• Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Not really true, Bethesda ballooned from ~70 around Skyrim’s launch to ~500 for Starfield.

    The outer world’s dev team from obsidian was around 80.

    Bungie has/had (bit unclear if this this before or after the ~200 layoffs) around 850 for Destiny

    I think the AAA devs are proving that more devs don’t make things better. And Animal Well is 31MB, but I think that’s a bit of an exception really.

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      2 months ago

      Not really to what? I can’t really tell what part of my Comment you disagree with.

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        2 months ago

        Sorry, I’m probably nit-picking. My point was team size and game size gave ballooned, but it’s not broadly a AAA thing, it’s a very recent issue (last 10 years). They did just find when they hadn’t got so insane, but not much before the numbers you listed. Halo 3 and Skyrim’s are beloved games made by studios of around 100 devs.