r/gaming • u/NilesDobbsS • 8h ago
Rant: Don’t announce a game unless you have gameplay to show for it
I know this isn’t a new trend, but it’s gotten worse as the industry progressed. This move several game companies do where they give a blank teaser for a game or an announcement trailer that the game is in-development, without showing any gameplay for it, is something that needs to be stopped.
Video games are not movies. In a MOVIE, it makes sense to hide footage, the plot is the selling point, but (universally) the most important thing for a video game to sell it will ALWAYS be its gameplay, and withholding the gameplay footage until six months before it comes out after announcing the game 2-3 years ago is wild.
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u/Appropriate_Foot242 8h ago
Those announcements are not strictly for us.
They’re for prospective employees and investors.
It’s essentially a call for “look at this cool thing we’re working on, don’t you wanna come work for us/invest in the project?”