Didn't FFXII come out in Japan already considering that it's due out in the US in a matter of weeks? Guess the fact that it didn't make any of the top 10 lists bodes poorly for the company. I swear, if they make an RPG that explores similar sci-fi themes to FF7 (evil corproration opressing the people) and throw in some dramatic twists and horriffic tragedies (the plate collapsing on the slum residents of midgar) they'll have another winner on their hands. It's a sorely underrepresented genre in videogames, and one of the reasons "Beyond good and evil" was so much fun (its just that noone played it because it wasn't an established franchise.. the FF series on the other hand...).
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There is no question that games will continue to become more and more expensive and distribution of them will become more and more complicated," Garriott says. "And so the small guys and the startups will continue to be squeezed out at a greater and greater rate..."
Hmm. Anone else getting the idea then that the answer might lie in innovation not in the way games designs are made, but the costs of development themselves? One of the reasons why the independent film industry is doing so well these days is that entry fees are still pretty inexpensive (well, relative to starting up your own game). After all, games with fantastic gameplay and crappy controls/ art won't sell even if they are the great american masterpeice. Speaking of which, one area where I NEVER hear complaints about innovation in the field is the literature industry, probably since the production costs are so low. Even that is fading though, as big production houses and mega-chain bookstores swallow up the indie book landscape. Then again, books will be around for as long as the english language is still used. How long before we ditch games made as recently as 15 years ago?
Gotta disagree with you on that point. While your model holds true for MOST telivision, it's not true for ALL telivision. Otherwise there would be no slick, clever creative comidies/dramas/etc... The clever consumers gotta watch TV too, y'know? After all, if 1 million easily swayed viewers make more money than 2 million clever ones, how about 4 million clever ones? Eventually they've got to all get together and watch the Daily show or something.
Oh, and the consumers of the companies are the shareholders, which are in turn, wealthier, prettier, older versions of us. W00t disenfranchisement.
When I read the header of the article, I thought for a second that the article referred to 2005! It sounds like 1984 wasn't a bad year for games, just a strange one. This year was bad for games. I can't think of a single game that has inspired me to play since WoW released in 2004. Psychonauts, maybe, but even that...
At least the afforementioned computer game was ORIGINAL, and not a spin-off or franchise tie-in.
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Didn't FFXII come out in Japan already considering that it's due out in the US in a matter of weeks? Guess the fact that it didn't make any of the top 10 lists bodes poorly for the company. I swear, if they make an RPG that explores similar sci-fi themes to FF7 (evil corproration opressing the people) and throw in some dramatic twists and horriffic tragedies (the plate collapsing on the slum residents of midgar) they'll have another winner on their hands. It's a sorely underrepresented genre in videogames, and one of the reasons "Beyond good and evil" was so much fun (its just that noone played it because it wasn't an established franchise.. the FF series on the other hand...).
Hmm. Anone else getting the idea then that the answer might lie in innovation not in the way games designs are made, but the costs of development themselves? One of the reasons why the independent film industry is doing so well these days is that entry fees are still pretty inexpensive (well, relative to starting up your own game). After all, games with fantastic gameplay and crappy controls/ art won't sell even if they are the great american masterpeice. Speaking of which, one area where I NEVER hear complaints about innovation in the field is the literature industry, probably since the production costs are so low. Even that is fading though, as big production houses and mega-chain bookstores swallow up the indie book landscape. Then again, books will be around for as long as the english language is still used. How long before we ditch games made as recently as 15 years ago?
Gotta disagree with you on that point. While your model holds true for MOST telivision, it's not true for ALL telivision. Otherwise there would be no slick, clever creative comidies/dramas/etc... The clever consumers gotta watch TV too, y'know? After all, if 1 million easily swayed viewers make more money than 2 million clever ones, how about 4 million clever ones? Eventually they've got to all get together and watch the Daily show or something. Oh, and the consumers of the companies are the shareholders, which are in turn, wealthier, prettier, older versions of us. W00t disenfranchisement.
Anyone else reminded of this ask slashdot article from a few days ago? http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/03/22 44202&tid=206&tid=212&tid=98&tid=211&tid=4
I feel sorry for the folks who just bought their stores, from the looks of things it seems like they might be doomed.
When I read the header of the article, I thought for a second that the article referred to 2005! It sounds like 1984 wasn't a bad year for games, just a strange one. This year was bad for games. I can't think of a single game that has inspired me to play since WoW released in 2004. Psychonauts, maybe, but even that... At least the afforementioned computer game was ORIGINAL, and not a spin-off or franchise tie-in.