| AgentZorn said: I'm very worried for the industry as a whole. What was once considered a success for a game is now considered a failure, and I only see the stakes being higher next gen. Don't be surprised if 5mil is considered a failure in the 8th gen. Whats worse is that most publishers don't seem to understand why their games are not selling. Cevat Yerli explained that the reason why Crysis 3 did not sell well was because people are tired of the PS3/360 and that the current gen platforms are limiting them. We that this is not true and that the reason why Crysis 3 sold bad was because the game was mediocre. Yet they think that new powerful hardware will somehow make their games sell and unlock the secrets to making a good game. I expect many studios to close down in the 8th gen. Even more than this gen. |
This is a version of the 1980s crash all over again. I do believe video gaming is entrenched in culture, but the bloom could be off it and maybe there will be perspective. My post had to do with wondering how people would react if the bleeding of ink becomes the norm. One needs to look at what is happening. You have Cliffy B, who was behind Gears and big at Epic staying out. You have the head of EA resigning. And you see people thinking it is just need for new hardware. It is hoping for a miracle.
A recipe for disaster is lack of growth in new platforms being sold combined with rising costs. And I see ever increasing of reliance on DLC meaning less new titles being sold. It is pretty much fight for an audience behind one game, and then milk their wallet.
Well maybe in contraction and so on, I end up hitting it big with a book on telling people how they can use dollar store checker sets in far more interesting ways.
