A brief look at why gaming magazines have fallen out of favor and why they're still worth reading. Includes a recommendation of the best industry print publications.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
get rid of Edge Magazine, then im happy.
I prefer that OPM, OXM and ONM (all official magazines) remains
It's better than reading the random blogs and poorly constructed opinions that any person can get recognition for on the internet.
The sheer amount of content that gets attention on the internet really spits down upon the integrity of "journalism" that people love to uphold.
Anybody on the internet can make their 15 minutes of fame when they are freely able to write content for hits regardless of if its horribly written, wrong, or flamebait. There is no real screening process, and the one here at N4G fails terribly since all you need is at least 10 people to simply judge the title and approve the "article" as an important piece of news.
Unfortunately, the internet is much more convenient, readily available, and full of rabid fanboys who are constantly trying to promote anything and everything that benefits their console of choice. It's this way that writers make up stuff that feeds to these people. They are like the craftsmen of a weapon who sell their weapons to the soldiers (aka fanboys) who will blindly fire it at "the enemy"
I appreciate the magazines because at least there is some level of integrity and professionalism.
In all honesty, books as a whole are dying anyway so it's a much more bigger problem to a society than it is the gaming industry.