Most pundits analyzing the rumored "imminent" US economic recession in light of overwhelming video game revenues merely reiterate sales figures before shrugging into an assumption that gaming is siphoning revenue from the rest of the leisure market. No one knows, of course. No one actually has sales data that proves as much. We just know that despite all the doom and gloom in the general media about "markets," video game sales are up, and we're talking way up. The rest is just a guessing game -- just like the notion of "when" (as opposed to "if") in relation to the "R" word.
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.
Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.
GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds
With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?
Not clicking on your article otherwise.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Yes, I went to best buy the other day, not only did i see more 10x more employees than customers, (it was a day after brawl came out) and i didnt see one sale of brawl! or that new GOW psp game.... and on a side note i went to see semi-pro today in NYC, and only 2 other people are watching! really sucks that we are in a recession