Okay, let me start by saying this; I can remember back in the days of the good old Sega and Nintendo systems, back in the early 90's when I could look forward to some unique game every month, something quirky something innovative. It had its sequels but developers were never afraid to be creative and influential in their deliverance of content to the consumer.
Now in the present day.
The Activision-Sierra incident highlights what I'm talking about. Gaming is going the way of film, merely being franchised. If film studio execs decide a directors movie will fail, it gets canned, regardless of the fact it may end up a hit with the watching public. We're now seeing it in games, creativity being throttled at the hands of companys wishing to monopolise. More commonly known as Sequalitis.
What can be done about it?
Developers need to take a stand. There may be a business part of the equation, all gaming companies need to turn over some kind profit to survive, but it should not be at the cost of creativity, or innovation. Companies like Electronic Arts and Activision should not be able to have the power to control the industry. It limits the independence of developers and producers alike.
We have the PCGA for PC Gaming, why not a Developer Alliance for the console industry. A group of high profile developers allying together financially but retaining their company independence. It's not without given possibility that this could prove viable in this industry, there is still time.
If something isn't done soon, there won't be any room for indy developers, or independent gaming companies in this industry anymore, and it'll crumble to the point of the way film has taken itself; 5 or 6 studios retaining dominance and independent films big-screen opportunitys almost thoroughly dwindled.
It's time action was taken.
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.
This is why you gotta respect martin scorstase. He makes a movie, exactly how the F he wants to make it regardless to what the mainstream appeal is. I dont even like half his movies but the fact he does what he does earns a hell of a lot of respect from me.
If things keep going the way they do, piracy will destroy these big businesses and eventually give power back to the creative minds who built these goddamn industries.