[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Arryn:
The "market" isn't in a cutback, per se. Its development resources (money, people) are being diverted away from PC games and towards console projects.

Now that Im "in" the business and get the insider magazines I would have to disagree. Its true to a point but very few of the publishers can afford to get into consoles. They all are diversifying though. Some to board games, some to cell phone games, some to mmorpg. But nearly all of them (especially in the US) are definetly in cutbacks.

It proves (to me at least) that SF doesn't give a damn about their customers and is only interested in doing things they can milk for money (as exemplified by the string of shoddy games SF has already put out).

Im sure thats factual enough although they would probably put it in terms of "supply and demand" and "market saturation" and "realistic returns for investors".

BTW, there *are* new companies popping up. However, it's mainly happening in Eastern Europe and Russia.

True. I havent been following those much. Oh well, world economy. They get our geeks jobs, and send our geeks wives.