The insatiable need for MOAR PROFITZ is choking out so many businesses. On another note, Remedy to acquire full rights to the Control franchise from 505 games. They're quicker to get out and keep the money flowing in. Midsize games need to become a bigger focus for all developers. Releasing one big game every 3-5 years isn't sustainable in the long term. The mindset that the "line must always go up" is taking over too many industries. The industry is on an unsustainable course. One thing is for sure though, where there is huge profit and a global audience, a path to success will always be found. ![]() It’s not the first time the gaming market has been in trouble. To your main point, the industry is just going through a really tough time, most industries are at the moment. Plus, Apple’s services software has been a huge success. Just because the likes of Disney and Warner can’t get a handle on the newer model, doesn’t mean the same applies here. Subscription worked pretty well for cable and satellite over the last several decades. Game companies were making money hands over fist when that was the business model. Just get back to making high quality fun games (like the PS2 & PS3 days) with no social agendas and charge a great price for it. We use games to get away from that agenda BS. We frankly don't want it shoved in our faces constantly. We get it! And now, the majority of game buyers (straight dudes) have to pretend like we relate to the characters we're playing. Like entire city blocks in Spider-Man games flying gay flags, lesbian, unusually butch female (and trans) led games like Ellie and Abby in TLOU2, and gay side characters in Horizon. Even the agendas Sony thinks we don't notice. Duh! And, for the consumer, it eventually takes all of the fun out of it. Keep on raising prices and alienate your consumers. Look at the struggling streaming media companies. The problem with that is that it's not sustainable. EVERY company loves that recurring revenue. We just wait for the Game of the Year Edition to get a complete game. Whatever happened to losing money selling hardware to get it back licensing content? That model seemed to work before. ![]() The release price of the PSVR2 was waaaaay too high. Consumers are waiting until they drop to $30 or $40 to buy now. ![]() Even Naughty Dog was like, "Nope, we can't sustain that model." and ended up canceling their new game that they had already spent millions of dollars developing. They're trying to reduce development costs and maximize nickel and diming customers. Sure, they update the games, but it's the same old engine, same concepts, etc. I know I don't want to download a free game and then pay hundreds of dollars to play. Games as a Service (GAAS) is not working.Personally, I think they gambled and lost. So is the gaming industry imploding? WTH is going on? I want to see a lot more accountability and job losses at the very top of the companies when they are the one's directly responsible instead of culling the talent pool down and then wondering where it went when they try to rehire and people couldn't feed themselves and had to Uber or whatever in the gig economy and fell out of the industry because gears passed and the HR morons want you to have "relevant" but recent experience within 6-12 months when the entire industry job pool is being culled. Oh and not to mention the fact the one name i mentioned isn't just part of the issue, but usually a whole group of top executives responsible for steering the ship not on the chopping block. Job losses are on one hand a really bad thing, but on the other hand we have to acknowledge that market trading conditions and company performance do play a key part, but isn't it highly telling that almost rarely if ever do top level executives get put on the chopping block alongside their millions of dollar renumeration, but let them stay on during this "strategic realignment" albeit Jim Ryan probably is being kicked out of the roles and these losses are a result of the U turn away from live service games, but also i find it pretty crappy how we hear of them bragging about increased profits and things in earning calls during these job cuts.
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