With the unprecedented failure of Concord we're almost there in the west. The last of ESG funds and government welfare needs to dry up. Just like in 1983 the video game industry crash mostly happened in the US. Japan's video game industry was still going at that time.
The industry won't go away but it'll shift. The game studios in the USA and western Europe will shut down. The AAA studios will rise in China and the indies will go to Eastern Europe. Nintendo will keep doing its own thing.
China now has a foothold in the AAA space thanks to Black Myth Wukong. This was helped by all the free marketing that was given by the game journals. I'm sure a bunch of people bought BM:W just to spite Kotaku and Sweet Baby Inc.
I'm actually happy the Western game industry is becoming radioactive. The woke shit they pushed is demonic. It's not just bad media, it was designed to actually make people hate it. I don't think that other points in history made culture that was as insufferable as the woke games of current year. The turd on top of this trash pile is our tax dollars went into making this woke shit.
Rest in radioactive piss, western game industry...
They should learn the consequences of ignoring who actually buys and plays video games. I’ve been told I blame Sarkesian too much but somehow she convinced gaming companies that there were millions of feminists dying to play video games that appeal to guys.
What makes it most annoying is that she is the type of woman who probably mocked nerds in high school but saw an opportunity when nerdiness became trendy.
In the bright side maybe Elder Scrolls 6 will be great. Maybe
Elder Scrolls 6 is going to be filled with pronoun characters. The series is dead.
And Elder Scrolls 7 will be made by whoever scoops up the IP after the bankruptcy.