Why don't we ever see that many 2D platformers outside of indie devs and handheld releases anymore?
Except Nintendo, do big companies see 2D platformers as a lesser genre or something?
>>344439218
Its very hard to do them right
Ex: mighty n 9
So devs stah away from them since they want easy to make and milk games
EA - Unravel
Ubi - Rayman
SEGA - Sonic
and others
>>344439218
Because modern developers spend a long time thinking about realism
And there is no setting on this Earth which is composed primarily of strings of floating platforms.
Platformers inherently require a sort of game-centric interpretation of setting
There's some here and there but overall 2D platformers don't sell very much compared to other genres, and big publishers are all about maximizing their investment.
>>344439218
>do big companies see 2D platformers as a lesser genre or something?
Yes it's why publishers won't back a game unless a dev already has some money in to it ala MN9 and Bloodstained
>>344439218
they can't justify putting out a 2D sidescroller for 60 bucks.
and kids aren't interested in that shit.
Big developers are expected to make the big 60$ blockbusters.
leave the 2D / 2.5D games to the smaller devs.
>>344439574
They only sell that little because publishers and marketers arbitrarily decide which games do and don't sell.
The market is not accustomed to 2d platformers beyond ~20-30$ aside from very few (console) exceptions.
Also 2D Platformer actually require good leveldesign, which is a lost art nowadays and something the west never got around to actually learn save for some exceptions.
>>344439817
>they can't justify putting out a 2D sidescroller for 60 bucks.
Since when does being a 2D platformer automatically mean it's less than your average 60 dollar game? On what grounds?
>>344440079
It's a question what people will buy.
Except for Mario, no one will buy a 2D platformer for 60$ since it's not what people are accustomed to.
It kind of sucks, but the percieved value of a 2D platformer nowadays is inherently lower than for many other genres
>>344440068
>Also 2D Platformer actually require good leveldesign, which is a lost art nowadays
and that's just 2D. 3D is harder for there to be good level design - This is why AAA games are linear rollercoasters or open world games.
