![]() ![]() When comparing the lists of 2019’s top-grossing movies and best-selling games, the similarities are obvious. There’s also CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077, a new game IP that is inspired by creator Mike Pondsmith’s 1988 tabletop role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020. What else tops the list of most-anticipated games this year? A sequel to 2013’s The Last of Us from developer Naughty Dog, the third installment in Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs franchise, the sixth main entry in Nintendo’s Animal Crossing series and adaptations of Marvel’s Avengers characters from Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix. ![]() There’s also the upcoming Resident Evil 3 remake, which hopes to match the success of last year’s predecessor. Perhaps the most anticipated title of 2020 is, in fact, a remake of a classic role-playing title, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII. That said, the influx of remakes, remasters and “reimaginings” of popular game titles is undeniable (not to mention sequels and yearly, incremental sports title releases). The result of that is a wide, eclectic range of new games, characters, stories, etcetera that flies in the face of the more-established ecosystems of film and television. ![]() Online storefronts like Steam and GOG have made it easy for independent game studios (some of which consist of literally a single person) to get their title in front of consumers. Very simply, there is a larger variety of games available now than there ever has been before and - unlike with Hollywood - games are global and the barrier between audience and developer is much thinner. What Global Music, Podcasting Revenue May Look Like by 2027: PwC Expert Explains Forecastīut while the film industry (and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the television industry) is continuously dogged by critics for a “lack of creativity” and terminal “sequelitis,” video games have largely escaped such labels, leaving one to ask a simple question: Why? ![]()
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