The Fight for Original Games

Posted by Zonk on Monday February 7, 2005 @05:22AM from the down-with-movie-tie-ins! dept.

PC.IGN is running a piece by Douglass Perry on the Fight for Original Games. In the article, the author examines the trends that have led to a slew of sequels, franchises, and movie industry tie-ins in the gaming industry of late. From the article: "...depending on who you speak with, the videogame industry is either reaching the most impressive convergence of its entire 30-plus year old existence, or it's falling into a never-ending death spiral of sequel-heavy, rehashed, franchise dominated blocks of stinking cheese."

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Another article by dsyu · 2005-02-07 05:49 · Score: 5, Interesting

Related article on Gamespy from Tim Schafer's recent presentation. My favorite quote:

What disturbed him the most was this actual quote from an executive at a large publisher: "This is really great. This is creative. It's too bad people aren't going for creative stuff right now."