Is Gaming Dead?
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Don't get your point, as it seems to agree with mine that rumours of death of gaming are overstated. As I said the only thing that might not be doing well is 'traditional gaming', but a put a big may in there as I don't believe those reports either.SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
There is so much good stuff coming out, you just have to look, I just found another space dogfight indie game for $10 bucks and i literally want the new Deus Ex so bad I find it physically painful. Also by literally I mean figuratively but you get the idea.
there has always been crap on the market, and a wise man once said you need to dig through the crap to find a kernel of goodness.
If you think gaming is dead your standards are too high.
there has always been crap on the market, and a wise man once said you need to dig through the crap to find a kernel of goodness.
If you think gaming is dead your standards are too high.
While I agree that the market has grown stale from:
Clones,
Re-hashes,
Ports,
and the exact same game released (I'm looking at you Halo and CoD)
I do not think that gaming is dead.
I really do enjoy the indie market because it isn't full of large companies that don't care about their customers.
Some companies don't understand that by taking the easy path and getting a dollar now they are sacrificing 5 dollars latter down the line.
Also I think the indie market is actually gaining influence right now...
I haven't really seen any indie games that cloned another, most of them are new and fresh ideas and it's nice to have a taste of that for a change.
Clones,
Re-hashes,
Ports,
and the exact same game released (I'm looking at you Halo and CoD)
I do not think that gaming is dead.
I really do enjoy the indie market because it isn't full of large companies that don't care about their customers.
Some companies don't understand that by taking the easy path and getting a dollar now they are sacrificing 5 dollars latter down the line.
Also I think the indie market is actually gaining influence right now...
I haven't really seen any indie games that cloned another, most of them are new and fresh ideas and it's nice to have a taste of that for a change.
I think I've read about four or five posts by retyopy that just piss everyone off and jet everyone on his ass. Good. Let him take it, he's obviously a masochist.
That aside, I'd like to say that these are just like college students learning about communism, or posters saying "humanity sucks" when someone doesn't put a buck in their tip jar. If you've no mind or vision to see upcoming, innovative games like "From Dust", or to appreciate these so-called "clones" just because they're popular, then you sir, are a hipster.
Look at the evidence. You have the ravenous COD fans, sure they can get annoying. But even worse are people being anti-conformist just for the sake of being anti-conformist. If everyone else likes it, they don't.
That aside, I'd like to say that these are just like college students learning about communism, or posters saying "humanity sucks" when someone doesn't put a buck in their tip jar. If you've no mind or vision to see upcoming, innovative games like "From Dust", or to appreciate these so-called "clones" just because they're popular, then you sir, are a hipster.
Look at the evidence. You have the ravenous COD fans, sure they can get annoying. But even worse are people being anti-conformist just for the sake of being anti-conformist. If everyone else likes it, they don't.
Again with this? Yeah, if you only look at military shooters then the industry is dead. If you only look at two publishers, then yeah, it's dead. But if you spend more than 30 seconds looking through trailers and stuff, you'll realize it's actually pretty alive. SR3, skyrim, prey 2, never-dead (Seriously, a game where you could get a leg blown off but not die and nobody mentions it here? I am disappoint), Prototype 2, Infamous 2, XBLA games, all the sandbox games out now, all the great releases set for the future, freeware games, and flash games. Gaming is further from dead than it's ever been. Just ignore the generic shooters if you don't want to piss yourself off.
If you only want to look at AAA releases, then you will only find the stale cash cows of sequels and clones. The same is true of any medium.
But, if you want to do a little work for your pleasure, there are literally millions of indie games out there, and thousands from mid tier developers.
Gaming is only dead if you look at the headlines.
Just like by looking at the headlines of a newspaper, you would think the world was in flames.
If you look for yourself, you will see the truth. It's not great, but it sure as hell isn't dead.
But, if you want to do a little work for your pleasure, there are literally millions of indie games out there, and thousands from mid tier developers.
Gaming is only dead if you look at the headlines.
Just like by looking at the headlines of a newspaper, you would think the world was in flames.
If you look for yourself, you will see the truth. It's not great, but it sure as hell isn't dead.
One of the best years gaming has had in awhile in my opinion, not even close to death.
I mean Skyrim, Guild Wars 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Bastion and Minecraft's full release. Battlefield 3 as well, but thanks to Origin I'm on the fence now.
As well as that, a new Counter Strike being announced amongst other things, I think it's all beginning to pick up somewhat in fact.
I mean Skyrim, Guild Wars 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Bastion and Minecraft's full release. Battlefield 3 as well, but thanks to Origin I'm on the fence now.
As well as that, a new Counter Strike being announced amongst other things, I think it's all beginning to pick up somewhat in fact.
No, but you my friend are pretty clearly trying to get a job at a Sensationalist Tabloid newspaper. I've heard of these guys called the Evening Standard......retyopy said:
They had this article called "Are ALL of Britain's youths Demon-spawns?", because a small number of British kids smashed stores and lit up some houses. And I was like, "Just because a few kids are bad doesn't mean the entire generation is worthless..."
What? Of course not.
The FPS market was dead for a fair while but it's starting to have a good resurgence with Deus Ex, Serious Sam 3 etc.
Besides if Hideo Kojima, Shinji Mikami, Tim Schafer, Suda 51, Atlus and many others are still kicking about then I think gaming should be more than fine in future.
The FPS market was dead for a fair while but it's starting to have a good resurgence with Deus Ex, Serious Sam 3 etc.
Besides if Hideo Kojima, Shinji Mikami, Tim Schafer, Suda 51, Atlus and many others are still kicking about then I think gaming should be more than fine in future.
