Gaming Crash incoming, or has it already began?

The Mad Titan

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The biggest gap between cultures is time, not space. There we see devastating stagnation. The youngest players are burning unsupervised hours on Roblox. The oldest are in Odinsleep until a single-player blockbuster catches their eye. The middle of the pack, getting the hang of disposable income, are discovering other ways to spend. The biggest players in the industry are still waiting for this entire block to gravitate toward the next Fortnite or Grand Theft Auto, but year after year this just looks more like wishful, harmful thinking.


If there is a crash on the horizon, it’s likely Nintendo will be the ones walking away from it the least scathed (again). Games like Mario, Zelda and Mario Kart truly are widely beloved across generations, demographically pliable. The company has long understood the importance of trying to redefine what the experience of playing a game can be.

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Why are people buying fewer games? :jbhmm:

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With the whole Microsoft thing the problem is and always was that this is big tech stepping into the realm of creators with no creative passion or mission beyond making money behind them.

With Sony yeah it's a business but at some level there was a creative passion for gaming. Not as much anymore with all the live service slop they desperately want to churn out but in the past there was. With Nintendo the creative passion is obvious.

Microsoft never had that. It was always rich guys with a limited to no understanding of gaming throwing money at it hoping to generate more money. They'd often buy companies and the top talent would bleed out as they left.

It was always going to end this way. Now the person in charge is more fitting of Microsoft's aspirations for the division. I hope they go all out on AI and see what it can get them. I don't have the hangups over AI like so many others do. Embrace technology.
 

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:wow: Greed is a muthafukka and the funniest part? They wont learn shyt from this.
 
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