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I 2nd that.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7885454.stm
For the record, this is one of the weirdest gaming news that I've heard so far.
Or you might just get randomly assassinated while roaming around the town by Agent 47.
Smaller developers are still surviving, though. I agree that the major publishers are stagnating as they attempt to make games that appeal to the widest possible audience, but it's not as if there's nothing to celebrate in the medium. As long as we can play instant-classics like Spelunky, the medium will continue to be one of the most entertaining in existence.
To be honest, I like games that are "fun". The only drawback to the more casual crowd is someone keeps mixing up the word "fun" with the word "easy". However, I must admit that I didn enjoy playing my first Zelda where I actually found all the Heart Pieces and the first Mariuo where I was able to collect all the stars, neither with an FAQ. Personally, I feel the wii library is just large enough to keep gamers entertained as long as they are not picky about the genre, with titles like Metroid, Zelda, Mario Galaxy, World of Goo, Smash, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, and Okami. Unfortuantely, this does not compete with Xbox is quantity, where a First Person Shooter fan has double that list for a single genre.
The gaming market was one of the first hit.
Weird, I would have thought the gaming market would be one of the most durable in a serious economic crisis.
That's actually a very good list. I really agree with #5. It feels like there has been a tremendous stretch of nothing over the past year or so, whereas before that, when I first got my Wii, there were plenty of games to choose from: Brawl, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, Mario Galaxy, Metroid, and a few others (I don't really count Zelda because it was basically just a port), but as time went on, the list stopped getting larger and eventually just stopped. What was the last real game that they made?
It is by far too high end. A game can be a risky investment for most people. You can go see a movie for 7 bucks, watch TV for free, surf the net, etc., but games cost a lot more. Your average new game costs roughly 60 bucks (a bit of a mark up from when I was a kid), sometimes 65. That's a lot considering most people in America are having financial problems, working for minimum wage (or a few dollars above it). I know I personally haven't purchased a game simply because I can't find a job right now so I'm stuck doing something that pays less, which means I can't afford to do anything else but play the games I have or at the most rent something (like Fallout 3, which was awesome).
All I could say about that (or at least guess) is that Nintendo has been making cheap products. Their console has always been the least expensive. While the PS3 was 600 bucks, the Xbox was 400-500, the Wii started out at only 250 and it came with Wii Sports already packaged, which is a great deal for most people. 250 bucks for a party system that you can use over and over with a game that everyone can play. Its games were also much cheaper, most of them only going for about 40 dollars, sometimes less, so its no wonder why so many people might purchase the system.
Considering that Eidos is a company set in the UK, that's close enough.
