WhiteWaterM00se
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My counter to that would be, indies would be better served to have Nintendo, Sony, MS, EA, to each make an arcade style game. If they introduced the audience to those types of games again with their large reach, it could help indies immensely!The good indies and AA are currently doing this and barely anyone here is paying attention (unless said dev/game gets enough clout to be noticed)
They keep giving people exactly what they keep asking for, but since their game isn't 'well known brand by well known publisher' it either gets ignored, criticized to an extreme degree, or finds itself a small fanbase.
Gaming didn't forget, gamers forgot.
Gamers forgot what it was like to simply browse a blockbuster, or grab a demo disc, and try out a random game they thought looked fun. Now? It's clout. Big Publisher X has to make it or publish it for them to notice.
Nintendo potentially doubling down on smaller experiences doesn't excite me like others here because I was already playing other good smaller experiences. People now just care because it's Nintendo spotlighting it again.
The whole 'not fun' thing has been a prevalent personal issue that people keep brazenly assigning to the industry as a whole.
I agree though, indies need a better way to be discovered.
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