Microsoft says the 2-3 year development cycles of big-budget games are over

https://lemmy.world/post/120446

Microsoft says the 2-3 year development cycles of big-budget games are over - Lemmy.world

This seems like this is going to be heavily counteracted by better engines, and AI generation.

I wonder how it'll play out though.

I think so too. The process of content creation will become more efficient. I hope it will allow companies to try new and weird things with less risk.
It'll at the very least make indie studios capable of insane things.
That also. I've been keeping an eye on this kind of technology for my one person projects.