Theres No Good Reason A 2D Game Cant Be 60
Sonic Superstars, the new 2D game Sega announced at Summer Game Fest last week, is set to retail for $59.99. Given that its a full triple-A game, that seems reasonable. But some gamers are balking at the price point, saying that the game looks indie, and should be priced accordingly. Setting aside that this isnt really true games with polygonal graphics made by small teams rarely look as polished as Sonic Superstars does the approach to gaming that this sentiment reveals is bizarre. Its the same mindset were seeing in the reaction to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, resulting in its trailers getting thousands of dislikes on YouTube. Hardly a day goes by without gamers on the internet moaning about the state of games right now, complaining that there just isn't anything good to play. That isn't remotely true and, even if it were, if you're getting mad that a big publisher like Ubisoft is taking a risk by putting out a smaller game in a genre it rarely develops games in,...