Gaming as an industry is so bleak rn. We need a great reset like ET gave us in the 80s. Could be gta6 is the game that crashes the whole market, topples bloated giants and allows new developers to thrive. Nature can heal but not without a total reset imo.
It has to be a console fuck up imo. Sony is gonna have to fuck up the PS6. I dont think anybody cares what Microsoft is doing and Nintendo... I dont really see them screwing the pooch soon
The AI chip shortage, if it continues, will probably be the catalyst. Consoles will become a luxury item as manufacturers fight ballooning wafer cost and every memory chip getting hoovered up by big datacenters.
I spent $1400 to build a PC and it plays literally everything I throw at it. If it can't for future games, I can upgrade 1 or 2 parts and squeeze another 5 years out of it. Why on earth would I ever but a PS or Xbox anymore? For console exclusives? Ok well there's thousands of PC exclusives too.
So yeah, if you're thinking about buying a console for $1200, just build a PC, or buy a prebuilt PC. It's a better investment.
Hilarious you'd say that in this thread where ive seen plenty of "adults" cope that Bethesda still has it. At least Nintendo releases games. At least when they go back to a game and update it they dont absolutely break it, and while I dont like their business practices, no one can say Zelda and Mario havent gotten any meaningful updates within a DECADE. I can understand why someone would stay with Nintendo, I can never understand why anyone would stand by Bethesda through all of their blatant scams.
indie games are already on the rise, smaller studios are probably gonna be the bigger winners for goty but for the first time in a long time this year’s GOTY options are actually compelling
Only if you only buy games from AAA publishers, or only buy based on franchise name alone. I’ve had more fun this year than the last couple years gaming, and it’s cuz of amazing indie games.
I’m not saying I want it to be, just that all the years of waiting and hype while R* has had the ogs leave and gta5 became “what a AAA game should be” to the model for overcooked online shit. Idk, just spitballing, it’s late, I’m tired.
But it's just not true, we had so many great games this year and the last years, it's just that many of the established franchises and studios aren't as relevant any more. Which kind of sucks if you are especially into one of these franchises, but it tis certainly not the end of the gaming world.
I'm in the industry for over a decade, its at its worst state right now but only for major studios
because of the attention to fidelity the process takes 50 times more and it cost much much more than it used to be.
not to mention its no longer about making exciting projects people want to play, back then people conceptualized games that are fun and they presented it to people for funding and eventually got greenlit
now the marketing team is the head of every major studio, its about making something "safe"
ending up with stuff that appeals to no one thinking it'll appeal to everyone.
indie game dev is where its at now, I'm sorry to say it but the next good Fallout wont be from bethesda
it will be from an indie studio with a talented team of writers, programmers and artists
the top studios now are running under entirely different people, not the folks who made the games we love, some still can produce quality but many are just the same in name only.
I’m genuinely curious about what type of game could a new developer make, though? Was battle royale the last big, new concept that caught on in the mainstream?
The industry may be having some troubles but us gamers have been eating well this year. 2025 has been one of the best years for games in a long time. There are too many games for me to play and I spend way too much time gaming.
The gaming industry was significantly smaller than back then. If anything crashes, it will be a significantly lessened impact as the bloat of whales will keep it a float. There are no longer true resets as there is enough financially irresponsible people who are able to keep it up. Instead of trying to fix everything for everyone as a whole it's now just trying to stay within your own community and try to fix its problems. Even then, Sisyphus be there with us.
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u/Cynical_lemonade Nov 11 '25
Gaming as an industry is so bleak rn. We need a great reset like ET gave us in the 80s. Could be gta6 is the game that crashes the whole market, topples bloated giants and allows new developers to thrive. Nature can heal but not without a total reset imo.