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What new AAA games did Sony even release this generation? God of War is a sequel, Horizon Forbidden West is a sequel, Niggerman 2 is a sequel, TLoU is a straight up port. These games already have game engines, gameplay systems, assets ready, they are not making them from scratch so where does the money go because it's certainly not quality or innovation. My take it that it gets burned or mocap, VA, etc.. but most importantly pointless shit like diversity seminars, consulting companies like SBI, community managers.

Also E33 had very high production values, arguably better than many modern AAA titles and didn't cost 500M to make.