Will We See a Total Mainstream Shift in Gaming in the Future?

[Marucha]

NintendoPie said:

Marucha said:

OK, I updated thread title. I think it is confusing what the topic actually is :/ I am talking about a TOTAL shift, not just if you agree mainstream has influenced industry or not.

If that was what your comment meant, then that's my own misunderstanding.

I don't think there will ever be an absolute shift to Mainstream. We will always have "Indie" Developers and we will always have First Party games (like Pikmin) that don't want to cater to the Mainstream crowd.

Yeah I think indie will take over where that left off. However, if money is to be made, it will be put where obviously it can get the most return... so mainstream to me means most of those bigger projects going to things like triple AAA titles. However... my husband has been showing me some kickstarters that have been getting a lot of money. I can't remember the name, but I wanna say it was a space travel/flight simulator MMO game? They reached into the millions...

Of course, this is assuming that game design/costs are still pretty much the same. If some technological improvements are made, that perhaps more people can make games easier and have a good network to distribute it, then perhaps mainstream will not necessarily always be the status quo and indie/direct purchase will be the way we continue to play our games...

Just some ideas.