Is The Computer Gaming Industry Finished?

[tesco samoa]

i agree aswell. The industry is moving back to its old format. Small companies making games they want to make and dedicated following. I am guessing in about 10 years or so this will take off and companies will join in on the band wagon. Wash Rinse Repeat. Or we will go the way of board top games... Which is ok as well.

[primitive]

The gaming industry in general is slowly approaching maturity. Whats going to happen is the same as happens in every other industry that grows out of the boom phase. The mass marked will be dominated by a few large companies with some niche companies (like Shrapnel) providing games for the fringe markets (like us ). Expect to see an even higher number of bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions in the gaming industry over the next few years.

PC vs Console. Some types of games just plays better on one type of system. But, it’s the money who rules; if there’s a market then there will be suppliers.

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
People have been sounding the death knell for PC games for ten year Atrociites. You just had this stunning revalation today?

Make fun of the idea guy. Seriously, its not a revalation as you have described, but more of a point of fact that this sounding of the death knell of PC games is no longer a "the sky is falling" chant, but has become more of a reality.

[ November 07, 2003, 12:44: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[Loser]

If you didn't worry abotu the interface, but just about the requirements of the stock game, how primative, how old of a consol could you run SE IV on?

I would be most amused to find, one day, a SNES port of Space Empires IV.

[Atrocities]

Really if you stop to think about it, SEIV is pretty much point and click. You can include a game keyboard for adding names and such to ships, but for the most part set data files can handle that.

And since most consules now link, you can play head to head or even use an on line web site to host the game and turns much like PBW does now.

I wonder if their is a market? This has all been discussed before though. I think under the topic or disucssion of alternate uses of SEIV or branching SEIV out. I honestly don't recall its been so long.

[geoschmo]

I guess you are right you wouldn't need a keyboard. I just don't see a market for a console Version of the game. I think you might be able to sell a fw copies if you could port it to work on a PDA or something.

My own dream would be to have it run on the machine that does the show at the planetarium. wouldn't that be cool? Course those are a tad bit expensive.

[Atrocities]

Unfortunetly I tend to agree that there really wouldn't be a strong market for the game. And that is truly a real shame for the game would bring something entirely new to the consule market.

Hey I have this philosophy that if they say its not going to work, or its a bad idea, jump on it.

Examples:
"Peanut butter, who would want to buy that? Here you can the formula for free."
"You want tectronix to make something called a mouse? I think not."
"Why would any one want a home computer Mr. Jobs?"
"Who the hell will buy coffee from a coffee shop in seattle?"
"You want me to invest in something called Microsoft? Sounds like a toilot paper product to me."

DO IT AARON! Make it into a console game! Do it now!!!!!!!

Oh by the way I think this is the original thread on the subject. I have not read all of the old Posts yet so I could be wrong.
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...3;t=004715;p=3

[ November 07, 2003, 13:59: Message edited by: Atrocities ]