Video game bosses gather at 'darkest hour' for industry

But no amount of glitz and glamour can put a sheen on what has been one of the worst years in the industry's history, marked by waves of layoffs and studio closures.

Finally, some good news from the gaming industry: video games, a breeding ground for immaturity, laziness, and societal decline, is showing signs of collapse! Maybe now, people will start prioritizing their health, their responsibilities, and their families instead of wasting their lives in virtual worlds chasing meaningless achievements. Gaming has enabled a sedentary culture that glorifies escapism and fosters entitlement, laziness, and obesity while distracting people from real-world challenges. For far too long, it has been a crutch for those unwilling to engage in productive activities or take accountability for their lives.

Instead of perpetually delaying adulthood in their pixelated fantasylands, people should focus on building discipline, improving their physical fitness, and contributing to their communities. It’s time to return to a culture that values hard work, real accomplishments, and personal responsibility. The decline of this industry isn’t just an economic trend - it’s a much-needed societal correction. Maybe now we can raise a generation that understands the value of reality over escapism and chooses the path of responsibility, maturity, and ACTUAL achievement.

Maybe now we can raise a generation that understands the value of reality over escapism

Agreed. None of them weird books about flying zombies and planets being built by vengeful ghosts over the course of a busy week.

Fully agree with Jay and signed in just to give him my upvote.

I sensible comment is rare to read here and should get supported

Fully agree with Jay and signed in just to give him my upvote. 

I sensible comment is rare to read here and should get supported

Thanks Rob, it's encouraging to see others stand for reason and integrity in a world so often lost to noise and nihilism.

And "Grand Theft Auto VI" will hit the shelves in the autumn.

This will be the moment of truth, as it were. If GTA can't give the industry a boost, nothing can.

I reckon it will, though. I mean GTA 5 netted Rockstar something like 7 billion dollars and counting, and the anticipation for 6 is probably going to eclipse that for 5. So in terms of the industry, there's quite a lot riding on it.

Finally, some good news from the gaming industry (...fanatical waffle omitted)

Through video games, I learned a ton about Japanese history, discovered a ton of amazing music that I would never have come across otherwise, and guess what? I'm a productive member of society, never had any trouble with the authorities, and have a great way to relax when I'm not working or doing something else.

Games used to be seen as something that geeks played, and now they're among the biggest forms of entertainment out there. They combine multiple disciplines: art, music, voice acting, writing, direction, and the best ones are equal to any movie or TV show.

When you make games for the “modern audience” but they don’t play games, you are left with a bunch of gamers who don’t want to spend money on overpriced games with ugly characters that lecture you on woke ideology.

Gaming companies did this to themselves.

When you make games for the modern audience...

And there it is folks, the "hot take" that a decent amount of perpetually online gamers who never matured have with a lot of games. It's all the "woke" that is ruining gaming, even when said "woke" game does tremendously well.

The gamergate crowd were targeted by a right wing psyop and fell hard for the grift. They're still around, because they never mature as a person, ruining online gaming and discourse for the rest of us

And there it is folks, the "hot take" that a decent amount of perpetually online gamers who never matured have with a lot of games. It's all the "woke" that is ruining gaming, even when said "woke" game does tremendously well.

The gamergate crowd were targeted by a right wing psyop and fell hard for the grift. They're still around, because they never mature as a person, ruining online gaming and discourse for the rest of us

Read this and come back when you're ready to talk.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/08/25/the-ten-reasons-playstations-concord-has-failed-disastrously/

Ready to talk about what? That you didn't even seem to read the article yourself? It even mentions that there were numerous reasons, one of the biggest being an oversaturated market segment on the hero shooter type of game. Games like Overwatch and Apex already have a death grip on that market, you would need something amazing to break into it, which Concord was not.

Father down it mentions the bizarre "woke" internet hate campaign that it had garnered from perpetually online losers who can't form an opinion outside whatever right wing grifter is shoving down their algorithm on YouTube. But even in that point, they mention the "anti-woke" grifter campaign didn't cause it to fail.

So yes, come back when you have read up on the real causes of games to fail. Things like bad design, buggy releases and predatory microtransactions along with the garbage that is the live-service video game model are what is causing gaming to become tiring. Definitely not the "woke" when you have plenty of other games that are successful with what you would call "woke" elements to them (ie. Baldur's Gate 3). Meanwhile you have games like Stellar Blade that were hailed as the second coming of Christ in terms of video games being for "gamers" again and all it ended up being was a mid hack and slash that's story was extremely unoriginal but had scantly clad ladies for the gooners so those same perpetually online weirdos tried to hype it up.

@Jay, your right-winger favorite, man richer than you (and anyone in the world BTW), Elon Musk is an avid gamer, a globally top 20 player of Diablo 3. Immature? To some extent. No actual achievement? I have to say he's achieved a lot in real world.

However, lots of immature gamers targeted by right wingers are not very responsible, I'll give you that.

That what happens when you can’t budget and spend too much money. The gaming industry as a whole is doing fine.

Finally, some good news from the gaming industry: video games, a breeding ground for immaturity, laziness, and societal decline, is showing signs of collapse! Maybe now, people will start prioritizing their health, their responsibilities, and their families instead of wasting their lives in virtual worlds chasing meaningless achievements. Gaming has enabled a sedentary culture that glorifies escapism and fosters entitlement, laziness, and obesity while distracting people from real-world challenges. For far too long, it has been a crutch for those unwilling to engage in productive activities or take accountability for their lives.

Instead of perpetually delaying adulthood in their pixelated fantasylands, people should focus on building discipline, improving their physical fitness, and contributing to their communities. It’s time to return to a culture that values hard work, real accomplishments, and personal responsibility. The decline of this industry isn’t just an economic trend - it’s a much-needed societal correction. Maybe now we can raise a generation that understands the value of reality over escapism and chooses the path of responsibility, maturity, and ACTUAL achievement.

So, surprise surprise, a lot of uninformed, ignorant assertions here.

Video games are a medium. No different functionally than music, film, books, even wasting time on message boards.

That is to say, there is no one monolithic "ViDeO GaMe!" genre that encompasses all of the lazy fears you've just prattled off.

In other words, video games, like those other mediums, are incredibly diverse. Because the majority of hits sold on Apple Music are K-Pop and Taylor Swift, does that mean all music from all era, genres, and cultures is vapid dreck? Because Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey are best sellers for books, does that mean books as a whole are garbage because those titles sell the best?

Because Marvel Punch Fighters 14: The Retelling is the highest grossing movie ever, does that mean you cannot find thousands of tremendously informative documentaries to educate and uplift across all streaming servies?

No? Oh, it requires a touch more thought than that? Huh.

"Video games" does not mean Call of Duty 47 and Pokemon only anymore.

The existence of utter dreck cohabiting the same space as true works of art and genius does not negate the existence of the latter. To argue otherwise is either sheer ignorance, jealousy, or idiocy.

Good to see Jay said what needs to be said. People should stop taking immediately and pressure more mature hobbies such as gambling, Pachinko ( totally not gambling) , drugs and worrying at every opportunity.

Pressure - pursue

Worrying - whoring.

Edit options would be nice.

Instead of perpetually delaying adulthood in their pixelated fantasylands, people should focus on building discipline, improving their physical fitness, and contributing to their communities. It’s time to return to a culture that values hard work, real accomplishments, and personal responsibility. The decline of this industry isn’t just an economic trend - it’s a much-needed societal correction. Maybe now we can raise a generation that understands the value of reality over escapism and chooses the path of responsibility, maturity, and ACTUAL achievement

That's funny coming from someone who reads on Musk like he is their version of Taylor Swift LOL

Ready to talk about what? That you didn't even seem to read the article yourself? It even mentions that there were numerous reasons, one of the biggest being an oversaturated market segment on the hero shooter type of game. Games like Overwatch and Apex already have a death grip on that market, you would need something amazing to break into it, which Concord was not.

It is very much copy and paste when it comes to video games and at times being too creative can be the downfall. To be successful it takes more listening to the gamers and taking note of what they want. Marvel Rivals is amazing and what every old Overwatch fan has been asking for since OW2 failed to deliver what they promised. First Descendants is another example of a game that listens to players because for major bugs or problems there is a new update within the next 36 hours or so normally

So yes, come back when you have read up on the real causes of games to fail. Things like bad design, buggy releases and predatory microtransactions along with the garbage that is the live-service video game model are what is causing gaming to become tiring. Definitely not the "woke" when you have plenty of other games that are successful with what you would call "woke" elements to them (ie. Baldur's Gate 3). Meanwhile you have games like Stellar Blade that were hailed as the second coming of Christ in terms of video games being for "gamers" again and all it ended up being was a mid hack and slash that's story was extremely unoriginal but had scantly clad ladies for the gooners so those same perpetually online weirdos tried to hype it up.

I play certain games but that is a reason why I do not socialize with gaming communities. The people who play Stellar Blade are the definition of those who do not know how to talk to a woman whether it is objectifying them or seeing them as dress up play toys. I think games like that one even deteriorates social skills as well

Finally, some good news from the gaming industry: video games, a breeding ground for immaturity, laziness, and societal decline, is showing signs of collapse! Maybe now, people will start prioritizing their health, their responsibilities, and their families instead of wasting their lives in virtual worlds chasing meaningless achievements.

What a riduculous post. Video games are no worse than television, movies, watching sports, reading novels, etc. etc. etc.

Enjoying video games is not exclusive to the lazy and unhealthy. Hard working and successful people who put effort into raising their families and looking after their health can also enjoy an outlet to relax and unwind. Video games can be enormously cerebral and it has been proven that they contribute to the development of problem-solving skills, planning, developing strategy and so on.

I have to confess, when reading "Video game bosses gather..." I imagined something very different and much more interesting.

Anyway, most of the problems the article is talking about derive from making profits the main (or even the only) priority for the studios. Fortunes spent making a game that needs to make 10 times more in profit or else be considered a failure. Meanwhile smaller studies release simpler (but still fun) games for smartphones or steam and enjoy plenty of profits and the public get something good to spend their free time.