PhoenixFire55, on 06 March 2020 - 11:11 AM, said:
I think something needs to be said about innovation. For instance, people are criticising MW5 for being BT with a first-person mode, but the reality is you can only invent the wheel so many times. My first thought was about the Space Rangers game. Sure, new technologies open new doors, but developers cannot exactly pump them out any more than scientists can just go and invent you a K-F drive. Not trying to make excuses for Bobby Kotick (there can be none), but 20 years ago the history course was 20 years shorter.
RickySpanish, on 06 March 2020 - 11:52 AM, said:
Well, it is more than established now. Game engines and asset libraries are readily available, many of them for free. It all comes down to having ideas and putting in time and effort, and THAT is a much more compelling reason why Bobby still needs to (gasp) pay people - because the tallest soapbox means nothing if you have nothing to say.