Life After the Videogame Crash

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 15, 2006 @07:50AM from the look-out-below dept.

Clark Hall writes "Is it 1983 all over again? E3 is over and millions of gamers are realizing they can't afford a PS3, or an HDTV. Is it time for a steep and painful correction in the gaming market? Pointlesswasteoftime has been tracking what is looking like a Hindenburg voyage for console gaming, with HDTV playing the role of Hydrogen." From the article: "There's going to be a lot of money lost the next few years, a lot of articles written, a lot of panic, a lot of changes. And when gaming comes back, it will hopefully be different and innovative and based on something other than eye candy and the shock value of blood and guts and hookers. Hopefully it will allow for creativity from the players, and room for small, independent game makers to create content. Hopefully it will be something every working person can afford. "

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Re:You can afford HDTV and video consoles by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-15 08:28 · Score: 2, Funny

People live paycheck to paycheck because they had kids.

Expensive little monkeys...
Re:won't be like this forever by ZakuSage · 2006-05-15 08:28 · Score: 2, Funny

This just proves a very good point: It is the fault of the US government that HDTV isn't widely used.
Re:You can afford HDTV and video consoles by Dis*abstraction · 2006-05-15 08:38 · Score: 2, Funny

Actually, people have kids because they live paycheck to paycheck. Basic evolutionary biology, people.

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