There are so many assumptions they've made here that drawing any conclusions is ridiculous.
As you point out, that's incredibly open to interpretation. But even "growth" is ambiguous. Does it mean a bigger market? More sales in general? It could even be taken to mean such bullshit as "moral growth" or as a synonym for a nebulous idea of "maturity" as we've seen some people try to push on games.
We're also assuming that the IGDA's sample is representative of the industry (and not, say, indie devs). And that developers have perfect knowledge of what players want.
And for fuck's sake, if "it’s not even a question anymore" it wouldn't be a question on the survey, would it?
There are so many assumptions they've made here that drawing any conclusions is ridiculous.
As you point out, that's incredibly open to interpretation. But even "growth" is ambiguous. Does it mean a bigger market? More sales in general? It could even be taken to mean such bullshit as "moral growth" or as a synonym for a nebulous idea of "maturity" as we've seen some people try to push on games.
We're also assuming that the IGDA's sample is representative of the industry (and not, say, indie devs). And that developers have perfect knowledge of what players want.
And for fuck's sake, if "it’s not even a question anymore" it wouldn't be a question on the survey, would it?