Stumbled upon this video, which kind of summarizes the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxaIP8F3K8
In summary
- lack of risk taking by the industry
- lack of creativity
- industry prioritizes profit by making games compatible with the previous consoles generation
- removal of split screen
- outdated voice communication compared to PC Discord
- disabled voice communication by default
For people here who have a current console, what do you think about this?
Creative industries in general have been somewhat stagnant including TV, video games, movies, and so on.
Part of it is the raw bureaucratization of society where box checkers and rule followers are getting into creative positions and being uncreative.
That’s also why there are good things out there in niche spaces, because creative people didn’t disappear they’re just keeping low.