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Can someone in the games industry venture an opinion of the danger MS poses in 2015? It seems they are innovating and buying more in this realm than otheres.
by iandanforth 11y ago
Can someone in the games industry venture an opinion of the danger MS poses in 2015? It seems they are innovating and buying more in this realm than otheres.
- jay_kyburz 11y agoI'm in the games industry as an indie and... well it's a big place and there are lots of changes going on. I wouldn't say they pose a danger to anybody who wants to make money making games. There will be no Embrace, Extend, Extinguish scenarios on the horizon which is what I think people mean by dangerous. Some people think VR is going to be big, but I think it's just a passing fad like 3DTV. The new minecraft stuff will be big, but I don't think World of Warcraft big. Indie PC games was all about Steam, but everybody is talking about the indie-apocalypse because steam recently got flooded with a lot of titles so nobody is making money there any more. Similar things are happening in iOS where production values are very high now which means the stakes are very high. It's still very much a lottery. The consoles are pretty much dead to me personally. I don't know what published think about it all. Then ofcourse there is the raging debate around free-to-play and premium games on every platform.
- erikj 11y agoMinecraft is already bigger than World of Warcraft, even without VR.