The current industry has survived tons of buggy and terrible games, but what will be the high profile bomb that does an ET and destroys the reputation of the entire industry?
Starfield is insanely hyped, if that bombs, it could have big repercussions.
Other than that, we could have the industry stagnate down to just first-party publishers, considering how Activision has become yet another part of Microsoft.
Maybe it's not possible to have another video game crash, maybe the industry is too established for that to happen again. It's an interesting discussion.
The crash around predatory microtransactions has already happened, Fortnite took #1 grossing on mobile from all the RNG money pits before they picked a fight with Apple and lost. There's really just FIFA sticking to that model, they're losing the license soon, and all their feminist pandering is to try and stop the EU from outlawing their business model. The future of microtransactions will likely be the Fortnite model, a season pass every few months and an ever growing list of cosmetic items to buy.
I'm no fan of Epic anymore, but they got the formula for exploiting people with lots of money absolutely right.
I see so much disappointment in every E3, I watch it every year and I always come out wondering why. I lately started to watch them with my father over video call, it was fun to mock the garbage that they showed. It's getting to a point where mockery is all that keeps me watching it, and I honestly am considering just shutting it off after Forza appears, because that's always the peak for me. Even then, the excitement for them is dying. I used to celebrate every time there was a new one, I used to feel like a child at Christmas. But I'm not feeling that way anymore, I'm just feeling concerned that this new entry will ruin the memories I've had since playing FM2. I still buy, I still feel some excitement, but it's not the same.
I should make a post about this feeling. I surely can't be the only person who doesn't get excited about new entries in loved franchises because feminists might have finally managed to ruin them.
Unless I missed something I don't see how EA losing their license due to FIFA realizing how bad of a business deal it was, or Epic Games failing to increase their profit margins - both in terms of battle royale phase fading away and the Apple lawsuit - denotes a market crash.
Gacha and mobile gaming hasn't blinked an eye. They have infighting due to market saturation / time conflict, which is inherent in the F2P psychological model of grinding but that's nothing new. Attention may shift from game to game, but the overall base remains strong.
I imagine the same applies to console gaming. EA losing its license only means other publisher(s) pick up where they left, and sports fags continue to whale out.
I legit find AAA games super boring. I much prefer 2D aesthetics or smaller titles, but I'm also generally speaking a single player RPG fag. Much easier to avoid rot when not having to deal with multiplayer.