The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, approaches, and with it comes a slew of predictions on game sites and podcasts. Since there are so many leaks before the show every year, this can get pretty dry. Everyone's elaborate guessing games are either disproved mere days later, or forgotten; and no one ever manages to guess the real surprises -- I mean, did anyone guess Metroid: Other M or Left 4 Dead 2 last year?
So rather than go through the whole rigmarole of an E3 predictions post, I figured I would highlight exactly what we are sure to not see at this year's Expo. After all, it's easier to predict what won't happen than it is predicting what will. You have a much better chance of success. So here are five things that I am fairly confident won't be amongst the 2010 E3 announcements. Feel free to add your own in the comments.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
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.
I know it is unrealistic, but I would love to see a new Star Fox game. Well, another Star Fox game that is good.