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[SHA]

Genzers don't make friends, don't worry about it, the solitude level from these people are off the charts.

 

[GymWolf]

Toys for bob is still open so...maybe?

 

[nemiroff]

Not for gaming specifically. The impact AI revolution will have on society as a whole OTOH will be something else..

 

[nush]

Maybe if gaming sales keep zooming up the charts instead of leveling or dropping a bit the past two years perhaps it'd work out for some companies. But they bet the farm, that bar chart trajectory would keep going up like a Nasdaq stock on fire which if you extrapolate the performance with a dotted line for the next 10 years, the stock price is on trend to reach $1,000 if it keeps going.

But for the games industry.

 

[anothertech]

Yes i have?

Then you've experienced the crash.

 

[Team Andromeda]

What crash?

Also, job layoffs and worry over the state of the videogame markets is nothing new. Here's EDGE from 2002

 

[dano1]

Only getting bigger.

 

[dano1]

Then you've experienced the crash.

I have.
NES saved the industry.

 

[MonkeyClaw36]

Well I sure hope so.

Good quality games are now exception instead of rule.

GaaS needs to die. MTX needs to be regulated.

Let it crash. Maybe its the only way to show cashgrabbing shareholders that listening to your target audience is better then ignoring them.

 

[RoboFu]

Lay offs are across the board for the tech industry. Everyone bought a lot of stuff during the pandemic, but last year people wanted to travel and get outside more. So after the fiscal year a lot of companies had major layoffs.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Totally different scenario. Gaming is more popular than ever, but the industry is evolving. Chasing the AAA market is a fool’s game.

 

[StueyDuck]

A gaming crash overall? No

a crash in the west? most likely, but it won't effect consumers. Many of these studios are going to bomb out however, there is too much going into gaming that isn't just developing a game, yes i do mean the political ideologies but also more than just that, there's too much external interference, trying to kowtow to anyone who cries, budgets are needlessly inflated because of where these studios are located, teams have needlessly inflated yet scopes have seriously narrowed and thinned to a point where every game is basically the same thing now.

so long story short, I think we are going to see a massive decline in Western Studios and content (maybe for the best) unless they are able to get their shit straight. Which it doesn't look like they will.

there's too many smaller games, AA or indie that are eating these studios lunch and you can't just rely on Marvel/Disney IPs for ever.

I forsee a boom coming from European devs and as always Japenese devs will keep doing what they are doing.

 

[Hudo]

If the crash results in the resurrection of RTS, I am all for it.

 

[Camreezie]

 

[chromatic9]

No crash but it will have to adapt to having a certain number of service games that are very difficult to dislodge and other games that are smartly budgeted.

A lot depends on what the younger generations pick up as they get older, will they see value in single player and story. Much more than ever I'd say younger games value the social aspect, the first group to grow up in a very matured/established social media environment.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Let it burn, my backlog will keep me busy well into my nursing home years.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Unless they start making new IP's...then yes

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I think AAA studios are in trouble mostly. They seem to be allocating huge budgets to games and not always making the return they had hoped or have their expectations out of whack.