand what this means. Bioshock cost more than COD (except it didn't), therefore AAA games didn't exist?
I think we're actually on the same page, I just don't think that there was a green pastures triple A before the late 00s which is something I took away from your op. I may have misunderstood you too.
We can't be on the same page because every post you make leaves me even more baffled about what the hell you're even saying.
My point: There never was Triple A without rot, just with less and there is no triple a before 2008 which for you was "when the rot" started but that's also when triple A started as a whole because nothing before that was really mainstream, EA may have called games before that triple A but, in reality, gaming wasn't really a mass phenomenon which rivaled the movie industry back then. Sure, technically Modern Warfare was 2007 but that's just splitting hairs, I think bioshock was also 2007. When I said early COD and MOH i meant the very first installments which were shilled as triple A but back when they were, gaming was still just a nerd hobby and cinematic games were in their infancy and normies who got into gaming way later would've never considered those to be more than "lul, that's what they played back then?"
This is some of the most incomprehensible nonsense I've ever read. I hope to God you're ESL or something.
By 2007, lootboxes already existed in some Asian MMORPGs. Long before that, plenty of arcade games were designed around being very difficult, to suck as many quarters out of your pocket as possible.
It was what you said, basically. You put it way better: No triple A before the late 00s and arcade/home console vendors did addictive, soulless shovelwareslop way before too.
This and unique fictional brand design in video games is more lucrative because of fandoms. There's people out here buying clothes, decor, and even food products based on lore in the video games they play. An IP can become a massive franchise with extensive merchandise, film, tv, theme park specials, etc. Some of these result in partnerships between real brands that create those products and the developer/creator.
I virtually never see ads, so it would be difficult to be influenced by them.
