justinian on 12 January 2010
| Mummelmann said: Again, everyone seems to base everything entirely on choosing the "wrong" platforms to develop for and completely ignore the fact that we've had a second depression and recession that brought entire nations to their knees and even rendered some bankrupt, killed half the world's largest banks, several big car manufacturers, punctured the real estate market and generally made thousands upon thousands of companies go under and probably cost several million their jobs. When viewed in context, the gaming industry has done quite well for itself compared to many other industries and many of the affected ones were in dire straits long before this generation started. The woes of the world cannot solely be blamed on evil, shiny graphics. |
Very well said Mummelman
At the start of the recession there were many who believed the electronic gaming industry to be bulletproof.
Hell no, it's not.
There was a very interesting article I read from a US financial journal which claimed that although SW sales are not bad (2007 - 2009) they were way off what many software publishers forecasted due to the recession.
The higher cost of developing for HD consoles doesn't help but that's not entirely to blame.
I will try to find the article...if I can.
