"Creator Of Space Invaders Thinks Video Games Are Made The Wrong Way Today"

[kane_magus]

"We, the game creators, were increasingly expected to listen to the sales team"

My opinion on this is that Tomohiro Nishikado is 100% correct. (I would go one step further and say that the fact that they even had a "sales team" at all was the first red flag. "Sales teams" are a huge part of why the modern video game industry is so godawful now.)

Comments

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

A similar problem afflicts Hollywood.

I on the other hand use these methods of inspiration:

* mining fanfic to see what people love so much they will make it themselves is necessary.

* lived experiences from a colorful life.

* prompt calls where my fans can ask for what they want and get it.

* handbuilding things out of loose parts.

* looking for gaps in extant offerings.

* new trait? Trait-having hero!

Re: Yes ...

[kane_magus]

Yeah, all Hollywood seems to care about these days are sequels and reboots/remakes and franchises/"cinematic universes," as opposed to anything at all that might have even the slightest whiff of originality to it, since the "sales teams" keep telling them that anything that isn't a sequel or reboot/remake or part of an already existing franchise/"cinematic universe" would be "too risky" to make.