Games Industry

Oooo… a game with the famous novelist R. A. Salvatore behind it… and a new RPG franchise… color me intrigued… too bad it’s not first person… if they drop in open world and choices though I’m in :D

PS: Omg, Todd McFarlane is onboard!!! If the story richness from Salvatore’s books and the moral questions from the amazing Spawn comics’s creator shines through… this could be quite nice and the year’s surprise for me (wish they had a FPS view though :P )

I think he answered or at least emphasized the 2nd question wrongly: capitalism isn’t a win-lose situation, it’s a win win. The people who expect a company to lose money to do something is just as unreasonable as a company which would really want to cheat consumers and take their money without giving them a game… I think it’s wrong to put the emphasis on greed: those people are hiring people, buying hardware and paying a lot of skilled man hours of artwork and programming and technology (think u can put out a great game faster/cheaper, do it, we can’t wait!)…

it would actually be in the consumer’s disadvantage if they didn’t make money. Say some of the short sighted people’s wishes came true, and their favorite developer didn’t do that, and instead pushed out their favorite cool new game at a lower than production price: the result would be they’d be kicked out of business. So my advice to anybody who want’s a company they love to keep making games is to wish them to be as profitable as possible, as that will guarantee great games in the future too from them, and even better it will make other developers create more games of that type and of that quality and creating competition for the genre and theme of your choice. So, people, be wise, don’t wish him to “side with the consumers”: that would be like a mob of peasants going into a factory and robbing the products: sure, they may get rich for this week, but what about next month and next decade?
Whenever somebody buys a game (or doesn’t), they are voting with their pocket and that’s MUCH more powerful than rants and shouts and long forum flaming! So, it’s simple: if you like a company and want them to release more, get more from them or from their competitors in the same genre. If you think game prices are too high get them cheaper/later/from other distributors/online and they will come down. Simple.

Had to say this as too many people talk about greed and bad stuff when in fact it’s all awesome stuff and exciting stuff!

Now if i understand this right this image should constantly update itself so you may wanna check back to this post if you’re interested how things progress. Will PS3 ever catch up to Xbox360? Will they ever catch up to Wii? Will Wii beet the records set in sales by PS2 (147.6 million (as of November 2010). Make your prediction!

I’m so happy to see gaming is going in the right direction: to the masses! Just like there have been other forms of art that for a while were limited to a privileged few, I feel games still are to some degree, but with the spread of culture, more opportunities and devices on which you can enjoy them… i think it’s getting close. I doubt this one is at this point as smooth a solution as a console… but I definitely see it as a step in the right direction! A lil box that u hook to your TV and suddenly games become more like changing channels. Now i’m only waiting for a) widespread use of such solutions b) for commercial models such as tv advertising to kick in heavy so that people can game just as they watch TV: for absolutely free. Sure, u pay a small price such as fixed hours or some adds, but it’s a low entry barrier… and for later on there’s rentals and buys. The future is commin, I tell ya!