I disagree. From what I've gathered, the gaming industry is thriving more than ever. In recent years almost all the game studios were bought up by Sony and Microsoft, so the studio closures are just mergers and the layoffs are corporate downsizing / efficientization. There is no evidence that I've seen of any video game flops leading to established game studios closing down.
If you haven't seen evidence then you haven't been paying attention.
Ubisoft closed several studios and sold off IP to China to stave off bankruptcy. EA was taken private because even their golden geese in Madden and (game formerly known as FIFA) aren't performing anywhere near their expectations. Then there are the closures of Volition, Firewalk, Arcane Austin etc, as well as several AAA studios like Bungie that are walking dead.
The AAA industry is on the brink of a collapse worse than 1983, and you have to be completely blind if you don't see it.
The problem is that they close down a legacy studio and then some new one pops up with "lead designer from popular franchise!" and it gets marketed like the next big thing under a new studio name pushing the same DEI slop.
I'll give you two examples:
Exodus
The Expanse
These two games are being propped up for the people working on them and their pedigree in the industry. Both games follow a similar formula and Exodus already shows all the usual signs of a DEI-infested game and they've only released bits of gameplay.
So it's the same thing under a different name. Money is changing hands from different players but the outcome still seems to be the same.
And that's not to mention that as old pubs like Ubisoft start folding in we have literal faggot-run media companies like Annapurna publishing games, movies and other media, all with a faggot-tint to them. So it's like a hydra -- cut off one head and two more appear.
Judging by the layoffs and studio closures after these games bomb, I don't think they thought their cunning plan all the way through.
Boycotts are working just fine. So fine, in fact, that tiny little companies like Microsoft and Sony are losing billions over them.
Good. Accelerate.
I disagree. From what I've gathered, the gaming industry is thriving more than ever. In recent years almost all the game studios were bought up by Sony and Microsoft, so the studio closures are just mergers and the layoffs are corporate downsizing / efficientization. There is no evidence that I've seen of any video game flops leading to established game studios closing down.
If you haven't seen evidence then you haven't been paying attention.
Ubisoft closed several studios and sold off IP to China to stave off bankruptcy. EA was taken private because even their golden geese in Madden and (game formerly known as FIFA) aren't performing anywhere near their expectations. Then there are the closures of Volition, Firewalk, Arcane Austin etc, as well as several AAA studios like Bungie that are walking dead.
The AAA industry is on the brink of a collapse worse than 1983, and you have to be completely blind if you don't see it.
This is true.
The problem is that they close down a legacy studio and then some new one pops up with "lead designer from popular franchise!" and it gets marketed like the next big thing under a new studio name pushing the same DEI slop.
I'll give you two examples: Exodus The Expanse
These two games are being propped up for the people working on them and their pedigree in the industry. Both games follow a similar formula and Exodus already shows all the usual signs of a DEI-infested game and they've only released bits of gameplay.
So it's the same thing under a different name. Money is changing hands from different players but the outcome still seems to be the same.
And that's not to mention that as old pubs like Ubisoft start folding in we have literal faggot-run media companies like Annapurna publishing games, movies and other media, all with a faggot-tint to them. So it's like a hydra -- cut off one head and two more appear.
I've changed my position, I just hadn't been paying attention to modern day stuff.