It's fair to criticize games we know have huge budgets for being buggy, unfinished at launch, having bad monetization schemes, etc. But let's not pretend like BG3 was created by 1 guy in a basement either.

You mention a quarter billion dollar budget, but only a handful of games have had development budgets officially confirmed to be that high: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop

Even the unofficial figures don't get that high, with RDR2 at $170 million. And looking at these games... I haven't played them all, but judging off community reactions and review scores it seems like a mix of boom (TLOU2, HFW, RDR2) and bust (Cyberpunk, Star Citizen).

[–] Zehzin 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

BTW That Wikipedia link is broken, I think it's the period at the end that's doing it. I only say this cause on apps you usually can't edit links so people have to open a browser.

PS: It's kinda nuts that half, and often way more, of a big game's budget is marketing, but it makes sense

[–] paultimate14 7 points 1 year ago

Oh thanks. Weirdly it works for me, but I went ahead and deleted the period.