I’m saying the reason GTA6 exists is because it’s profitable. No one was inspired to make GTA6 before Strauss Zelnick, and he does not even care what’s in. GTA6 was inevitable when GTA5 was profitable. If inspiration was a larger indicator of quality than money or skill, then your statement would be reversed. But it’s obvious that GTA6 has a higher chance of being good, because the initial spark actually doesn’t matter much.
Those are sequels too. Astro Bot is part of the Astro Bot IP. Astro’s Playroom was a pack-in game with early PS5s in fact. Elden Ring is arguable if you think it’s new IP or if the popularity is due to being linked to the Dark Souls IP. I didn’t count it when I thumbed through, but if you feel differently then that would be the answer.
The House in Fata Morgana - Dreams of the Revenants Edition - is a remake of The House in Fata Morgana.
Meaning you give GTA6 a 5% chance of getting an average score over 50%?
I welcome you to go to https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/all/2025/metascore/ and see how many years back you have to go for the top rated game that year to not be a sequel. Or for the most expensive game made that year to not be in the top 3.
Could be EA wanting to raise the price before selling it.
Could be the people who EA is allowing to use the IP trying to raise interest ahead of raising funds, for example through crowd funding.
DLSS is GenAI, but you get crucified if you don’t have it. At the same time if you report using it by applying the badge, you also get crucified. There is no widely liked game on Steam from the last five years that doesn’t have some genAI somewhere, unless they’re visibly small in scope. If you just build an Unreal or Unity sample project it’ll already have GenAI (assisted) fonts and (GenAI denoised) sound effects, and probably a lot more.
Somehow games have transported the “No VFX” Hollywood marketing.
How many protestors did cops in Hong Kong kill? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I feel like your phrasing is intentionally designed to imply a number greater than zero.
The main point I was making was that these ‘sure bets’ resonate with people. It’s not just the money people throwing money at the wrong projects. Audiences (or at least the critics listed by metacritic) like the same things the publishers like: What they’ve seen before, but now with a larger budget.