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Old August 11th, 2003, 04:29 AM
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Default Re: Another game down the drain

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Originally posted by Erax:
The genre is not dying, the model to exploit it is. The market for strategy/war games is still out there. Maybe the 'big name' companies will drop it... but someone will take it up.
Tabletop/board strategy/war games went through the same lifecycle. Very few people earn a living from publishing those games anymore - yet the genre continues. And the games that exibit craftsmanship and innovation are either one-man efforts or from very small teams.
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