I remember growing up playing Nintendo games up and other AAA games until I started watching YT. Particular TB and adjacent YouTubers.
Now-a-days, especially watching most of Summer Games Fest, I feel like I really am not excited about AAA games as I used to be and generally prefer indie games
Think it’s a combination of time, DLC, gamba bs, same game released 7 thousand times and broken games at launch that have mostly turned me away from AAA games. Nintendo, Ubisoft, Blizzard, SquareEnix and others, have further tainted the appreciation I once had for these companies with the level of abuse to their fanbases and even their own employees.
How you all feel about AAA vs Indie games? Which do you prefer, and has this changed for you over time?
I’m down to paying a full $60 price tag for a game, maybe 1-3 times a year at most. And one of those is usually a family/shared game for my wife or son. It’s whatever big zeitgeist game I can’t miss like Elden Ring. Next one will probably be Zelda TotK around Christmas. Maybe 2 copies of Diablo 4 if the wife wants to play it badly. Other than that I’m usually playing some indie game. Or a AAA that’s 5+ years old. The household is 2 gaming PCs and just the switch for the living room.