Game industry

Observations and opinions regarding the gaming industry

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Game industry

The game industry is diseased

If I had made the headline a question then you could invoke Betteridge’s Law of Headlines and just answer “No”. But I made it a statement because I think the proof is fairly robust: the game industry is sick, and not in a good way. Note that I’m not implying that there are no good games or that the industry is collapsing, but rather that the industry is not consistently rewarding the right kinds of behaviour and products. We are seeing good game developers and designers suffer and be driven out of an industry they used to love by poor Executive decision making and excess focus of profit.

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Game industry, Gaming miscellany

Creator appreciation: Bethesda and CD Project Red

This is the third week of Blaugust, and the topic of discussion for the week is creator appreciation. Who, either individuals or corporations, do we look to and respect for certain qualities of the items they produce? Saying thanks to these entities is what this week is all about.

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Game industry

Xbox games is struggling… but maybe not on the console

I was over on Wilhelm’s TAGN site today enjoying a good read about the disaster that is Xbox Games. I generally agree with everything he is saying: Microsoft has done a terrible job running their game business and it is showing. But I also have a somewhat different experience as a user of the Xbox console that I feel bears mentioning.

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Game industry

Electronic Arts: strangely fond memories

Wilhelm over at The Ancient Gaming Noob posted about the sad state of affairs at the modern incarnation of Electronic Arts. What EA has become over the past thirty years is both sad and despicable: they are often times more damaging to gaming and the industry than they are beneficial. And now the stage is set, as Wilhelm describes, for things to become much worse.

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