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archbrix on 02 August 2013
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chapset said:
Metallicube said:


The industry is abolutely NOT growing, quite the opposite.. It's in a major decline and hemoraging money. There are company merges, buyouts, and bankrupcies all the time. Not sure where on earth you get that information that the industry is doing well.. Probably from the industry itself. The only thing that is growing is costs, which are skyrocketting to an unsuttainable pace. Nintendo was very aware of this, and they created the cheaper Wii essentially to prepare for and perhaps slow this massive decline, but alas, the industry foolishly shunned and ignored it, and now is headed back to its rapid decline once again.
Year Video game industry revenue Source(s) Inflation (2012)

[43]
2011 $65 billion Reuters $66.2 billion
2010 $62.7 billion Reuters $65.88 billion
2009 $60.4 billion [14] [15] $64.5 billion
2008 $54 billion [16] $57.46 billion
2007 $41.7 billion [17] $46.08 billion

 come on man, stop making things up

''A series of new reports from DFC Intelligence forecasts that the global market for video games is expected to grow from $67 billion in 2012 to $82 billion in 2017. This forecast includes revenue from dedicated console hardware and software (both physical and online), dedicated portable hardware and software, PC games and games for mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, music players and other devices that can play games as a secondary feature.''

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/07/18/new-reports-forecasts-global-video-game-industry-will-reach-82-billion-by-2017/

Wow, you really don't get it do you?

What he's saying is that the industry is not sustainable under the current model.  Unless you're someone like Activision or EA it's becoming more and more apparent that many of these big games are not making enough for what they cost to make.

Why do you think that SE was disappointed by the sales of Tomb Raider despite the game selling over 3m copies in its first month?

Why do you think that so many Sony studios were closed recently?  Did Zipper, Psygnosis, 989 Studios, Incognito, Lightbox Interactive, SuperBot, Sony Liverpool and Sony Cambridge just decide they didn't like making video games anymore?

How about THQ, Factor 5, Bizzare Creations and dozens of other devs in the last five years?

http://www.lazygamer.net/general-news/depressing-list-of-studios-that-have-closed-in-this-generation/

Did they just shut down for the hell of it?

Perhaps you should try reading this article, also from Forbes.com, and watch the following YT video:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2013/06/14/why-xbox-one-and-ps4-have-me-worried-for-the-future-of-games/