The video game industry is currently in one of the biggest deficits it has seen in years. According to a new report it is so bad, that even a big title release like GTA V could not help the industry enough to go positive. So what should be done in order to get out of the deficit and back into the positive side of things?
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... it's just the end of the current console generation, so there have been less AAA-titles coming out compared to the last few years, thus sales will naturally drop a bit.
It's no big deal and nothing to get worried about.
As soon as Playstation and MS come out with their new consoles, and assuming they don't screw it up by doing something stupid, and the next-gen games arrive, you'll see it will all pick up again.
There are more and more gamers each and every year. And none of us will be dropping this hobby in a hurry.
It's just been a slow year so far, when it comes to big games with mass-appeal coming out.
By your logic, everytime something has less demand because everyone already owns it, it has "fallen apart".
Food stamps don't buy video games.
They do buy cigarettes, however.
Lots of people losing their jobs and shit... Yet still, the gaming industry seems to be doing pretty well when you think about it... I honestly don't see a problem for them, cause I mean why else is there such a high demand for game developers now and for the past few years right?!
the EU and US markets aren't even out of the GFC problem and the current EU could see the next major GFC happen as soon as the end of this year.
The countries that are still going ok have slowed right down almost to the point where there's no big money moving around and the small money that is isn't going to make share prices go up.
The real problem is the CEO's and money people who are expecting and always wanting to have more money earned and the market just isn't like that anymore.
For the last 5 years it's been bust and bankrupt.
for the 15 years before that it was boom and become stupidly rich.
So with knowing that if you had the choice between buying a console or putting some extra money into the house payment people will go for the house payment.
it's life... consoles just don't offer much compared to a car or house etc, overall.
we need the chinese and koreans
That's not to say they SHOULD focus on those reasons, but I have to imagine it sits large in many developers' minds.
Get back to creative stories and unique objective based co-op experiences instead of just "kill opponent"
that's what would peak my interest again. I've actually been playing some HD remakes and gameplay wise they are far superior than most games out currently.
What change would going back to WW2 bring us? We've already been there and seen that and if we went back that way, it would still be the same boring military FPS BS; go there, kill them, destroy that, repeat. We need less generic shooters and more diverse games with different kinds of gameplay. Give us variety and challenge our brains for a change.
But mainly in a country of 360 million+ people and a workforce of 180 million, when over 100 million don't have full time jobs, games become a luxury. Yeah, it's the end of a cycle and people are tiring and many games are rehashes, but the novelty of sitting home and spending unemployment money on video games wears as people realize it isn't getting better.
instead of shoving 55 games into October and November
that could help games sell a bit more