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| JackHandy said: I don't think we need to sound the alarms just yet, but yes... the game industry is pretty stale now. At least with regards to innovation. Back in the NES-PS2 era, you couldn't go more than a few months without something coming along that blew your mind and did things that you thought were impossible. Now? Not so much. They need to find away to get that sort of innovative, risk-taking, originality back in the industry, imo. That's what it needs. |
How do we find innovation?
Nintendo have had a single console for 7 years so their 'Switch 2' might have some but it was just an extension of the Wii and Wii U ideas. Will Switch 2 just be an improvement?
PS from 3 to 4 moved to more social gaming; streaming, sharing and recording gameplay but 5 is just an extension of 4's concepts in a more powerful form. It doesn't offer much in the way of new.
MS are going all out on streaming service gaming, which is great for consumers but could be potentially terrible for the industry in the long run as it devalues games, as people have mentioned and they've moved to more consolidation of the industry, meaning less competition so less innovation.
I think there is risk taking, MS streaming is a risk, TV services have barely made money really and still isn't truely cost effective. Sony are trying with VR as are a few other companies but they need to join together for some killer apps and now MS has bought 2 of the biggest publishers, they are unlikely to help and the biggest franchises not being on VR means it's hard to make an impact. As for Nintendo, we will have to see what they can offer soon.
Maybe this is what we will get now, the same 10 service games continuing on forever, with others trying and failing to compete (just like the MMO days) and each "gen" is just an upgrade to your device. Might as well just release a PC compatable with TVs that plays games and has a market place right? Kinda think that's what MS wants anyway.
Hmm, pie.
