@Jaxith: But indie gamedevs do this EVERY single week of the year -- these guys chose to work with EA, where the stakes are high, and it's a near-guarantee you'll get canceled by the execs

Spend time each week actively trying indie games out -- you'll find dozens of gems each year.

@Spartan_418: I'm in! Roguelike since Rogue here.

Nice

Pfft.... All so obvious.

Try Oxygen Not Included -- but done as a mock of HGTV home renovation series, with a light Parks and Rec vibe.

Total Warhammer, but done as a History Channel documentary series.

Cool!

Better than anything Disney has made recently!

Kudos on the excellent article, BTW.

@fbplayer1086: This is an industry-wide problem.

Let's just stop with the heavy-handed tutorials.

The worst offender I've ever seen was Dying Light 2. Case study on what NOT to do.

...which spawned from Dead Island 1 -- a great example of how to do it correctly.

The only time it's appropriate is when you know you have such an obvious smash hit incoming, that you know you'll attract non-gamers into the mix Hogwart's Legacy is such a game, and even then the tutorial is expertly folded into story setup that's as good as the films.

(This is what Dying Light 's team thought they were doing too, but their story, writing, and acting are all TERRIBLE.)

@paulojlopes: Analytics are massively important for any software project -- but the question underlying all of it is, are you measuring the right things, and interpreting results correctly?

@HAWK9600: Nah; all 3 of those HW items are stil 10-13% higher than their Holiday prices. But these are still decent discounts.

They're playing MSRP games on the Series S -- it's been below $300 literally everywhere for over a year. So it's disingenuous to still show MSRP=300.

...and the Series X is the only one worth buying.