It’s honestly kinda crazy how long some games spend in development. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is a perfect example of something that should’ve been quick but ended up being so bloated and took forever to make.
FF7Remake was announced in 2015, got stuck in development hell for a bit, released 2020. The sequel released 2024. The third one still hasn’t been teased yet. How many people are attached to a franchise if it takes 10 years to get the full story? I loved the first remake but dropped the second one, I just didn’t care about the story as much as I did ~5 years ago.
There’s not really a reason for games to be taking so long to make other than too many cooks in the corporate kitchen.
Back when studios were run by the developers, great games came out on almost a yearly basis. If they had 2 years? You’re almost guaranteed a classic.
Now that the business school people make all the decisions and there’s so much money being wasted on unnecessary positions in these companies, customers are left out to dry.