Current Events > The video game industry needs another massive collapse

(+) Yeah! (+)

But so do most consumer indistries at this point, though
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Nah
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I don't think the entire industry should suffer over a few shitty devs. There are great games still coming out all the time.
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The only way the aggressive anti consumer practices will ever be remedied is if the major publishers all go under.
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butthole666 posted...

The only way the aggressive anti consumer practices will ever be remedied is if the major publishers all go under.

Or government regulations ; )
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You know how royally foolish this sounds, right

Eh

The first collapse wasn't really all that massive in the big scheme of things.

Crashed in 83
Recovered in 85
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darkphoenix181 posted...

butthole666 posted...

The only way the aggressive anti consumer practices will ever be remedied is if the major publishers all go under.

Or government regulations ; )

lmao good luck with that
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The AAA aspect does for sure.
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butthole666 posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

butthole666 posted...

The only way the aggressive anti consumer practices will ever be remedied is if the major publishers all go under.

Or government regulations ; )

lmao good luck with that

Ajit Pai will be happy to assist.
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"Let's potentially nuke a huge industry that funds a huge hobby for many people. At least then, no one will buy microtransactions and on-disc dlc"

I know for a fact that you're smarter than this

darkphoenix181 posted...

butthole666 posted...

The only way the aggressive anti consumer practices will ever be remedied is if the major publishers all go under.

Or government regulations ; )

Or a large number of self-respecting gamers but that's the least likely of all.
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i sure hope thousands of people lose their jobs and small studios almost universally shutter for the sake of saving me from the big bad loot box
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gamers rise up
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The way things are going it's only the western games industry that's going to crash.

2016 alone proved that when the only top selling game that the west could produce was Doom whereas Japan had like 5 or 6 hits like Nier: Automata, and Persona 5.
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ultimate reaver posted...

i sure hope thousands of people lose their jobs and small studios almost universally shutter for the sake of saving me from the big bad loot box

This mentality honestly perplexes me.

With video games I don't really care (though it still doesn't make sense) but people also lean back on this when I say we should have let GM die.

And I'm like

It's the most evil company on Earth. Should they have not blown up the Death Star because of the Storm Troopers stationed thereon?
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One will come

All devs have to do is make their protagonists non white females and nobody will buy games anymore
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DevsBro posted...

It's the most evil company on Earth. Should they have not blown up the Death Star because of the Storm Troopers stationed thereon?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGn25URIss8" data-time="
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Stewman_Magoo posted...

One will come

All devs have to do is make their protagonists non white females and nobody will buy games anymore

Were_Wyrm posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGn25URIss8" data-time="

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It's really only happening with big budget AAA games. I'm enjoying my indies and small studios.
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Banana_Cyanide posted...

Stewman_Magoo posted...

One will come

All devs have to do is make their protagonists non white females and nobody will buy games anymore

Were_Wyrm posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGn25URIss8" data-time="

Are you kidding?

Battlefield 5 isn't selling as well as other iterations

Is it because people finally had enough of EA nickling and diming them with microtransactions?

No, because they put yucky girls in the game!
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AAA gaming deserves to die at this point. Besides, the return for investment of making games at AAA caliber is minimal at this point.
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Paradox Interactive would survive so I'm fine with a big crash.
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DevsBro posted...

ultimate reaver posted...

i sure hope thousands of people lose their jobs and small studios almost universally shutter for the sake of saving me from the big bad loot box

This mentality honestly perplexes me.

With video games I don't really care (though it still doesn't make sense) but people also lean back on this when I say we should have let GM die.

And I'm like

It's the most evil company on Earth. Should they have not blown up the Death Star because of the Storm Troopers stationed thereon?

GM is the most evil company on earth? Not, like, Blackwater or Titan Corp? Or one of the dozens of horrible sweatshop companies in china? Or even something like Monsanto?
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ultimate reaver posted...

DevsBro posted...

ultimate reaver posted...

i sure hope thousands of people lose their jobs and small studios almost universally shutter for the sake of saving me from the big bad loot box

This mentality honestly perplexes me.

With video games I don't really care (though it still doesn't make sense) but people also lean back on this when I say we should have let GM die.

And I'm like

It's the most evil company on Earth. Should they have not blown up the Death Star because of the Storm Troopers stationed thereon?

GM is the most evil company on earth? Not, like, Blackwater or Titan Corp? Or one of the dozens of horrible sweatshop companies in china? Or even something like Monsanto?

Have you SEEN the Pontiac Aztec? If that's not the result of pure evil, I don't know what is.
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this is dumb
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