It’s honestly kinda crazy how long some games spend in development. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is a perfect example of something that should’ve been quick but ended up being so bloated and took forever to make.
FF7Remake was announced in 2015, got stuck in development hell for a bit, released 2020. The sequel released 2024. The third one still hasn’t been teased yet. How many people are attached to a franchise if it takes 10 years to get the full story? I loved the first remake but dropped the second one, I just didn’t care about the story as much as I did ~5 years ago.
Existing franchises are missing the young people because they’re about squeezing pennies out of nostalgia, rather than making good games.
The Indie developers of today are creating tomorrow’s lasting franchises.
It’s a tale as old as game development.
It’s all there from day one in the history of Atari and Activision.
Atari’s CEO decided that game developers should wear ties, keep standard work hours and be happy with a salary instead of any equity. This brilliant leadership vision led to the founding of Activision.
Atari went on to become a brand husk company.
Activision went on to become Blizzard / Activision and get bought for more money than I’ll ever see.