Have you ever been playing a game and just stop to think, this game really isnt any different than the games I played last gen, or the gen before? Sure, the visuals may have improved, but the gameplay hasnt changed. Call Of Duty hasnt evolved, it is just prettier. The same could be said for 99% of games released in the past 10 years. Very little innovation, just repetition. It seems the game industries motto has become, if it isnt broke... Dont fix it. Dont innovate it. Just leave it alone and make it prettier.
Games like PilotWings, Sim City and Mirrors Edge giving way to sequel after sequel of the best selling gimmick game on the market. Companies so wrapped up in stock quotes and investor relations to care about industry innovation. Many CEOs, not gamers at all.
Ive been gaming since the days of Pong and have seen the entire run of innovation over the years. Now, the industry has really become stagnant. Most innovation being done by Indie developers, out to prove themselves against the corporate giants who stagnate and flood the market with me too titles, meant to squeeze gamers wallets, more than entertain them.
I just wanted to take my hat off and thank each and every one of those Indie developers, who have the insight and forethought to drive the industry forward. Not giving in to monetary conventions, in lieu of pushing the unusual and interesting. Without you, I fear the industry would collapse under the weight of corporate greed and sequelitis. Games like Angry Birds and No Mans Sky, The Witness and Outlast. Games that prove you dont need 100 man teams to create great works of art, no matter how simple or complex in nature.
We should all bow our heads and give thanks to the creative minds behind these industry moving titles. Without them... we would be stuck playing through the same games, year after year, with little to no innovation. At the mercy of corporations quarterly financials and not gamers hopes and dreams.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
1. Make old game HD
2. Add trophies/achievements
3. Profit
:-(