Quillion
Smash Hero
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With all this industry news in the past several months or so, it really seems like the writing is on the wall about the console arms race reaching its limit.
Now, one wrinkle in this thought is the rise of AI, which has proven to be a big help in making coding a lot easier. Perhaps AI will be the key to getting over this hump if it is one, but that's a whole other can of worms.
- Cross-gen games are very prevalent, even as Sony IE and Xbox Studios admit that this console gen is half-over for them.
- Waves of layoffs have hit so much of the big western companies, even console makers SIE and Xbox.
- We have producers like Tekken producer Harada complaining about how costly it is to make and maintain games these days, especially online multiplayer ones, saying that there's no choice but to have microtransactions to increase revenue.
Now, one wrinkle in this thought is the rise of AI, which has proven to be a big help in making coding a lot easier. Perhaps AI will be the key to getting over this hump if it is one, but that's a whole other can of worms.