Anonymous
7/22/2025, 7:50:28 PM No.716154924
What caused this?
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Anonymous
7/22/2025, 7:51:54 PM No.716155025
>>716154924 (OP)
jews
jews
Anonymous
7/22/2025, 7:56:51 PM No.716155371
think of the investors
Anonymous
7/22/2025, 7:59:21 PM No.716155530
meanwhile in reality, indie games without a shitload of corporate funding were basically unheard of until the 10's
hilarious that people pretend the avalanches of licensed shovelware didn't happen in the 80's and 90's
hilarious that people pretend the avalanches of licensed shovelware didn't happen in the 80's and 90's
Anonymous
7/22/2025, 8:03:22 PM No.716155818
>>716154924 (OP)
Unironically probably Modern Warfare, or rather that specific era of gaming when investors started seeing obscene returns, followed by the tipping point when the media went nuts over gaming surpassing movies in revenue. So presumably morons jumped on a perceived goldmine and unsurprisingly when the returns didn't stay consistent they doubled down to bruteforce results, which leads us to the rather cartoonish situation we have now with publishers haemorrhaging preposterous amounts of money.
Unironically probably Modern Warfare, or rather that specific era of gaming when investors started seeing obscene returns, followed by the tipping point when the media went nuts over gaming surpassing movies in revenue. So presumably morons jumped on a perceived goldmine and unsurprisingly when the returns didn't stay consistent they doubled down to bruteforce results, which leads us to the rather cartoonish situation we have now with publishers haemorrhaging preposterous amounts of money.
Anonymous
7/22/2025, 8:13:40 PM No.716156636
>>716154924 (OP)
>2010s
lol, lmao even.
Everything after 2005 is just desperate pleading from bagholders that are hoping that some form of monetization will pan out until they flatlined in 2012 because anyone competent finally left.
Late 2010s is just mismanaged investment scams and 2020s is all of those scams blowing up in everyone's faces.
The gaming industry is experiencing algae bloom. There was too much shit in the water for the ecosystem to keep up, so it tipped over.
>What caused this?
IP law is tuned to publishers and publishers are being shit.
>2010s
lol, lmao even.
Everything after 2005 is just desperate pleading from bagholders that are hoping that some form of monetization will pan out until they flatlined in 2012 because anyone competent finally left.
Late 2010s is just mismanaged investment scams and 2020s is all of those scams blowing up in everyone's faces.
The gaming industry is experiencing algae bloom. There was too much shit in the water for the ecosystem to keep up, so it tipped over.
>What caused this?
IP law is tuned to publishers and publishers are being shit.
Anonymous
7/22/2025, 8:19:47 PM No.716157068
>>716154924 (OP)
Consoles were left behind and obsolete after 5th gen, but the industry didn't stop fixating on them, so they kept downgrading games to run on intensely limiting hardware, leading to stagnation as games stopped being capable of delivering more and more.
At least Sega left, but Microsoft wanted to take over the market with their DirectXbox, Sony lucked out with a DVD player and Nintendo still had their IP and were set in their ways.
Consoles were left behind and obsolete after 5th gen, but the industry didn't stop fixating on them, so they kept downgrading games to run on intensely limiting hardware, leading to stagnation as games stopped being capable of delivering more and more.
At least Sega left, but Microsoft wanted to take over the market with their DirectXbox, Sony lucked out with a DVD player and Nintendo still had their IP and were set in their ways.