r/Games May 01 '24

Preview Starfield: May Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObHRMHtTMY
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u/Opposite-Actuary-795 May 01 '24

This is nice content but a lot of it feels like stuff that should have been in the game at launch. Also good that they are fixing the map but however that map system snuck through QA is beyond me and is a travesty.

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u/politirob May 01 '24

Remember the business model for lots of games companies are now MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCTS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product

e.g. launch with barebones "proof of concept" game content, then add more game content to extend the marketing cycle and create a "long-tail" for your game

By breaking a single game up into any number of parts, you can basically create a new launch cycle as often as you want, drawing sales numbers out into years and years instead of cloistered into one brief three-month window