This Gen is Gaming Heaven, No Doubt!!

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bugrimmar said:
I doubt this is heaven coz a gaming crash looms in the horizon.

1.) Studios are closing left and right
2.) Established names are dying out
3.) Most new IPs aren't selling well enough to be justified
4.) Old generation titles' sequels are almost completely milked
5.) Almost all publishers are losing money.

Look at all of this and say... hey, what the hell is going on? I would actually call this era "the calm before the storm".

Sure, all this extra competition is great for the consumer. We get so many great games, but in the end, we will feel that crash when publishers and developers start to fade away in the crisis.

Agreed... Many more studios are going to close, downsize and/or get bought out in the next few years, besides the ones that already have. Watch out for Atari and THQ first and foremost. EA is also downsizing.

The consolidation (i.e. companies buying smaller ones) has been going on for many years, but now we have consolidation plus trouble at the big companies themselves. That's why I think the word "crash" will be applicable.