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HoloDust 10 hours ago
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Bofferbrauer2 said:
HoloDust said:

Crash of '83 was very localized, and while current situation with oversaturation is somewhat similar to it, distribution model is completely different for it to repeat itself. Steam is just to big for it, in addition to most Steam hits not even being AAA.

I think what will crash is the majority of AAA publishers. Ubisoft is already well on it's way, EA is essentially just a Football game developer now, and so on and so forth. They're simply not needed anymore and slowly go the way of the Dodo.

I don't think they will crash, just size down or become more focused.

JEMC said:
HoloDust said:

Crash of '83 was very localized, and while current situation with oversaturation is somewhat similar to it, distribution model is completely different for it to repeat itself. Steam is just to big for it, in addition to most Steam hits not even being AAA.

Steam is a store and it's a private company. If there's a crash and there are less new releases, people will still buy old games and, while Steam will make less money, there won't be shareholders complaining about it.

Honestly, I think Steam would be perfectly fine if most AAA publishers would disappear - there is just so much indie/A/AA content on it - sure, Gabe would be able to buy so much yachts, but gaming would be perfectly fine when it comes what matters, choice and quality.