What happened to the AAA studios we used to love? Until Elden Ring came out, recent AAA releases were all soulless copy & pasted games. But despite being such a breath of fresh air, Elden Ring caused a mountain of controversy. Why were so many AAA developers and fans angry at Elden Ring's success? Well, it has to do with why so many AAA games lost their 'soul'.

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Elden Ring Says NO To Western AAA, Devs Lose Their MINDS
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Why Elden Ring's Success Makes Ubisoft Devs Mad
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What Elden Ring Is Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games
   • What Elden Ring Is Like For Someone W...  
Ubisoft Collapses! Cancels ANOTHER Game As Massive Layoffs Are Coming & Stock Totally Tanks!
   • Ubisoft Collapses! Cancels ANOTHER Ga...  
Horizon: Forbidden West Was Set Up To Fail (Elden Ring Completely Overshadowed It)
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Angry Ubisoft dev tweets
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Putting Elden Ring's 12 million sales in context
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/0...
Assassin’s Creed developer is facing a strike after its CEO told staff it was up to them to stop its slump, writing ‘the ball is in your court’
https://fortune.com/2023/01/18/ubisof...
Sales number of Elden Ring proves Horizon Forbidden West developer wrong as the latter's sales fall by 80%
https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/s...
‘Elden Ring’ Was The Second Best-Selling Video Game Of 2022
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...
Google's 80/20 Rule
https://www.wired.com/insights/2013/0...