I think that people working in the games industry should be allowed to post here free from their career ties. If they don't break NDA's and don't comment on threads related to their projects it seems unfair that their contracts demands them to be open with their employment.
Anyway I think that we here on NTSC-uk represent a tiny part of the commercial side of gaming now. The money isn't in our passion for the craft, it's in franchises, casual games and mobile appliations. Give it a few years and we will all be gone, games publishers will call it a "Transition" or a "New model" and for the old skool gamers we will call it a "Death" or "Labotomy" of gaming.
Nintendo will probably still release a fun Mario and Zelda game, and DICE will continue being experts in online FPS, but new gems and new ideas will reduce exponentially.
Then the thread can renamed to "Where is game innovation now" and the devs how could have made a difference will be long gone, sick to their stomaches of corporate culture, risk adverse strategy meetings and lack of creative control.
Anyway I think that we here on NTSC-uk represent a tiny part of the commercial side of gaming now. The money isn't in our passion for the craft, it's in franchises, casual games and mobile appliations. Give it a few years and we will all be gone, games publishers will call it a "Transition" or a "New model" and for the old skool gamers we will call it a "Death" or "Labotomy" of gaming.
Nintendo will probably still release a fun Mario and Zelda game, and DICE will continue being experts in online FPS, but new gems and new ideas will reduce exponentially.
Then the thread can renamed to "Where is game innovation now" and the devs how could have made a difference will be long gone, sick to their stomaches of corporate culture, risk adverse strategy meetings and lack of creative control.
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