How A $20 Game Destroyed The Entire AAA Industry?

A $20 game changed how big video games are made, and it made them worse.

Imagine you're building a giant sandcastle at the beach. You use buckets, shovels, and lots of people to make something amazing. That's like AAA games, they cost millions, take years to make, and look super cool. But then someone comes along with just a little bucket and some sand, and makes a tiny castle that everyone loves. That's what happened when a $20 game came out.

This $20 game was like the little castle, simple, fun, and easy to make. People played it everywhere, on phones, tablets, and computers. It didn’t need big teams or fancy tools. Just a few people working hard for not much money.

Big companies saw this and thought, "Why spend millions when we can just make something like that?" So they started making smaller games too, but instead of being fun and simple, they tried to copy the $20 game's success with less effort, leading to worse games over time. A $20 game changed how big video games are made, and it made them worse.

Imagine you're building a giant sandcastle at the beach. You use buckets, shovels, and lots of people to make something amazing. That's like AAA games, they cost millions, take years to make, and look super cool. But then someone comes along with just a little bucket and some sand, and makes a tiny castle that everyone loves. That's what happened when a $20 game came out.