DeAno Jackson writes: "Recently, I wrote an article about why it's best for Sony to win the so-called 'console war.' On various message boards, it created quite a stir. Accusations of bias filled the air. You know what? They were right.
"Wait a second," you say, "DeAno, you're not biased, so why would you knowingly write such a biased article?" Great question, and I'll even extend it further. Why do MANY people in the industry do this? Easy; because 'fanboys' eat these articles up."
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.
"The best games of the year and the creative teams behind them were in the spotlight at the grand award ceremony of the German Computer Game Award 2024." - German Computer Game Awards.
Looking forward to seeing comments on this.