The Video Game Industry is Dying!!!

[stof]

Akvod said:

stof said:

Ah, I see. I was confused by your statement. I thought you were saying that while people are still buying games, they're only buying cheap ones now because of the recession. It's true that the upsurge in game costs means that it's harder to take chances. You've got to have the biggest, most easily assured of sales game out there, and you've got to pump a lot of money in to advertising to ensure it stays that way. And that's just not a business model that the entire industry can thrive on.

So are you not worried, that the number of firms are gonna down, and as a result, the number of games are gonna go down? I think it's always good for consumers to have choice, and I fear that we're gonna have fewer of them.

 

IDK, are you hiding in a bunker like me, or are you just chilling outside? XD

I'm not worried myself. There'll always be a videogame industry and there'll always be enough games to play. Hell, right now there are too many to play. I'm just saying that the guy's article hits a lot of good points, and the current industry is locked in to a rather unsustainable model. Will the number of games come down? If things keep going as it is, sure! because there will be less people making them, and the games coming out require more and more people to make. 

 

I guess I'm chill'n outside the bunker, watching people buy increasingly larger tanks and getting them stuck in the mud.