In an older post, I wrote about how movies and television shows made before the mid-2000s were much more relatable and based in reality than whatever “content” has been produced since then.
As part of a downward spiral, the sensing of decline and the losing of hope translate into a expectation of profit in a increasingly shorter term with paranoid aversion to risk. Western media and entertainment can no longer execute the long term strategy of slowly building a new story and franchise and can no longer be satisfied with the lower gains of appealing to niches instead of the mainstream. Making an easy, quick buck by remaking or doing a sequel of an already known and successful franchise and turning it as shallow and insipid as possible to appeal to the greatest mass possible is all film and game industry know to do these days.
The most simple answer is the one in front of your eyes. Video games are known to over work and underpay their workers who are fired and then rinse and repeat. When you are a disposable cog why should you give your best to a company that sees you as such.
As part of a downward spiral, the sensing of decline and the losing of hope translate into a expectation of profit in a increasingly shorter term with paranoid aversion to risk. Western media and entertainment can no longer execute the long term strategy of slowly building a new story and franchise and can no longer be satisfied with the lower gains of appealing to niches instead of the mainstream. Making an easy, quick buck by remaking or doing a sequel of an already known and successful franchise and turning it as shallow and insipid as possible to appeal to the greatest mass possible is all film and game industry know to do these days.
The most simple answer is the one in front of your eyes. Video games are known to over work and underpay their workers who are fired and then rinse and repeat. When you are a disposable cog why should you give your best to a company that sees you as such.