Creativity, a Problem for the Gaming Industry?

Steeda95GT writes "A Reuters story reprinted at Forbes.com is an interesting read, saying that 'The gaming industry will shrink unless we start to see new games'. It talks about how the ratio of original titles to sequels is dropping dramatically, but it also goes on to say that upcoming sequels (Doom 3, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, GTA: San Andreas) will be successful only because their predecessors were."

Comments

Hmm,

[Tibor the Hun]

Does that mean that gaming industry for Macs is doubly threatened? (death of Apple first, then death of games)

The movie industry seems to be doing just fine on sequels, I think the game industry will be fine though.

And just for the record, no I didn't read the article.

To Reply:

[falzer]

To reply, you must answer the following question:

What is the 11th word in the seventh paragraph on the first page of this article?

Re:To Reply:

[ejaw5]

AAH! You just reminded me of the stupid copy-protection what-word-is-on-page-xxx schemes used in games from the late 80's/early 90's. This comes from memory of playing Where in the US is Carmen Sandiego:

Congratulations! You have succesfully captured the criminal and the stolen goods will be returned to its rightful owner. You have been promoted to gumshoe. To continue, you must enter in the word on top of page 219 of the Fodor's USA Travel Guide.

(flips through book, see's first word on page)

>Georgia

(oh crap! wrong word!)

That is incorrect. You have failed the copy protection!!! Game Over!

HEH.

[adun]

'The gaming industry will shrink unless we start to see new games'.

*drawing his sword*

I DUB THEE SIR FUCKING OF THE OBVIOUS!