Thread by @delaneykingrox

Following on from previous discussion vis a vis #weekenderGames I need to stress that a good game is worth more than a long game.

A good long game is a great thing and deserves a good price, but the length of the narrative does not equate to price tag alone.

A short game that is brilliant deserves a good financial reward.

A short game with huge amounts of replay value is well worth the price tag of a sprawling epic.

What I am saying is push down your expectations of duration of the core playthrough, and allow shorter games.

If we shift the format to shorter play throughs, we can focus more on making an industry that is more stable, games that are more polished, and faster releases.

Give me good Batwoman game I can play through from origin to first villain.

Then give me an expansion for the next villain. And another. And another.

Let me buy new outfits, new voice modules... let me tailor the experiences. Include randomisation to keep things fresh

Let me enjoy and finish the game in a weekend, and allow the team to move onto the next thing. Allow for shorter experiences.

I am asking you to adjust your thinking to let everything be better... not more.

Drink a good fair trade coffee, rather than buying a cheap bulk tin.

We crunch to give you more, more, more... we need massive teams. They are harder to coordinate. We pad things out. We drop features. We sleep little.

Let us make smaller things of beauty. There is joy in those too.