Author Topic: Game Industry Death Pool (Read 4154 times)

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2010, 07:49:14 PM »

Get up and move, Patel.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2010, 07:51:11 PM »

Why do you think I'm baking so many cupcakes? "Open a bakery" is Plan B. $:-\$

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Cupcakes.

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archie4208 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2010, 07:52:18 PM »

You can't waggle like a fool on the PC.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2010, 07:53:49 PM »

Diablo III WILL BE RELEASED December 22, 2012 A.D BRINGING AN END TO THIS ERA.

iconoclast · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2010, 07:56:03 PM »

2011 is going to be extraordinarily bad due to Sony wand and Natal. Hoping both of them bomb harder than the Virtual Boy.

cool breeze · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2010, 07:56:07 PM »

2012

2011 will still have games in development right now. 2012 will be all the peak of all this nonsense.

Quote from: archie4208 on March 10, 2010, 07:52:18 PM

You can't waggle like a fool on the PC.

youtube "sixense"

maxy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2010, 07:58:23 PM »

360 will still have original controller

Although there is just too much money to be made on casual waggle lovers...

Maybe casuals will get sick of motion controls...we can hope :'(

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:03:16 PM »

2012 because it's when the world ends.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:05:05 PM »

Sony and MS are putting all their eggs in this basket. Don't expect "regular" controller games past Fall 2011.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:17:34 PM »

I would like the board handed over to me if the rest of you leave the hobby.
<3 novelty interfaces

Brehvolution · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:21:45 PM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #12 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:41:01 PM »

Death rattle starts in 2013

Next gen of consoles will be underwhelming and restrictive beyond belief (laugh about that Ubisoft PC DRM now, consolites, I can pretty much guarantee you won't be laughing during the next console round - U-Play and Project Ten Dollar are test beds for some truly despicable shit headed your way soon). None of them will sell very well. PC is already in the middle of a fascinating act of seppuku, so the majority of the big boys will already be gone or on their way out the door by then.

Next up, convergence. Plugging your Zune HD3, PSP GO2, DSXXLL directly into your TV, connecting a bluetooth controller, and using that as your "console." Download-only games bought in chunklets. Total control on the part of the publisher, total restriction for you (with the exception that it'll be a lot easier for you to tote around and play at a friend's house).

Consoles as you know them will have vanished before ten years pass. PC will splinter into thousands of micro-publishers making smaller games or shifting to F2P microstransaction-supported models.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #13 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:45:41 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on March 10, 2010, 08:05:05 PM

Sony and MS are putting all their eggs in this basket. Don't expect "regular" controller games past Fall 2011.

this. console gaming am fucked.

Ichirou · « **Reply #14 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:46:30 PM »

I picked 2012. Prove me wrong!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:48:38 PM »

PC Gaming will reign supreme in 2011

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:51:37 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on March 10, 2010, 08:45:41 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on March 10, 2010, 08:05:05 PM
Sony and MS are putting all their eggs in this basket. Don't expect "regular" controller games past Fall 2011.

this. console gaming am fucked.

their cheapness in offloading the processing from the unit to the console might be a bright spot, because from what i have read a lot of developers who were previously interested in slapping wiggle-waggle into normal games have pretty much said fuck all that because they don't want to sacrifice any performance

so, wii clones all around, easily ignorable, won't be seeing it spring up in MW3 or the like

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:53:38 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on March 10, 2010, 08:41:01 PM

Death rattle starts in 2013

Next gen of consoles will be underwhelming and restrictive beyond belief (laugh about that Ubisoft PC DRM now, consolites, I can pretty much guarantee you won't be laughing during the next console round - U-Play and Project Ten Dollar are test beds for some truly despicable shit headed your way soon). None of them will sell very well. PC is already in the middle of a fascinating act of seppuku, so the majority of the big boys will already be gone or on their way out the door by then.

Next up, convergence. Plugging your Zune HD3, PSP GO2, DSXXLL directly into your TV, connecting a bluetooth controller, and using that as your "console." Download-only games bought in chunklets. Total control on the part of the publisher, total restriction for you (with the exception that it'll be a lot easier for you to tote around and play at a friend's house).

Consoles as you know them will have vanished before ten years pass. PC will splinter into thousands of micro-publishers making smaller games or shifting to F2P microstransaction-supported models.

And luckily my hardware manufacturer of choice will STILL be behind those trends!
<3

cool breeze · « **Reply #18 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:55:27 PM »

What will happen first? Nintendo does online gaming or the death of the industry?

Ichirou · « **Reply #19 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:55:43 PM »

Any console that comes out after the 360 and PS3 will only give marginal performance improvements since people have proven with the Wii that they don't give a shit about grafx.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #20 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:56:13 PM »

2 months post Natal.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #21 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:57:33 PM »

Quote from: swaggaz on March 10, 2010, 08:55:27 PM

What will happen first? Nintendo does online gaming or the death of the industry?

Since nintendo lags, the rest of the industry will die and nintendo will die one generation after that.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #22 on:** March 10, 2010, 08:59:26 PM »

cool breeze · « **Reply #23 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:04:52 PM »

this is you in 2012

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #24 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:05:25 PM »

is that a ... what is that

demi · « **Reply #25 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:06:41 PM »

i came

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #26 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:10:22 PM »

You all shoulda bought those 'hardcore' wii games when you had the chance. There's nothing to offset the success of wii play and just dance now! Bwahahaha

TripleA · « **Reply #27 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:26:17 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 10, 2010, 08:48:38 PM

PC Gaming will reign supreme in 2011

Good one.

When the biggest software publishers (Activision + Ubisoft) are taking a very negative stance on the platform, you know you're in trouble.

Valve will be the last big hardcore PC developer. Though, don't be surprised if the X360 is the lead platform for Episode 3.

archie4208 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:27:17 PM »

Quote from: TripleA on March 10, 2010, 09:26:17 PM

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 10, 2010, 08:48:38 PM
PC Gaming will reign supreme in 2011

Good one.

When the biggest software publishers (Activision + Ubisoft) are taking a very negative stance on the platform, you know you're in trouble.

Valve will be the last big hardcore PC developer. Though, don't be surprised if the X360 is the lead platform for Episode 3.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #29 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:31:48 PM »

valve likes money, so no doubt it will come out on 360 at the same time, but don't kid yourself that they're doing it for anything other than mercenary reasons

their console ports will never get the attention they give to their pc releases

never

Bocsius · « **Reply #30 on:** March 10, 2010, 10:29:44 PM »

I'm pretty sure the best games will continue to be the ones using traditional gaming controls and mechanisms. Quit yer bellyaching.

On that note, what's sparking this latest round of woe-is-me negativity?

Beezy · « **Reply #31 on:** March 10, 2010, 10:42:11 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 10, 2010, 10:14:25 PM

The Game Industry died in 2006, it's just been on life support up until this point.

WRONG

Mirror's Edge came out 2008

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #32 on:** March 10, 2010, 10:43:01 PM »

Quote from: Bocsius on March 10, 2010, 10:29:44 PM

I'm pretty sure the best games will continue to be the ones using traditional gaming controls and mechanisms. Quit yer bellyaching.

Games using "traditional" controls and mechanisms will no longer be funded. We are entering the ONE WAGGLE FUTURE. :'(

TripleA · « **Reply #33 on:** March 10, 2010, 11:07:10 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on March 10, 2010, 09:31:48 PM

valve likes money, so no doubt it will come out on 360 at the same time, but don't kid yourself that they're doing it for anything other than mercenary reasons

their console ports will never get the attention they give to their pc releases

never

The only reason 360 versions of Valve games don't get the same amount of support as the PC version is because Valve have to deal with Microsoft every time they want to patch/update their games on console.

Considering Valve release a new patch every 2 hours, you can see how this presents a problem.

magus · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2010, 07:52:14 AM »

where is the 2010 option?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #35 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:36:09 PM »

Can't wait to play Gears of Wars Kart on Natel

trippingmartian · « **Reply #36 on:** March 11, 2010, 02:28:44 PM »

I vote Gabe Newell.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #37 on:** March 11, 2010, 04:30:47 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 11, 2010, 01:36:09 PM

Can't wait to play Gears of Wars Kart on Natel

say if that game came out, would you actually play it? Do you own any consoles? Or play any games whatsoever?

Trent Dole · « **Reply #38 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:14:34 PM »

Quote from: trippingmartian on March 11, 2010, 02:28:44 PM

I vote Gabe Newell.

Hah, then would your other options be Derek Smart, Denis Dyack, and Jonathan Blow?

TripleA · « **Reply #39 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:29:49 PM »

Quote from: Borys on March 11, 2010, 01:15:48 AM

Quote from: TripleA on March 10, 2010, 09:26:17 PM
Quote from: pilonv1 on March 10, 2010, 08:48:38 PM
PC Gaming will reign supreme in 2011

Good one.

When the biggest software publishers (Activision + Ubisoft) are taking a very negative stance on the platform, you know you're in trouble.

Valve will be the last big hardcore PC developer. Though, don't be surprised if the X360 is the lead platform for Episode 3.

Your worst post ever

Aww, I have an admirer

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #40 on:** March 13, 2010, 11:57:25 AM »

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #41 on:** March 13, 2010, 01:54:08 PM »

Like I said in the NPD thread, gaming has been a hollow shell of what it was. You can tell because gameplay hasn't made a shred of evolution since late 2005. We're now used to the idea of paying top dollar for crap sequels that aren't anything other than glorified map packs. Or maybe a new character! With previous generations, gameplay evolved except for this one. Its the PC gaming mentality of thinking that expansion packs are key rather than making any improvements in gameplay whatsoever. Its why Gears of War 3 will probably play exactly like the 2006 original but because they made a couple tweaks to the cover system, it is now suddenly awesome.

At least there will be some strides in the emulation scene to where I could probably play any arcade game before 2006 with a $600 PC rig within the next year.

Uninspired PCesque map pack sequels

Emulation

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #42 on:** March 14, 2010, 02:06:38 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 11, 2010, 04:30:47 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 11, 2010, 01:36:09 PM
Can't wait to play Gears of Wars Kart on Natel

say if that game came out, would you actually play it? Do you own any consoles? Or play any games whatsoever?

Who am I kidding, I don't play console games

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