Cheer Up! Video Games Are In Great Shape

simoniker writes "Tired of doom and gloom from pundits predicting the sky falling on the video game industry? Long-time Gamasutra design columnist Ernest Adams offers up a contrary view in his new column, commenting: 'The industry may be as conservative as Pat Buchanan, and it may be going through a rocky transition between consoles right now, but video games are doing very well, thank you very much.' He goes on to make points such as 'The mass market is here', 'Games are getting easier to make thanks to inexpensive tools', and 'Game development education has arrived'."

Comments

Nothing has changed

[Feminist-Mom]

Original, fun games have nothing to do with technology. It just requires creative people to make them. Snood and Tetris are classic examples.

At the risk of sounding like a fanboy

[Kent Simon]

At the risk of sounding like a fanboy, I think Nintendo could do a lot here to help the current situation. As the article says, the market is finally here, and its in some ways easier to develop.

Nintendo is trying to force development costs down, while encouraging innovation, thats 2 things necessary to grow from this status-quo we are in right now.

"Easier to make"

[caffeination]

Games are getting easier to make thanks to inexpensive tools

This doens't take into account the ever-increasing cost of game production. How can it be getting both easier and more expensive to produce games?

Surely if this were the case, we'd be seeing an exponential increase in quality? If we are, it's going right over my head (with a beautifully rendered motion blur, I might add).