We won't get "the next FromSoftware" or "another Remedy or Larian" at this rate, warns veteran…
Veteran game developer Xalavier Nelson Jr. warns that industry consolidation and financial uncertainty are preventing new studios like Larian or Remedy from emerging. He argues that the current environment, exacerbated by issues like rising console prices due to AI-driven RAM shortages, stunts the growth of developers and limits their ability to practice and refine their craft over decades. Nelson Jr. emphasizes the need for audiences to actively support and evangelize the games and creators they love to foster a healthier development ecosystem.
Retro Gamer
- Entities
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Industry Consolidation
- Dark Souls 3
- Elden Ring
- FromSoftware
- Strange Scaffold
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Remedy Entertainment
- CD Projekt Red
- Larian Studios
- Game Development
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Respawn Entertainment
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Generative AI
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