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RolStoppable said:
*Sound Of Rain said:
I thought that the game market was going up?(Sales wise compared to last Gen)

It was and is, but these sales didn't translate into higher profits which is something that higher sales should actually do. The reason is that development costs multiplied several times since last generation, so any gains in revenue were wiped out in most cases.

So despite sales being at an alltime high, the video game industry is a riskier business than ever before and this leads to less diversity, because publishers are betting on the safe horse which most dominantly happens to be the FPS genre.

That is a formula for going under as a publisher.  Either that approach will kill off interest in the FPS genre, or merely solidify it so only a handful of titles make it.  As of now, you see people complaining about how poorly Killzone franchise is doing in sales.  When everyone jumps in the same boat, things get stale.



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d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
endimion said:
in decline???? there never has been that many gamers on the globe where are your facts..... now that big bucks game is decline maybe but still I'd like to see facts....... and that would only end up 2 ways either like the music industry.... that we'll have more and more over priced crap thrown really hard at our face........ or it will end up by a big purge and only quality games will get dev budgets......

Decline is already happening in japan and only grew this generation due to wii and ds. Also most growth comes from more markets opening like the middle east. 

But this video tell wonderfully 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5foJ-cwj4Mk

Again with the video, Yoshi?  You work for Nintendo, don't you?

--I had a hard time finding the "U" button that time.  Let me test my typing skills:  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.  Okay.  All is well. 

I work for Atari and we are trying to spread the news about this but since they don't believe us we will just take over the market as soon as all 3 console manufactures  drop out

I am a great person and deserve great things like taking over whole countries and I believe raccoons are thieves >: 

A myth that is being furthered by the popularity of the Sly Cooper series!  I happen to know a racoon personally and all he wants to do is feed his family and work hard.  Bastard stole my lawnmower once but it's okay.  He brought it back with a full tank of gas.

The video speaks the truth (My ass was kicked by that video in a debate, before.....) but you do whip it out a lot.

The problem with the raccons is that they can't get a real job so they just steal

I only whipped it out like 3 times that or I have short term memory



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el shaddai costs 75 million?



RolStoppable said:
Mad55 said:
el shaddai costs 75 million?

No, most probably not. There has been a poorly written Japanese article that mixed up some numbers that caused this misinformation to spread.

oh okay that would have been 2 crazy with that type of game.



killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
endimion said:
in decline???? there never has been that many gamers on the globe where are your facts..... now that big bucks game is decline maybe but still I'd like to see facts....... and that would only end up 2 ways either like the music industry.... that we'll have more and more over priced crap thrown really hard at our face........ or it will end up by a big purge and only quality games will get dev budgets......

Decline is already happening in japan and only grew this generation due to wii and ds. Also most growth comes from more markets opening like the middle east. 

But this video tell wonderfully 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5foJ-cwj4Mk

Again with the video, Yoshi?  You work for Nintendo, don't you?

--I had a hard time finding the "U" button that time.  Let me test my typing skills:  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.  Okay.  All is well. 

I work for Atari and we are trying to spread the news about this but since they don't believe us we will just take over the market as soon as all 3 console manufactures  drop out

I am a great person and deserve great things like taking over whole countries and I believe raccoons are thieves >: 

A myth that is being furthered by the popularity of the Sly Cooper series!  I happen to know a racoon personally and all he wants to do is feed his family and work hard.  Bastard stole my lawnmower once but it's okay.  He brought it back with a full tank of gas.

The video speaks the truth (My ass was kicked by that video in a debate, before.....) but you do whip it out a lot.

The problem with the raccons is that they can't get a real job so they just steal

I only whipped it out like 3 times that or I have short term memory


Just so I'm clear, we are still talking about black people, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*I kid, I kid (or do I?)



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d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
endimion said:

 

 

I work for Atari and we are trying to spread the news about this but since they don't believe us we will just take over the market as soon as all 3 console manufactures  drop out

I am a great person and deserve great things like taking over whole countries and I believe raccoons are thieves >: 

A myth that is being furthered by the popularity of the Sly Cooper series!  I happen to know a racoon personally and all he wants to do is feed his family and work hard.  Bastard stole my lawnmower once but it's okay.  He brought it back with a full tank of gas.

The video speaks the truth (My ass was kicked by that video in a debate, before.....) but you do whip it out a lot.

The problem with the raccons is that they can't get a real job so they just steal

I only whipped it out like 3 times that or I have short term memory


Just so I'm clear, we are still talking about black people, right?

*I kid, I kid (or do I?)

Its funny because the * is nowhere near this to give people the sign that he is kidding

I hope you know your in deep trouble



Tag:I'm not bias towards Nintendo. You just think that way (Admin note - it's "biased".  Not "bias")
(killeryoshis note - Who put that there ?)
Switch is 9th generation. Everyone else is playing on last gen systems! UPDATE: This is no longer true. 2nd UPDATE: I have no Switch 2. I am now behind

Biggest pikmin fan on VGchartz I won from a voting poll
I am not a nerd. I am enthusiast.  EN-THU-SI-AST!
Do Not Click here or else I will call on the eye of shining justice on you. 

killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
endimion said:

 

 

I work for Atari and we are trying to spread the news about this but since they don't believe us we will just take over the market as soon as all 3 console manufactures  drop out

I am a great person and deserve great things like taking over whole countries and I believe raccoons are thieves >: 

A myth that is being furthered by the popularity of the Sly Cooper series!  I happen to know a racoon personally and all he wants to do is feed his family and work hard.  Bastard stole my lawnmower once but it's okay.  He brought it back with a full tank of gas.

The video speaks the truth (My ass was kicked by that video in a debate, before.....) but you do whip it out a lot.

The problem with the raccons is that they can't get a real job so they just steal

I only whipped it out like 3 times that or I have short term memory


Just so I'm clear, we are still talking about black people, right?

*I kid, I kid (or do I?)

Its funny because the * is nowhere near this to give people the sign that he is kidding

I hope you know your in deep trouble


No.  Not yet....



d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
d21lewis said:
killeryoshis said:
endimion said:

 

 

I work for Atari and we are trying to spread the news about this but since they don't believe us we will just take over the market as soon as all 3 console manufactures  drop out

I am a great person and deserve great things like taking over whole countries and I believe raccoons are thieves >: 

A myth that is being furthered by the popularity of the Sly Cooper series!  I happen to know a racoon personally and all he wants to do is feed his family and work hard.  Bastard stole my lawnmower once but it's okay.  He brought it back with a full tank of gas.

The video speaks the truth (My ass was kicked by that video in a debate, before.....) but you do whip it out a lot.

The problem with the raccons is that they can't get a real job so they just steal

I only whipped it out like 3 times that or I have short term memory


Just so I'm clear, we are still talking about black people, right?

*I kid, I kid (or do I?)

Its funny because the * is nowhere near this to give people the sign that he is kidding

I hope you know your in deep trouble


No.  Not yet....

I'll protect you but if their is more then one person then I'm gone



Tag:I'm not bias towards Nintendo. You just think that way (Admin note - it's "biased".  Not "bias")
(killeryoshis note - Who put that there ?)
Switch is 9th generation. Everyone else is playing on last gen systems! UPDATE: This is no longer true. 2nd UPDATE: I have no Switch 2. I am now behind

Biggest pikmin fan on VGchartz I won from a voting poll
I am not a nerd. I am enthusiast.  EN-THU-SI-AST!
Do Not Click here or else I will call on the eye of shining justice on you.