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Baldur's Gate 3 dev says AAA is "perversely fascinated" by indie games, because those devs still understand how to make good ideas that aren't reliant on data (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Idk why people are giving you shit on that, you're right. Not necessarily indie-level right, but people hired to do the next Mario or Zelda are given remarkable freedom. I read up on the BotW development and they pitched their crazy idea, got green lit, and when leading their team they took suggestions from every part of the team (quite literally, artists, marketers, localization specialists, etc.). If I could remember the link I'd share it, but it's straight up good AAA management.

Though, to be fair it's really team by team and it's quite possible they got lucky with some of these. There are plenty of misses, after all. I'm kinda glad I'm off the Nintendo bandwagon after the whole Yuzu/Ryujinx legal crap.