Will The Video Game Industry Crash?

Will the video game industry crash? Again? Maybe? Who knows? Watch the video? Maybe??

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[rubenzander]

It still kinda blows my mind that the gaming industry is bigger than movies, music and most other media combined. If it does crash then that’d have some pretty big ripples across the whole economy imo

[zombieranger]

Just remember that while the giants may stumble and fall, there are still thousands of indie devs creating games that you could sink thousands of hours into, you just need to find them.

[Robthetank]

So essentially if there is a crash, it would be a crash of the AAA space. Indies have been putting the big boys to shame for years and by the looks of it, will continue to do so

[SD-tjdh]

Lesson learned from today.

-games to be released when they are ready.
-gamers WILL be patient if a product is worth the effort
-microtransactions bad

[domino_]

It blows my mind how big the video game industry is when it isn’t even a century old. Movies too.

[wtpiv]

I have to agree. These particular “titans”, as you put it, might go down in flames but other aspects of the market are doing fine if not growing as a result. Though I do have to wonder in Activision and Take Two’s case(s) if they’re just too big to fail? Activision lost a lot of interest when Fortnite came out and rebounded with Mw2019. MW2022 would probably be more telling as to how their biggest title is going to perform.

[franksbtka]

I'd rather buy complete editions of 10-20 year old games on sale for dirt cheap on Steam than pay for these modern games-as-a-service, tbh.

[GlidingZephyr]

All I know is this: A lack of creativity and originality with the aim of maximising profits at the expense of customer satisfaction has always spelled doom for any product type.

[bilgtex]

Maybe the entire industry will manage just fine, but the AAA's will probably get kneecapped for a minute if these consistent bad practices and scandals don't stop.

[chrisbynum]

I just think “AAA games” as a concept is going to go away when indie devs have the technology capable of making great looking games on a medium budget.

[MyILoveMinecraft]

Playing half life alyx made me realise how bad the market currently is. That game is actually innovative, looks better than any other game, you have no micro transactions and is generally a labour of love.

Afterwards I really ask why can't nobody else make a game close to it currently?

[TomLehockySVK]

I sure hope it will honestly ! Cost to buy a base game is going sky high, every one has microstransactions and several season passes and loot boxes, and little to no quality control and releasing early in an abysmal state.

This has to stop, otherwise there WILL be a crash. The one that happened decades ago happened due to an overflooded market and poor quality, and look where we are today ?

So much crap by big companies releasing games that are beyond broken, and for some reason people STILL pre-order. That is why i just rather stick to the indie market.

[JanbluTheDerg]

This has opened my eyes to the fact that, yeah, it simply cannot crash because mobile games are the money. Instead of people hoping for a crash, they should keep voting with their dollar, supporting companies that don't mess up, while disregarding companies that do. And support indie developers, because those indies could totally end up growing enough to start replacing games that the terrible companies stopped making.

[Victoura]

I’m sure I’m not the only one, but seeing the shares of the huge AAA companies going down brought a sweet sort of of joy to my cold, dead, heart

[SpookeyGael]

if anything, the triple A game market is holding video games back more than it's pushing it forward. The most that huge companies can make is good graphics. Pushing gameplay and storytelling forward is usually exclusive to smaller or indie games.

[zwan]

I don't think the industry as a whole will crash but I do think the massive companies that everyone hates now will end up crashing eventually. No empire lasts forever, and no business empire lasts forever, and eventually some companies have to collapse.

[nathansamuelson]

Tbh if Activision, Ubisoft, or EA had a major crash it would be a boon for the gaming industry. These three companies are almost completely responsible for all the trash quality and monetization practices today

[GretgorPooper]

"At one point, Konami made videogames." This line was PURE GOLD

[Alex_FRD]

The first video game crash ended up being a good thing (80-90s game renaissance), but the question is if a second crash would have the same result.

[MidWitPride]

Now's a great time to become an indie gamer or play some older games from a few years ago. You can get those for cheap, and you don't need the latest hardware to run them either.
There are just so many good games, that you can have the time of your life without touching any brand new AAA releases, and without breaking the bank either.