The Videogame Industry is Broken

GameDaily is running an interesting opinion piece running down the ways in which the gaming industry is just broken. The author cites soaring costs, huge risks, a reduction in creativity, and a stagnation in market growth as just some of the signs of this crisis. From the article: "The next-gen systems require publishers to place very large bets with each title. This will mean decreased risk taking and just regurgitated sequels of big brand franchises. How many publishers will take risks with multiplatform original IP? This is clearly not good news for the consumer as innovation has driven our industry from the beginning. The irony is that the amazing tools, capabilities and quality of the new systems may very well doom what is most important, which is the game itself. Reconciling what a creative team wants and what the executive suite needs in terms of profits will be a growing challenge for many companies."

Comments

Re:May not be so gloomy afterall

[Anonymous Coward]

Jeez man, you were really slow on that. Wii needs to be the first system mentioned in every slashdot games article. PC review? Talk about how the Wii version would rule because of the controller. PS3 info? Talk about how expensive it is and how the graphics won't matter much because of the Wii controller. You need to have the Wii comments ready to go as soon as an article comes up so we can get a comment on how great the Wii will be.

Oh, p.s. remember to humbly suggest that it might just be the second coming of gaming Christ. You can't just say it, or else we'll be outed as the Nintendo fanboys we really are.

Re:wah wah wah

[Trogre]

Nintendo and the DS are demonstrating that it's innovation, not licenses or technology, that is selling software,

Pardon me if I ask you the simple question WHAT INNOVATION?

Apart from the provably false DS==Innovation axiom, what can anyone here provide to show Nintendo is innovating with this budget Mac look-alike?

And no, a strong fanboy base doesn't count either.