Is Gaming Dead?

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Wha?

Have a look at the line-up for the remainder of the year, it's looking good.

Games are better than they've ever been.

 

[DarkRyter]

Just look at the new games coming out. A Halo clone, a God of War clone, a Call of Duty clone, and countless sequels. The indie game market seems to be the only place with orginal games, and that's dying too, because more and more clones are coming out to capitalize on the succes of other games. (I'm looking at you, fortresscraft! And a ton of zombie games that are somehow released on the indie market, my other eye is on you!)

So is gaming dead?

"Oh no, nothing I like is coming out! Gaming must be dead!"

No, the industry is doing perfectly fine.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

...have you played any games from the 80s or 90s...?

99% of them are shit copies of other successful games. just look at all the goddamn platformers.

 

[ultimateownage]

Gaming isn't dead, your ability to open your eyes seems to be though.

 

[Innegativeion]

Skyrim, Rayman Origins, Zelda Skyward Sword, Ratchet All4one Assassin's Creed: R (sequels aren't a bad thing if they're good!),

recent "game changers" for the industry like Minecraft, League of Legends, tons of indie titles I haven't tried but intend to.

and That's off the top of my head. If I wasn't too lazy to go find my wishlist I'd have dozens more for you.

No, gaming isn't "dead" and to think so would be overzealous doomsaying.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

No just no on so many levels. Really you need to open your eyes go to google and find a list of new games coming out as you have been looking in all the wrong places. Just to reiterate a big flaming flamboyant no.

 

[newdarkcloud]

No. While it may be stagnating, it will get out of this rut and bounce back.

 

[Trenchoat Brigade]

(..) Everything has an inspiration, nothing is original.

"Repeat after me: I am free."

In a related subject, are the genes of my clones inspired by those of mine?

 

[Hamish Durie]

umm sly 4, skyrim, arkem city, battlefield 3 (has gameplay quiet different from CoD), etc
sequals aren't bad things so why do you see them as piles 'O crap

 

[random_bars]

Dead implies that it will never come back, which isn't necessarily the case. I'd definitely say it's unconscious, though.

 

[Navvan]

I'll ask you this, are movies dead?. Are books dead? Is artwork in general dead? Because all of those suffer the same problem. Innovation is still coming forth in all of those genera and will continue to do so. Remakes and slight iterations on previous titles being dominant is the natural course of any medium.

New things are still happening regardless of that.

 

[LuckyClover95]

I still play games and so do a lot of people, so no.

 

[StBishop]

Just look at the new games coming out. A Halo clone, a God of War clone, a Call of Duty clone, and countless sequels. The indie game market seems to be the only place with orginal games, and that's dying too, because more and more clones are coming out to capitalize on the succes of other games. (I'm looking at you, fortresscraft! And a ton of zombie games that are somehow released on the indie market, my other eye is on you!)

So is gaming dead?

Which games coming out are the clones? I'm not doubting that there are clones, but I'm wondering which ones are the clones.

OT: I don't think so, I don't even think it's dying.

 

[Phlakes]

Jesus, can people stop making this damn thread?

No.

Gaming is not dead. If you could've taken one second to look at the releases this fall, you'd know that. Although I kinda have to agree with this-

Oh I get it.
You keep making these threads so you can get a flamewar going.
After some hot topic badges are we?

EDIT:

Which games coming out are the clones? I'm not doubting that there are clones, but I'm wondering which ones are the clones.

None of them. This is either flamewar bait or OP is really short-sighted.

Or both. I could see that.

 

[Althus]

If games are death like you say, now might be the time to go play all the games you still haven't played and want to, since like 1980, and that way you have games to last you 3 o4 life times .

 

[StBishop]

Reiteration of ideas previously produced is one of the founding principles of game design, it leads to refined versions of games we already enjoy. Innovation doesn't come in leaps and bounds, it comes in little steps forward. Everything has an inspiration, nothing is original.

Gaming isn't dead, your ability to open your eyes seems to be though.

Both of you have awesome avatars that match incredibly well with your post.

 

[Roybot]

We should, instead of get up at arms about someone who isn't content with the market, ask ourselves "Why not?" Some people maybe content with the industry, and we get it already: the 90's had one too many Vectorman or Earthworm Jim's. The huge difference between Halo 3 and Earthworm Jim, the creators didn't give one care about what anyone wanted. They created a game they thought was fun, engaging, and original.

No the industry is not dead. The industry is on hiatus.

Getting upset at those who are upset isn't really going to help with progress, it will in fact tell developers that the "milking the cash cow" approach is the way to garner your attention. People sometimes want to pop in a game and turn their brains off, and that's understandable. Not all games should be that simple trying to emulate God of War or Gears of War.

Although I didn't like Bayonetta my wife did, and I could see why she did because of how approachable the gameplay mechanics and style was compared to Devil May Cry.

 

[Dusk17]

The golden age of games is gone all that remains are I phone games and i dont count those as proper video games. Depth=gone story=gone choice=gone

 

[Okysho]

No, just the AAA market. when people consider themselves "hardcore" and play only FPSs or sports titles, they're really not much better than casual gamers in my opinion. As long as we continue to get decent games (go indies woo!!) or half-decent AAA (I'm ok with the Nintendo "franchise" scene) then I think we'll be alright for at least another 5 years

 

[w9496]

Not a single mention of Gears of War 3...

The industries not doing too bad for itself in todays market, and if you want some odd games to throw your perception of gaming, you can buy some indie games.