It's not Xbox One versus PS4

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platformmaster918 said:

darthdevidem01 said:
I think companies that spam out entries in series every year simply have to accept that declines will come eventually.

Let's look at R* on the other hand....they spend years working hard and it seems to pay off.

GTAV has become the best selling in the series, GTAIV legged its way up to 25 Million shipped too.

Companies should become a bit more humble once more!

franchise fatigue is real and companies should cycle IPs.  I'm the biggest Ratchet fan you'll ever meet but after ACiT (my favorite game ever) they should have taken a break until PS4.  If A4O, FFA, and Nexus hadn't taken so much interest out of the series (even though Nexus is alright) then a PS4 game would get some serious hype especially if they had devoted a couple years to it.

Ratchet Nexus felt like a nice return to the start of the gen and a little bit fresh (despite being exactly the same) especially if you skipped the crap ones!

Yeah, I do feel that gaming is falling apart. A strong PS4 and XB1 are probably good, but I still don't think it is going to end all that well. Just look at the percentage of the total sales of all HD games that were taken up by FIFA, CoD, AC and GTA. I haven't checked the numbers myself, but I am going to suggest that it is an alarmingly large percentage.

The problem is, the market for most games has not grown at anywhere near the growth of their budgets and that's a problem that's not going away