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Comment by rangibaby | Hacker News Reader

I was really looking forward to Call of Duty 21 and (sport) (year)

Fifa, CoD, Assassin's Creed, Mario, ect .. without those games it wouldn't be possible to finance other titles.

I don't understand what the problem is, many people enjoy those games, no one forces you to buy them and the indie scene is very active.

Doesn't Nintendo publish Mario games directly?

I can do without FIFA COD and AC, personally. They're probably burning up the time of developers with good ideas rather than producing anything actually interesting (though of course everyone needs a day job).

Nintendo is the publisher, yes. They also publish games from other developers (e.g. Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade Chronicles).

Their other tentpole franchises are mostly developed in-house (Zelda, Splatoon, Mario Kart), via subsidiaries (Retro Studios) 2nd-party developers (GameFreak - Pokemon, Intelligent Systems - Fire Emblem), or 3rd parties (Bandai Namco & Sora - Super Smash Bros).

Millions of people enjoy those games, and it's not like them existing is harming anyone.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-10-ea-reportedly-...

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/11/meet-the-19-year-old-who-s...

I disagree. It's also harming the games - Assassin's Creed Odyssey is more grindy just to sell IAP - in a full priced game!

So don't buy it? I don't play AC / COD / FIFA games for this very reason.

Just think about what could exist if those titles weren't refreshed every year or two. It takes time to build a marginally nicer sequel and all the in all purchases to go along with it, but that doesn't add substantially to the selection of high production quality titles.

I'm sad that gaming seems to be preying on addictions (IAP are definitely addicting) rather than innovating.

I would honestly probably be willing to pay $150 for "NCAA $CURRENT_YEAR"

$175

*(league)(year)

Fifa

NHL

NBA

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