Video Game Crash

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It happened in 1984.

People stopped going to arcades and put their Atari 2600s in the attic.

Then in 1986, Nintendo's NES really dazzled the home market with its better graphics and deeper gameplay.

In the mid 90s, Playstation & PC games brought 3D gameplay and realistic video effects into focus.

Today? New systems have better shading, more realistic smoke and fluid, neater lighting effects and maybe even more frames-per-second or some crap. I think another video game crash is coming and this article really nails it:

http://www.cracked.com/article_15732_life-after-video-game-crash.html

Could the next novelty innovation be in coin-op?
 
The first thing coin-op has to do is add mobile payment methods to all future machines. Young people don't carry cash like they used to and have even less desire to drop some on a 20 second game when they can get whatever they want on their phone for free.

At least NFC payments would "feel" less expensive, just like when people buy virtual goods in online games.
 
That artical is from 4 years ago... Still waiting for that crash.

Console manufacturer's always lose money on the consoles. They make their money on licensing.

I'll be the first to say that the entertainment business is hackneyed and stale... But I'm 42 and the movies, tv shows and games that I've seen rehashed time and time again are still "new" to my 12 year old daughter.

The order for profit in the entertainment business is- 1) Porn 2) Video games 3) Movies 4)TV.

There is the most interest for VR in the adult entertainment business... But that technology is not being pursued because there is a ridiculous profit margin that business already.
 
the competition is the superb download games on the iphone/ipod. not sure how anything will compete with that simple/intimate experience. it's like a pacifying drug, even to 2 yr olds. kinda scary.

look around in any given public location and observe how many people are playing on their phones or parents have given an ipod to their kids as pacifier. especially locations like family restaurants where video games used to grace the entrance lobby.
 
Porn is getting killed by free content on the internet. I guy I went to junior high with owns a porn company in LA. At the peak he was grossing over $10 million a year. Now it's just a fraction of that. He lost his house and had to lay off much of his staff.
 
the competition is the superb download games on the iphone/ipod. not sure how anything will compete with that simple/intimate experience. it's like a pacifying drug, even to 2 yr olds. kinda scary.

look around in any given public location and observe how many people are playing on their phones or parents have given an ipod to their kids as pacifier. especially locations like family restaurants where video games used to grace the entrance lobby.

This. My nephew is 5. If he is cranky they give him an iPhone and he asks them to set it to "his page" and off he goes into la la land.
 
I don't think this guy nailed it at all. He talks about scripting and linearity. I'm playing Skyrim right now, which is pretty much the opposite of everything he describes as a problem in modern gaming.

I do wonder how long the Call Of Duty, Modern Warfare, Battlefield thing can go on. I'm totally burned out on modern combat games, and they are now to the point where you can hardly tell them apart.
 
I think the article is way off. More people than ever are spending money on game hardware. Microsoft has sold a $150 camera to over 10 million people...After it dropped the price of the 360 (base model) to about that price.

I currently own 3 360s, and although I rarely play games on them, they get used all the time. I buy games once in a while, but not the $60 ones in the stores. I would rather pay $10-$20 for a smaller game that I can download. I also play a lot of games on my phone.

A big part of that article is complaining about HDTVs. Now 4 years later, you can buy a pretty nice, large HDTV for under $1000. I know very few people who still use standard def TVs. The next generation of consoles will need to try to enhance the user experience, and that will probably mean more functionality as a media center. Games are just a part of the value of a gaming console these days.

Besides, all of the cool kids play real arcade games out in their garage! lol
 
I can't wait til all this "move", "kinect", "you are the controller", "look like a fool in your own living room" crap runs it's course!
 
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