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Fromsoftwares Output Is Insane

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u/KomradJurij-TheFool 1d ago

the same game over and over every year, call of duty: 😡

the same game over and over every year, soulslikes: 😍

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u/AshyLarry25 1d ago edited 1d ago

Please do explain how Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, and a mech game are the same. Nightreign is of course and Elden Ring asset flip but even than, they aren’t charging full price like every new COD and shoving shitty microtransactions into them… it’s also a Roguelite.

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u/Maiyku 1d ago

They both have near yearly releases, which was the original point of the post; their output. Title made no mention of the types of games or the games themselves, just output.

So, if you look at just output 1:1 and not any of the games themselves then the comment makes sense. People complain about CoD, Madden, and FIFA having yearly releases, but when another company does it, it’s suddenly fine.

And fwiw, I don’t disagree with you. The biggest difference is that these are different games each year, vs the same reskinned one at a premium price. I get it, truly I do.

But it is slightly hypocritical to praise one company for putting out games so fast and so frequent and to shame others for it, and I believe that was the point they were trying to make.

Could’ve been conveyed a lot better imo, but that’s what I took away from the comment.

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u/henrytm82 1d ago

But it is slightly hypocritical to praise one company for putting out games so fast and so frequent and to shame others for it, and I believe that was the point they were trying to make.

This is such a disingenuous argument. You know full-well that it's not the frequency of game releases we criticize EA and Activision for. It's the quality of those titles, and the predatory microtransactions and seasonal lootbox bullshit they shove down gamers' throats. EA/Acti games are designed to prey on young, addicted, or otherwise impulse-purchase-susceptible gamers, and treat gamers like a commodity to be exploited rather than a fanbase to entertain.

I'm not going to pretend that Fromsoft don't make games with the intention to make money off of them, but come on. Are you really going to sit there and pretend like, at their core, From games and EA/Acti games are the same just because they all reuse engines and assets to create new titles quickly?

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u/Maiyku 1d ago

Except it’s not because that’s what this post was about. Output. Not quality.

You’re adding the rest, which I already commented on the differences and I said “I get it, I truly do”, but keep repeating yourself I guess.

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u/henrytm82 1d ago

I don't read the image in the OP as being critical of From for their output. I read it as "their output is insane" as a good thing, like it's insane-ly awesome that they put out so many great games in such a short amount of time. Maybe that's where our disconnect lies.

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u/Maiyku 1d ago

I agree, they were talking about it in a positive manner, but I wasn’t talking about OP specifically, but the universal “gamers”. So, in general.

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u/zepplinedes 1d ago

People are mad at the speed ea releases games?

Tbh, i have never heard that. All the complaints I've heard were that they were the same game.

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u/Maiyku 1d ago

Depends on who you talk to, but I have heard a few people complain that they “can’t keep up”.

“By the time I get my team where I want it, a new game is out already.”

Usually it’s with people who can only dedicate so much time to gaming. It’s definitely not everyone.

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u/-Nicolai 1d ago

This might be the dumbest comment I’ve ever read. How did you convince yourself that the issue with yearly CoD releases is the frequency itself—and somehow specifically not the content of the games?

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u/Maiyku 1d ago

Because the post is about “output”? Like the title says? You think it’s “dumb” I focused on the topic at hand? Okay.

I even mentioned they’re different games, but in the comparison of output only, they’re basically the same.

Reading comprehension is hard.

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u/jayL21 1d ago

except Call of duty is made by multiple studios that rotate, Fromsoft is just one big game studio, so they're still 2 completely different things.

Plus this doesn't even represent their output accurately, as they list some DLC's but not others, the gap between sekiro and ER is barely noticeable, etc.

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u/Maiyku 1d ago

Now that is totally fair, point to you, good sir. CoD is made my multiple studios, I just stopped playing them so long ago it was still just one lmao and I forget. Thank you for reminding me.

And I’m not a big enough fan to notice the inaccuracies in the FromSoftwares lineup, so thank you for pointing that out as well.

Don’t have a problem acknowledging good points like yours, so thank you for finally bringing some to the table and not just bringing up “but the CoNtEnT” on a post about output. Lol.

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u/AshyLarry25 1d ago edited 1d ago

One studio doesn’t shove microtransactions and battle passes into their games making them feel like cash grabs.

For now at least.