| Dr.Henry_Killinger said: This isn't entirely true or very realistic. Money poured into the industry because these companies started making more money, because of more consumers. To suggest that money would just leave with less consumers is overly simplistic. Enticing a smaller market to spend more money would easily palliate its effect if not make more money overall. Not to mention these companies aren't just going to die, they are going to refocus, either attempting to draw in more consumers, or drawing more money from consumers. Sure this could mean more money grabbing, but this could also mean greater quality. |
Well, a contraction in the market does mean lesser revenue overall, even though it isn´t a linear correlation. It will mean some games doesn´t generate as much revenue and I am afraid it will be indie developers that suffer most.
And you are right, some developers will refocus. We have already seen it with the likes of Sega and Square Enix, moving more towards the mobile market. MS does it aswell, but they have always existed in most gaming segments. But we also saw it with Sony a few years ago. So it is already happening, only not in a massive way.
