| MontanaHatchet said: So basically the last 3 years have been disastrous for many publishers (except for Zynga and Actiblizzard for the most part). Should be no surprise there. High development costs and languishing Wii/DS software sales are likely the cause. Hopefully development costs for the eighth gen aren't even higher or we're going to be seeing a lot more gaming companies declaring bankruptcy. The model isn't sustainable for mid-level publishers and we're seeing the results in declining stock values and multiple closings. |
The last 3 years have been disatrous for most of the stock market, video games aren't really the exception there but more like the rule.
Look at GE, the benchmark for the US industry.
PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !
PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !
