Warhorse studio is the best example, I think. They had nothing, had to rely on Kickstarter to make their first game, nobody thought it would even work, someone eventually gave them a chance, and BAM. Kingdom Come: Deliverance was born. Came out in 2018. 6 million copies sold so far, cca 6k players on the daily still today. And a sequel on the way.
Czech Republic - Mafia, Operation Flashpoin/ArmA, KCD, Euro/American Truck Simulator, Factorio, Space Engineers, Hidden & Dangerous, Vietcong...a lot of success here as well. I'm really proud of our gaming industry, they've done some marvelous games.
Hidden & Dangerous 1 & 2 are the most underrated tactical shooters in gaming history. I would say they were ahead of their time but up to this point, no other game could match their game mechanics. The second game makes my jaw drop with all of it little details and without the first game my childhood would not be complete. Also Love from Poland.
@@notsocasualYT Daniel Vávra who makes KCD was also largely responsible for Mafia and I think that he wrote story for Mafia 2, but left the compary for "different opinions" (like changing everything he wanted to make) shortly after.
OwlCat games is Located in Cyprus with subsidiaries in Armenia and Russia. After the Success of their Pathfinder and Warhammer 40k Games they decided to make the jump into more ambicious projects similar to the ones quoted in the videos.
I welcoming this European gaming industry thriving in the background.. Literally most European countries are having developers making games, even to the point if gaming keeps growing in Europe that the gaming industry within Europe could create an essential market for Europe as the EU would look at this opportunity as the ultimate European softpower move towards the world.
I trully hope that happens too, we have the perfect timezone to position the developers for 24h development lifecycle and better work conditions for niche talent.
CD Projekt Red was created in 2002. CD Projekt in 1994. CD Projekt is the Publisher for CD Projekt Red. CD Projekt Red was created in 2002 to Develop The Witcher 1
There are 44 game development companies listed on the Polish stock exchange. The biggest are Cd Projekt Red, Techland, Playway, and 11 Bit Studios. Every year, new domestic studios are created in Poland but also branches of big foreign brands such as Activision or Microsoft Studios, so this industry is certainly the future of the Polish economy.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for this comment! For this video I tried to focus on studios that are still independent as I believe that's where we will see the most growth in the next years. Guerilla games are very talented, but in this case they are a Sony subsidiary - I though they will be a bit out of context here. I might cover them in the future though! 😅
"The Rise Of European Game Studios" "The Comeback Of Asian Game Studios" while everyone is complainig about "The Downfall Of Western Game Studios" In the ende it´s "big corp. studios are failing, mid studios are yearned for" Which is why we should be suspicious of CD Project Red by now well, should have been back then
First reason, is that following trends and existing patterns where numbers are clear, is first mistake. Second mistake is over developing of too much expensive games - basicaly babank gamble. Third is ESG, DEI ans similar programs oriented not for talent and creativity, but just investments and social justice bulshit.
Just for the record, Crytek, which made the first Far Cry is from Germany, same as Piranha Bytes (who are sadly gone now) with the gothic Series. As are Yager and Daedalic. And if you like the X-Series (X-beyond the Frontier, X-Tension, X2-the Threat, X3-Reunion, X3-Terran Conflict, X3-Albion Prelude, X-Missgeburt/Missbirth....errr X-Rebirth (gag!), X4 and it's addons) Egosoft is from Germany as well. The biggest Simulation Publishers for Flight sims (MSFS2020/2024 and X-Plane 11/12) as well as Train Sims are from Germany and Britain as well (Aerosoft and Just Flight/Just Trains). A lot of the third party devs for those and DCS are also from countries you wouldn't expect. Heatblur the best Module developer for DCS, who made the magnificent Tomcat and Phantom as well as the Viggen are from Sweden. True Grit, who are working on the Eurofighter are from Germany, Aerges who made the Mirage F1 are from Spain. Razbam is from, roughly speaking South America. The Falcon BMS team is from all over the world, and yeah I know one of the devs who is from germany. German Game development could be better if it wasn't for our stupid politicians who can't get their act together to make a proper support policy. And they waste tax money on stupid woke shit. Games that literally no one plays. But that's the greens for you, and you know they are actually running the show, not the social democrats or Free democrats (neoliberals). Go to simracing and well it's getting interesting, while iracing is made by the follow on from Papyrus, two of the biggest sims there are, Assetto Corsa and Asetto Corsa Competizione are made by Kunos Simulazioni, who are italians. And yes AC and ACC even eclipse Codemasters's F1 games in player numbers. Slightly Mad Studios (RIP) who made the Project Cars Series, are from Britain. They work now as straight 4 studios. Raceroom Racing Experience (R3E) is made by KW Studios, formerly Sector 3, formerly Simbin, who are swedes as well. Noobiesoft/Ubisaft*/Ubisoft, we don't talk about that....well they are french, what do you expect! ;) :P *literally Ubi-juice.......which is a german derogatory nickname for Ubisoft, as in german a bad company/a badly run company that can't do anything right is a Saftladen or Juice-shop! And no that "nickname" is more than 20 years old. I heard it first in 2006 in the german Lockonforum, but it was old back then. Appeared in forum postings in 2003 or earlier. And it wasn't eh only place. Just joking, no need to get your knickers into a twist frenchies and francophiles......they have some good ones like Arkane Studios (Damn you Bethesda and Microsoft for screwing them over!!! Ihr Arschgeigen!) or Asobo, yeah the guys who are making the new MS Flight Simulator are french! Same as Focus Home Interactive, the guys behind the Wargame Series. If you look into periphery it gets even more interesting.
@@jesseoverdijk318 I think he mean American. And while Ubisoft is European, it basically operate as American company. So: Ignore the fans, spend 2/3 of budget on marketing and blame people that they don't like game designed by ChatGTP.
Great video! I really hope european studios keep growing in magnitude but also in number. In Italy we have never had a great scene, but our Jyamma Games just released Enotria, I wonder if they will inspire others to join the fray
Thank you so much for this comment and for watching the video! I really appreciate it. I've seen Enotria, didn't know they were from Italy. Is great to see that there are emerging studios from there as well!
As a French person, I am quite proud to be in one of the countries with the most game studios in Europe. I particularly love Asobo and Don't Nod. We also have publishers like Focus Entertainment who publish good games. We also have very good music composers and I also find the French dubbing of video games to be of good quality (more than in the French versions of films and series)
I haven't seen one covering Tarsier Studios, (Swedish Game company) These lads have been creating games such as: Ragdoll kung fu fists of plastic, Little big planet Vita, Little nightmares 1 & 2, the stretchers, statik and a bit of Tearway Unfolded. Very underground game development company that honestly just delivers unique concepts and has a vivid fan base following it, Their next game Reanimal seems like another big hit ngl
You get it wrong man. CD project sold 18 000 copies of Baldurs Gate in the FIRST DAY(according to polish eurogamer article) in Poland, over 50 000 in couple months in "premiere price", and over 150 000 for the sales including expansions. 18 000 total would be not great probably - the price was lower than in other countries due to lower wages in Poland(+piracy was just a standard here, as we were just a couple of years after we "released" from the communism and started to feel more like a part of the western world). Add to this the cost of all things that were included in our release, cost of localisation, taxes and licensing and you won't have a big margin probably. Also I don't think that interplay would be so happy if they've sold only 18 000 copies.
Spain is coming up too. Both cooperating with bigger foreign studios (Metroid Dread), and with their own young studios. The Game Kitchen us really going up in the world with The Last Door, Blasphemous and Blasphemous II.
@@notsocasualYT fun fact, for Blasphemous they needed a crowdfunding, and one of their benefactors was Larian Studios. You can see them on the créditos. There are other fun anecdotes too, like the game earning 666% of what they expected in the kickstarter, or that moment a catholic organisation tried to sue them out of existence. I recommend you take a look at it.
Just a small correction: though the Netflix CYBERPUNK Series is a direct partnership with CD Projekt RED, The Witcher seres IS NOT. It was a direct negotiation with the Author of the Book Series and the Game studios didn't have a single say in it.
Actually there are many more CRYTEK from Germany Machine Games from Sweden In Poland there is also Techland I am a long-time fan of Serious Sam series from Croteam (as the name suggests, Croatian) But they choose only some famous studios from different contries
great video, it's good to show most of the great european video game studios. if you can, show the less popular european studios who makes littles game or are indie games. that would be great.
what we also need is the animation industry needs also to rise because europe actually has great lore to create the best stories ever with its long history also the budget there is aviable as well as good working condition
Thanks for mentioning. I actually considered them for a while to add them in this video, but when I was researching them for this video I found out that they were acquired by Embraced, and for this one, I wanted to focus mostly on independent studios. I definitely plan on covering them in the future, as there seems quite a lot to cover 😅
Now I think about it. At least first Max Payne game did have strong paranormal component. What BTW is one of strong points of this game. Sequels lack this something.
Dedication to the craft over profit maximization. It is a boring answer that sounds more romantic than it is: By trying to address the largest possible market share, a game is prone to losing players to more specific gaming experiences. Skyrim is palatable to many, but the world of RPGs has a lot more to offer to those who want to delve deep. European games for now tend to be the more niche kind.This may change in the future, but man, I do prefer the European way of classic business conduct by a mile. No excessive uber monetization turning games into game-skinned slot machines. Who wants that when they can have a real game for the same price? Eventually there will be a new generation of passionate studios in the US and the cycle will begin anew.
You don't even have to go over maximising profits. Make a great game for your niche and fanbase and earn just 10€0 as a safe bet or make a game for everyone and earn €1000? well and aim for something with massive competition and market penetration, most likely fail and earn only 5€ The thing is, the people who decide this in the big corps lose nothing if they fail, but earn a hell of a lot if they actually manage to pull off big in the ‘for everyone’ market they got too arrogant and cocky so still make decent decisions move fast, break things? well and begone if something breaks and be already on to your next big coup
So because Tencent bought Techland it is no longer Polish? Strange logic. So for example Crystal Dynamics is no longer American because Embracer bought it? Now they are Swedish? As far as I know Techland has no foreign subsidiary, their studios are based in Poland and have the same Polish CEO since the beginning. By your logic Cd Projekt Red is also not Polish because there are many foreign investors in the company.
To be fair, Unisoft is French, so it's not about where the company comes from but more about the size and how bloated it gets the bigger it is. CD Project Red is a classic example of an awesome small company having the same problems of established AAA publishers. Going public is the death of every good game developer. Sad but true.
Thanks for mentioning then! Im looking forward for Indiana as well, but to be fair, I tried not to focus on any studios owned by big publishers. Since all recent closures and layoffs, unfortunately, no one is safe
I would say there has been a rise of Eastern European games not Western European games. Video games like the Witcher 3, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Mount and Blade Bannerlord, Cyberpunk 2077 and Metro Exodus are great examples.
Don't get me wrong but i would watch out for CDPR right now because i don't remember exactly, but around year maybe two ago they said something suspicious about "inclusivity" so yeah, and i am saying this as someone from poland.
Well every major euro gaming studio are going to be buy by a American studio. Enjoy it for now. We already saw what happen when a euro studio get big aka cyperpunk from cd projekt red
Piranha Bytes is officially gone, and spiritually even before that. Hopefully Alkimia Interactive becomes a great successor with the Gothic Remake. Crytek (Crysis-series and CryEngine) DICE (Battlefield-series, though EA for over a decade now) Blue Bytes (Anno-series since Anno 1404)
well, the hype about 2077 was rockstar level even quite beyond the quality of the game and the fulfilment of expectations? not at all, oh noo not even close
Cyberpunk 2077 has sold 30 million copies to date, even after rough launch. Besides, apart from sales, Rockstar has long ceased to be a benchmark for quality. And looking at the hellish development of GTA 6, I don't predict a sweet future.
ohhhhh u are a remedy lover i zee. The storys of its games are bad, at the begging they feel like theres something interesting in it, but them u see the story doing stupid things like its the most briliant narrative. like in control, It doenst make any sense, Alan Wake, it doenst make any sense! a dark clone of the protagonist that controls objects is not innovative, the light things seens cool but killing zombies all over again -.- oh im not even going to toucht on the worst acting ever lol Mario has a better emotional voice than all the bland remedy characters( less max pain). btw alan wake 2 sucks to hard! DISLIKE from me for only this fanboys remedy. When u say its great a product that is so blend like that, ur option has no value...
The recipe is simple. Stop focusing on crap prescribed by priests of the woke religion and endless remakes. Focus on good storytelling and creating new worlds and characters.
Yup. Big companies completely ignore writers and quality, spending half budget on promotion, releasing unfinished and dumb games. And then everyone is surprised when people stop playing games like in 1983.
Warhorse studio is the best example, I think. They had nothing, had to rely on Kickstarter to make their first game, nobody thought it would even work, someone eventually gave them a chance, and BAM. Kingdom Come: Deliverance was born. Came out in 2018. 6 million copies sold so far, cca 6k players on the daily still today. And a sequel on the way.
Great game and I'm looking forward for the sequel!
Larian is even more impressive imo. Game studio was almost bankrupt
@@kenpe1455Not really. Larian had something to work with, warhorse had nothing
@@fish5671 also not true, they had the man, Vavra who made mafia behind the studio bringing all his expertise.
@@kenpe1455I believe he meant money
Czech Republic - Mafia, Operation Flashpoin/ArmA, KCD, Euro/American Truck Simulator, Factorio, Space Engineers, Hidden & Dangerous, Vietcong...a lot of success here as well. I'm really proud of our gaming industry, they've done some marvelous games.
We love to see it, we love to see Czech games!
Cheers from Sweden.
Hidden & Dangerous 1 & 2 are the most underrated tactical shooters in gaming history. I would say they were ahead of their time but up to this point, no other game could match their game mechanics. The second game makes my jaw drop with all of it little details and without the first game my childhood would not be complete.
Also Love from Poland.
KCD2 seems very exciting! I had no idea that Mafia was from Czech Republic! Thanks for sharing
@@notsocasualYT Daniel Vávra who makes KCD was also largely responsible for Mafia and I think that he wrote story for Mafia 2, but left the compary for "different opinions" (like changing everything he wanted to make) shortly after.
DayZ ...
During PS1 era, europe was releasing bangers. The brits and the french were on top of the PS1 game.
Rare (British studio) during the N64 era were on fire: GoldenEye, Donkey Kong, Perfect Dark, Conker Bad Fur Day
Netherlands has Triumph Studios (Age of Wonders) and Guerrilla games (Killzone, Horizon)
OwlCat games is Located in Cyprus with subsidiaries in Armenia and Russia. After the Success of their Pathfinder and Warhammer 40k Games they decided to make the jump into more ambicious projects similar to the ones quoted in the videos.
I welcoming this European gaming industry thriving in the background..
Literally most European countries are having developers making games, even to the point if gaming keeps growing in Europe that the gaming industry within Europe could create an essential market for Europe as the EU would look at this opportunity as the ultimate European softpower move towards the world.
I trully hope that happens too, we have the perfect timezone to position the developers for 24h development lifecycle and better work conditions for niche talent.
CD Projekt Red was created in 2002. CD Projekt in 1994. CD Projekt is the Publisher for CD Projekt Red. CD Projekt Red was created in 2002 to Develop The Witcher 1
As a Game Art student in the Netherlands I will say that having Triumph, Guerilla and Larian next door is pretty cool
There are 44 game development companies listed on the Polish stock exchange. The biggest are Cd Projekt Red, Techland, Playway, and 11 Bit Studios. Every year, new domestic studios are created in Poland but also branches of big foreign brands such as Activision or Microsoft Studios, so this industry is certainly the future of the Polish economy.
Nice video. I think Guerrila, creators of Horizon franchise, should also be there with the others.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for this comment! For this video I tried to focus on studios that are still independent as I believe that's where we will see the most growth in the next years. Guerilla games are very talented, but in this case they are a Sony subsidiary - I though they will be a bit out of context here. I might cover them in the future though! 😅
"The Rise Of European Game Studios"
"The Comeback Of Asian Game Studios"
while everyone is complainig about
"The Downfall Of Western Game Studios"
In the ende it´s "big corp. studios are failing, mid studios are yearned for"
Which is why we should be suspicious of CD Project Red by now
well, should have been back then
Yeah European game studios aren’t western whatsoever….
First reason, is that following trends and existing patterns where numbers are clear, is first mistake. Second mistake is over developing of too much expensive games - basicaly babank gamble. Third is ESG, DEI ans similar programs oriented not for talent and creativity, but just investments and social justice bulshit.
Yea, i am pretty sure CDPR will release good games but considering the Company and what they stand for nowadays i am certain i won't buy them anymore.
Just for the record, Crytek, which made the first Far Cry is from Germany, same as Piranha Bytes (who are sadly gone now) with the gothic Series.
As are Yager and Daedalic.
And if you like the X-Series (X-beyond the Frontier, X-Tension, X2-the Threat, X3-Reunion, X3-Terran Conflict, X3-Albion Prelude, X-Missgeburt/Missbirth....errr X-Rebirth (gag!), X4 and it's addons) Egosoft is from Germany as well.
The biggest Simulation Publishers for Flight sims (MSFS2020/2024 and X-Plane 11/12) as well as Train Sims are from Germany and Britain as well (Aerosoft and Just Flight/Just Trains).
A lot of the third party devs for those and DCS are also from countries you wouldn't expect.
Heatblur the best Module developer for DCS, who made the magnificent Tomcat and Phantom as well as the Viggen are from Sweden.
True Grit, who are working on the Eurofighter are from Germany, Aerges who made the Mirage F1 are from Spain.
Razbam is from, roughly speaking South America.
The Falcon BMS team is from all over the world, and yeah I know one of the devs who is from germany.
German Game development could be better if it wasn't for our stupid politicians who can't get their act together to make a proper support policy. And they waste tax money on stupid woke shit.
Games that literally no one plays. But that's the greens for you, and you know they are actually running the show, not the social democrats or Free democrats (neoliberals).
Go to simracing and well it's getting interesting, while iracing is made by the follow on from Papyrus, two of the biggest sims there are, Assetto Corsa and Asetto Corsa Competizione are made by Kunos Simulazioni, who are italians. And yes AC and ACC even eclipse Codemasters's F1 games in player numbers.
Slightly Mad Studios (RIP) who made the Project Cars Series, are from Britain. They work now as straight 4 studios.
Raceroom Racing Experience (R3E) is made by KW Studios, formerly Sector 3, formerly Simbin, who are swedes as well.
Noobiesoft/Ubisaft*/Ubisoft, we don't talk about that....well they are french, what do you expect! ;) :P
*literally Ubi-juice.......which is a german derogatory nickname for Ubisoft, as in german a bad company/a badly run company that can't do anything right is a Saftladen or Juice-shop! And no that "nickname" is more than 20 years old. I heard it first in 2006 in the german Lockonforum, but it was old back then. Appeared in forum postings in 2003 or earlier. And it wasn't eh only place.
Just joking, no need to get your knickers into a twist frenchies and francophiles......they have some good ones like Arkane Studios (Damn you Bethesda and Microsoft for screwing them over!!! Ihr Arschgeigen!) or Asobo, yeah the guys who are making the new MS Flight Simulator are french!
Same as Focus Home Interactive, the guys behind the Wargame Series.
If you look into periphery it gets even more interesting.
@@jesseoverdijk318 I think he mean American. And while Ubisoft is European, it basically operate as American company. So: Ignore the fans, spend 2/3 of budget on marketing and blame people that they don't like game designed by ChatGTP.
Great video! I really hope european studios keep growing in magnitude but also in number. In Italy we have never had a great scene, but our Jyamma Games just released Enotria, I wonder if they will inspire others to join the fray
Thank you so much for this comment and for watching the video! I really appreciate it.
I've seen Enotria, didn't know they were from Italy. Is great to see that there are emerging studios from there as well!
Unfortunately Enotria is not yet of the quality of BG3, Cyberpunk/Witcher, Plague Tale. But perhaps in a few years they can deliver same quality.
Ain't the company who made Assetto Corsa Italian?
After The Ascent we should all pay close attention to Neon Giant. Especially because their next game will be an immersive sim.
That's a good call. I had mostly good time with Ascent, even though it didn't run too well how I remember.
As a French person, I am quite proud to be in one of the countries with the most game studios in Europe. I particularly love Asobo and Don't Nod. We also have publishers like Focus Entertainment who publish good games. We also have very good music composers and I also find the French dubbing of video games to be of good quality (more than in the French versions of films and series)
Don't nod seems to be great! I specially enjoyed Jusant and Vampyr, unfortunatelly the first one didn't do so well commercially =(
Brit living in the USA here - big fan of Amplitude in Paris
Ubisoft: Well, I guess I'm not European...
my french heart bleeds, but it's true
TBH considering they practices, they aren't.
I haven't seen one covering Tarsier Studios, (Swedish Game company) These lads have been creating games such as: Ragdoll kung fu fists of plastic, Little big planet Vita, Little nightmares 1 & 2, the stretchers, statik and a bit of Tearway Unfolded. Very underground game development company that honestly just delivers unique concepts and has a vivid fan base following it, Their next game Reanimal seems like another big hit ngl
Thanks for sharing, im deffinetly covering Little Nightmares in the future videos
Banger video! We truly have some amazing studios here in Europe.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!
You get it wrong man. CD project sold 18 000 copies of Baldurs Gate in the FIRST DAY(according to polish eurogamer article) in Poland, over 50 000 in couple months in "premiere price", and over 150 000 for the sales including expansions. 18 000 total would be not great probably - the price was lower than in other countries due to lower wages in Poland(+piracy was just a standard here, as we were just a couple of years after we "released" from the communism and started to feel more like a part of the western world). Add to this the cost of all things that were included in our release, cost of localisation, taxes and licensing and you won't have a big margin probably. Also I don't think that interplay would be so happy if they've sold only 18 000 copies.
Spain is coming up too.
Both cooperating with bigger foreign studios (Metroid Dread), and with their own young studios. The Game Kitchen us really going up in the world with The Last Door, Blasphemous and Blasphemous II.
I had no idea they were from Spain! Thanks for sharing
@@notsocasualYT fun fact, for Blasphemous they needed a crowdfunding, and one of their benefactors was Larian Studios. You can see them on the créditos.
There are other fun anecdotes too, like the game earning 666% of what they expected in the kickstarter, or that moment a catholic organisation tried to sue them out of existence. I recommend you take a look at it.
Will do!
Just a small correction: though the Netflix CYBERPUNK Series is a direct partnership with CD Projekt RED, The Witcher seres IS NOT. It was a direct negotiation with the Author of the Book Series and the Game studios didn't have a single say in it.
You forgot both Arrowhead Studios (Helldivers) and Slipgate Ironworks with 3D Realms (Tempest Rising)
Tobe frank Slipgate exist but has rather slippery track record.
Actually there are many more
CRYTEK from Germany
Machine Games from Sweden
In Poland there is also Techland
I am a long-time fan of Serious Sam series from Croteam (as the name suggests, Croatian)
But they choose only some famous studios from different contries
Arma 2, 3, Arma Refoorger and DayZ developer is also a indie Eu studio, Bohemia Interactive!
Also Milestone is Italian.
They make Moto GP and Assetto Corsa.
great video, it's good to show most of the great european video game studios.
if you can, show the less popular european studios who makes littles game or are indie games. that would be great.
Any game recommendations? Might look into it in the future 👍
@@notsocasualYT Signalis by rose engine. Great game from germany.
@@erickmoczulski1582
Just bought Signalis a few days ago, I definitely will include it a bit in the next video
what we also need is the animation industry needs also to rise because europe actually has great lore to create the best stories ever with its long history also the budget there is aviable as well as good working condition
People of Bordeaux, what are they feeding you there? My two new favorite devs are from there, Ubisoft B and Asobo. So talented.
How about developer of metro games - 4A?
Thanks for mentioning. I actually considered them for a while to add them in this video, but when I was researching them for this video I found out that they were acquired by Embraced, and for this one, I wanted to focus mostly on independent studios. I definitely plan on covering them in the future, as there seems quite a lot to cover 😅
Great video man! Awesome studios with great games deserve all the praise they can get.
Thank you so much! Im glad you enjoyed it
Now I think about it. At least first Max Payne game did have strong paranormal component. What BTW is one of strong points of this game. Sequels lack this something.
Asobo also makes microsoft flight simulator 2024 and 2024
Love your format man! You're gonna be big keep it up!
Thank you so much for this comment! Im glad you liked the video!
"Gaming is dying", you just don't play European games.
Or/and Japanese. Realistically only American (and Ubisoft) industry is dying.
very good video! keep it up!!
Thanks! I really appreciate it.
Dedication to the craft over profit maximization. It is a boring answer that sounds more romantic than it is: By trying to address the largest possible market share, a game is prone to losing players to more specific gaming experiences. Skyrim is palatable to many, but the world of RPGs has a lot more to offer to those who want to delve deep. European games for now tend to be the more niche kind.This may change in the future, but man, I do prefer the European way of classic business conduct by a mile. No excessive uber monetization turning games into game-skinned slot machines. Who wants that when they can have a real game for the same price? Eventually there will be a new generation of passionate studios in the US and the cycle will begin anew.
You don't even have to go over maximising profits. Make a great game for your niche and fanbase and earn just 10€0 as a safe bet
or make a game for everyone and earn €1000? well and aim for something with massive competition and market penetration, most likely fail and earn only 5€
The thing is, the people who decide this in the big corps lose nothing if they fail, but earn a hell of a lot if they actually manage to pull off big in the ‘for everyone’ market
they got too arrogant and cocky so still make decent decisions
move fast, break things? well and begone if something breaks and be already on to your next big coup
Great video! Glad I came across this in my suggestions box.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for this comment!
Forgot the breaking success of Dustborn
We had Techland Polish but now well... things are complicated
So because Tencent bought Techland it is no longer Polish? Strange logic. So for example Crystal Dynamics is no longer American because Embracer bought it? Now they are Swedish? As far as I know Techland has no foreign subsidiary, their studios are based in Poland and have the same Polish CEO since the beginning. By your logic Cd Projekt Red is also not Polish because there are many foreign investors in the company.
@@DawidMaul78-by8yh TBH they probably would start making trash from now one.
Ego soft is also out there still and X4 foundations and its DLC are bangers so far.
To be fair, Unisoft is French, so it's not about where the company comes from but more about the size and how bloated it gets the bigger it is.
CD Project Red is a classic example of an awesome small company having the same problems of established AAA publishers.
Going public is the death of every good game developer.
Sad but true.
Beware... Ubisoft is from France...
Europe is very underrated in the gaming industry.
MachineGames? (Sweden, Indiana Jones game coming up)
Thanks for mentioning then! Im looking forward for Indiana as well, but to be fair, I tried not to focus on any studios owned by big publishers. Since all recent closures and layoffs, unfortunately, no one is safe
No Arrowhead mention?
Gud content 👍
Thank you so much 😀
Larian, cd projekt red and warhorse studios are the best european studios.
Aww, nothing from Sweden? Now I am so jealous of my Finnish neighbors!
Sorry, not in this one :(
Well, you guys have Paradox. There are entire sections of the interwebs where people dedicate their lives to Paradox's map simulators.
Sweden is like half the damm indie industry, idk how they didnt mention anybody. Landfall, Paradox, Coffestain studios, like the list goes on
There is Stunlock Studios! They made Bloodline Champions, Battlerite and recently V Rising. Unfortunately they were bought recently by Tencent
I would say there has been a rise of Eastern European games not Western European games. Video games like the Witcher 3, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Mount and Blade Bannerlord, Cyberpunk 2077 and Metro Exodus are great examples.
Wait... Isn't Ubisoft french?
Yup, but it's Ubisoft...
You sure about those FREE updates, cuz I sure can't play a PS5 version of cyberbug on my other PSN account
Im not playing alan wake II until it comes to steam.
Hopefully Rocksteady makes a comeback.
We don't talk about Ubisoft 😅
Don't get me wrong but i would watch out for CDPR right now because i don't remember exactly, but around year maybe two ago they said something suspicious about "inclusivity" so yeah, and i am saying this as someone from poland.
If you don't have details, then don't spread the slander.
you miss 11 bit studio
Larian, Supergiant games, 11 bit
Isn't it Larian Swedish though?
Belgium. Triple checked =)
Well every major euro gaming studio are going to be buy by a American studio. Enjoy it for now. We already saw what happen when a euro studio get big aka cyperpunk from cd projekt red
New éra of Indie studios
we need to bring minecraft back to europe again
Still no big gaming studio in germany
GSC Game World
4A Games
Warhorse Studio
Piranha Bytes
Piranha Bytes is officially gone, and spiritually even before that. Hopefully Alkimia Interactive becomes a great successor with the Gothic Remake.
Crytek (Crysis-series and CryEngine)
DICE (Battlefield-series, though EA for over a decade now)
Blue Bytes (Anno-series since Anno 1404)
Unfortunately Bluebyte also butchered the Settlers series ... Since 5th game, iw was not The Settlers
Remember Ubisoft and countless other studios are from France
Poland Mentioned 🦅🦅🦅🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
what about rare
I'll have to disagree about Alan Wake 2, it was a huge letdown.
my worry for european developer, political activism in their game like US
And don't forget about Ukrainian studios ( Stalker and metro games).
Portugal.. Under Siege.
Let's not mention EA and dice are european 💀
Rock and Stone!!!
Did I hear a rock and stone?
CD Project Red is not the same studio as it used to be. It went woke and goes the same way as other US corporations.
By woke you mean that they aren't nazis?
Ubisoft is also a European studio 😂
Only technically...
Ubisoft? i dont know who they are... its some guys from mars! Totaly not form europe=)
Ubisoft is french... just saying.
Ubisoft is European
You mean, like Ubisoft? 🤣
You forgot Ubisoft. Just kidding. Ha ha ha. 😂
where game kitchen wiht blasphemous?
dont add Kingdom Come: Deliverance to this list is a crime
It is mentioned in this video :)
funny how CDPR glazers think they're anywhere near Rockstar's level.
well, the hype about 2077 was rockstar level
even quite beyond
the quality of the game and the fulfilment of expectations? not at all, oh noo not even close
@@gutfriedvonguttenberg5614 "even quite beyond" hahahaha. Sales speak for themselves.
@@The-Steve-The well, but the sales are not talking about the hype and it´s bitter end once the release was there
@@gutfriedvonguttenberg5614 Just because a bunch of reddit autists that got worked up over their new roster of alt-waifus.
Cyberpunk 2077 has sold 30 million copies to date, even after rough launch. Besides, apart from sales, Rockstar has long ceased to be a benchmark for quality. And looking at the hellish development of GTA 6, I don't predict a sweet future.
ohhhhh u are a remedy lover i zee. The storys of its games are bad, at the begging they feel like theres something interesting in it, but them u see the story doing stupid things like its the most briliant narrative. like in control, It doenst make any sense, Alan Wake, it doenst make any sense! a dark clone of the protagonist that controls objects is not innovative, the light things seens cool but killing zombies all over again -.- oh im not even going to toucht on the worst acting ever lol Mario has a better emotional voice than all the bland remedy characters( less max pain).
btw alan wake 2 sucks to hard!
DISLIKE from me for only this fanboys remedy. When u say its great a product that is so blend like that, ur option has no value...
The recipe is simple. Stop focusing on crap prescribed by priests of the woke religion and endless remakes. Focus on good storytelling and creating new worlds and characters.
Yup. Big companies completely ignore writers and quality, spending half budget on promotion, releasing unfinished and dumb games. And then everyone is surprised when people stop playing games like in 1983.
The first 3 studios you mentioned are woke. Just like ubisoft 😂
I assume you don't understand what this word mean? Little boy?
I love the current YT Algorithmen featuring me tons of smaller and great videos.
Sub ma dude ❤
Keep me up with indie and AA stuff
Thanks!