I have been saying that the videogame industry was gonna crash for years and I got flamed every time. I can only imagine what this thread is gonna degrade into.
From the oft visited Slashdot
http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/crash.html
Excerpts,
It's an interesting read and raises some issues that are pretty obvious. I wouldn't say the quality of games has degraded to a pre-NES state yet thanks to a few gems which make it all worth while, and I'd even say that game quality and innovation has been fairly steady for quite awhile.Originally Posted by Link
Also seems to be Pro-Nintendo and the "games, games and only games" attitude. Take that as you will.
I have been saying that the videogame industry was gonna crash for years and I got flamed every time. I can only imagine what this thread is gonna degrade into.
I stopped reading right there. Dude's a moron for more reasons than one.Compare Madden NFL 2001 to Madden 2004. You have to squint to tell the difference.
I agree. Games drop price in about 1-2 months of being out now, this is just a sign.Originally Posted by Zerodash
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Just because the market is over-saturated, doesn't mean it's on the verge of a crash.Originally Posted by Roufuss
Just going on that quote (didn't look at the link yet) I disagree with how it describes the NES/post-NES gaming environment. We were still up to our necks in great games when those Golden Axe commercials started playing and making our NES's look dated. We still loved our NES's. It was only then that we realized it could get better. There was no real down time between the NES, Genesis, SNES, PS1. And people can talk till they're blue in the face about the degradation of games and gaming year-over-year, but there's been plenty of great games to play from the end 1985 til now. Will it ever crash again like '83? I doubt it.
It will change, but it won't crash. Only Nintendo thinks so and what they are really saying is "We, Nintendo are in crisis we have no idea how to design games with current technology, we are doomed" they just can't accept any failings or responisibility so they project it.
History repeats itself. Learn from the past.
If you agree that the crash in the eighties eventually led to better games, I can only hope that a videogame industry crash is imminent. But, it better not fucking do it when I hope to join it.
Isn't this what happened the first time? The market got over-saturated on games, prices dropped super fast, nobody made any money and then BAM!, the crash.Originally Posted by Videodrone
R.I.P Kao Megura (1979-2004)
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