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I'm sure that the programmers who had no say in creative decisions were the ones who deserved it the most.
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And in both Nintendo survived.Over on KiA2 there's speculation that there could be another vidya crash, like the one in '83.
Judging by the lack of basic features in new games i'm guessing they were already laid off to cover the complimentary Soylent supply in the creative staff break room.I'm sure that the programmers who had no say in creative decisions were the ones who deserved it the most.
That's exactly why they printed money. If they came out later, they wouldn't, or at least not as much.That didn't stopped games like Doom and Animal Crossing New Horizon to get released during "pandemic" and print money.
Yeah, the causal chain is pandemic, then shitty economy, then increased interest rates, then fewer risky investments (like vidya).The scamdemic was what put the economy in such a shitty place to begin with. The money spigot was cut off and we got lots and lots of inflation plus got lots of people using "muh pandemic" and "work from home" as an excuse to do nothing.
Even if the game is a turd it will probably sale off name recognition and the amount of time people have been playing GTA5 online.In the event of another video game crash, at least you'd have ample choices of video games to fall back on while the current video game industry resolves itself.
I suspect GTA VI will be THE contributing factor of a possible crash.
But is that actually true?Maybe if you made good games and not trash this wouldn't happen.
I would point out that sequels to successful "live service" games have almost never replicated their predecessor's success. Even being a good game and a sales success is no guarantee because it's all about that exponential positive feedback loop of being in the right place at the right time.Now will it make back everything from being a live service game? Who knows but I was shocked GTA5 Oline did as well as it did.
I'm sure some of the people who deserved it actually lost their jobs but in the end 90% of the workers getting fired are blameless for the garbage that gets shat out by these AAA companies and will be easily replaced just in time for tne next pozzmaxxed live service turd. It's the companies themselves that have to go under in order for something to change, but that's never gonna happen.
I'd flip that number. I'd say only 10% are blameless.I'm sure that the programmers who had no say in creative decisions were the ones who deserved it the most.
So did the crash of 83. Games like Elite, Dizzy, and Chuckie Egg were classics in their day. I know we're not supposed to mention them because it breaks the apocalyptic wasteland of games myth. The modern equivalent would be Palworld and Helldivers 2.In the event of another video game crash, at least you'd have ample choices of video games to fall back on while the current video game industry resolves itself.
Disagree. The scale of video game ownership is much larger now than it was around that time. Video games then were an unproven fad. I cannot see video games being massively unpopular anymore, just not feasible enough to afford the latest title or commit to a live service. The optimist in me sees a potential crash turn into a retro resurgence into older video games thanks to emulation and fan made projects.So did the crash of 83. Games like Elite, Dizzy, and Chuckie Egg were classics in their day. I know we're not supposed to mention them because it breaks the apocalyptic wasteland of games myth. The modern equivalent would be Palworld and Helldivers 2.
Publishers are willing to do anything to make their games sell except fund fun games that people would want to buy.Almost as if all they needed to do was to make games that were actually fun
Selling a quality game for a reasonable price doesn't have a potential upside to make infinite money forever, which seems to be the aspiration of all major publishers these days.Publishers are willing to do anything to make their games sell except fund fun games that people would want to buy.
idk it'd be pretty bad if you were a russian or ukrainian game development studioHow the hell would the Russia-Ukraine war cause layoffs at video game companies?
Fuck retro as a theme tbh. We need to stop rehashing the same old AOE2/Quake/Doom/Metrovania spinoffs in this increasingly surreal nostalgia ridden age. More games like Palworld, Starsector and Factorio that's actually doing their own thing instead of wallowing in nostalgia.Disagree. The scale of video game ownership is much larger now than it was around that time. Video games then were an unproven fad. I cannot see video games being massively unpopular anymore, just not feasible enough to afford the latest title or commit to a live service. The optimist in me sees a potential crash turn into a retro resurgence into older video games thanks to emulation and fan made projects.
We wouldn't have a crash if games actually evolved beyond greedy monetization. How hard is it to make games that people actually want to play?Fuck retro as a theme tbh. We need to stop rehashing the same old AOE2/Quake/Doom/Metrovania spinoffs in this increasingly surreal nostalgia ridden age. More games like Palworld, Starsector and Factorio that's actually doing their own thing instead of wallowing in nostalgia.
Archive, nigga.They made a Wikipedia article for it.