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A bit of a hot take, but video games need a change. they have stagnated as their profit have soared but like most things....profits are a lagging indicator and

A bit of a hot take, but video games need a change. they have stagnated as their profit have soared but like most things....profits are a lagging indicator and like Disney marvel.....were on the slide down. this doesn't mean video game industry is dead....just that it needs to shed it's skin and remove the profit hungry leeches.... the big names will lose lots of money and will do all they can to consolidate anything left unscathed by their ineptitude and attempt acquisitions....it is time for a new dawn....break up the corpos....I look forward to a fresh empire of creators...

fullshark 3y ago
I unironically blame the consumer. I guess also some parents/game companies for exploitative practices on children. There's a mountain of games out there that aren't garbage but they keep shoveling money towards the games that are pretty much explicitly anti-user.
- somestag 3y ago
  There is no "the consumer."
  - thatguy0900 3y ago
    Well someone is preordering all these games that are almost garunteed to be unfinished, at best. What shod we call them?
    - chii 3y ago
      suckers?
chii 3y ago
> a fresh empire of creators there's so many indie games out there that i have not even considered buying from a corp made game for many years. As for mobile games, it's a blight on the landscape, best left alone. Dont feed that industry, except to buy indie games that you want to support.
rqtwteye 3y ago
" they have stagnated as their profit have soared but like most things" That's the preferred mode for a lot of managers. There are only a few company leaders who can push a company forward and keep it innovative. You could argue Apple is at that stage. Profits are strong but their innovation output is pretty low compared to the resources they have.
mrgoldenbrown 3y ago
Your hot take on video games seems unrelated to the topic of WOTC, which makes tabletop games.

fullshark 3y ago

I unironically blame the consumer. I guess also some parents/game companies for exploitative practices on children. There's a mountain of games out there that aren't garbage but they keep shoveling money towards the games that are pretty much explicitly anti-user.

somestag 3y ago
There is no "the consumer."
- thatguy0900 3y ago
  Well someone is preordering all these games that are almost garunteed to be unfinished, at best. What shod we call them?
  - chii 3y ago
    suckers?

chii 3y ago

> a fresh empire of creators there's so many indie games out there that i have not even considered buying from a corp made game for many years. As for mobile games, it's a blight on the landscape, best left alone. Dont feed that industry, except to buy indie games that you want to support.

rqtwteye 3y ago

" they have stagnated as their profit have soared but like most things" That's the preferred mode for a lot of managers. There are only a few company leaders who can push a company forward and keep it innovative. You could argue Apple is at that stage. Profits are strong but their innovation output is pretty low compared to the resources they have.

mrgoldenbrown 3y ago

Your hot take on video games seems unrelated to the topic of WOTC, which makes tabletop games.