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Pendulum always swings back. Just like how the crash was caused by greedy execs looking to pump too much into cash-grabs, we'll get out of this by supporting smaller-budget games made by creatives that are IN FULL CONTROL.

I have the feeling that all they're going to take from this is "lets never make videogames ever again"

For fuck's sake, the word is WORST.

you don't say, tim sweeney

"in the worse state" worst No human is minding this account.

have they tried making not-fun games and selling them for $80?

I wish this was true, but it really isn't - the need to sustain a living still puts a lot of pressure on indies, it has a reason even great games rarely let the studios make a second one. Look at stuff like Stardew - the dev was carried by his spouse for five years. Few can do that.

need money to make game! publisher provide money

Out of the ashes, new life shall rise.

"Every company is being consolidated, we're firing a ton of people even when their games are successful, we're buying so much hardware that nobody can afford to own a machine, and we're pushing AI that nobody wants into everything. Why is the industry in such bad shape?"

The state of the industry is worse than ever... Yet, profits unprecedented. The only crisis this industry is in, is the one the CEOs like Sweeney want us to believe so they can fire everyone.

Tim Sweeney

Self-eating does that to you.

damn that's crazy, maybe they should make games that people want to play instead of triple-a slop that costs 17 trillion dollars and takes 27 years to make.

Tim Sweeney also thinks child porn should be allowed on Twitter. That said, the people saying the game industry is crashing really hard right now, are not wrong.

Maybe gamers are tired of paying $90 for Yet Another AAA Game or Massively Dull Looter Shooter 4…

Yeah, I'm an unofficial expert having witnessed the past 35 years of the hobby and this was the reasonable conclusion around 15 years ago. Whoever is genuinely surprised needs to check their pattern recognition skills.

since the 1980s? you mean when the game industry actually truly started because nobody knew what the do with video games as a business until Nintendo showed up? we're currently doing worse than "what even are video games as a product"???

Coming REAL soon.

man who poured gasoline all over the boat really concerned that the boats on fire.

Tim Sweeney says gaming sucks. MY BROTHER IN CHRIST, YOU MADE THE SANDWICH.

this has been the case for a decade

yeah we can tell on this side of the industry too

*worst

"this is the worst crash we've ever seen since the 80s" - man responsible for the current crash and the one in the 80s

Man responsible trying to find out who did this.

Like when Steven Spielberg and George Lucas tried saying blockbusters were ruining cinema.

I mean he's right, but he's also in large part responsible for it

Someone had to get raptured, I guess!

literally Tim Sweeney

I got 2 paddles my dawg

Devs get fired if their game doesn't make a billion dollars (failure) Devs get fired if their game *does* make a billion dollars (boss doesn't want to pay them what they're worth)