Google “accounting equation”. That principle applies to profit too

Why do both sides of an equation need to balance?

Total sales / total releases = average sales per release

You’re welcome, I’m full of super basic math tips!

Oh that’s shocking that you bought tabloid speculation /s

Jfc people in here are dense. Most studios aren’t Nintendo-sized

How many games were released annually 20 to 30 years ago vs today?

If it’s so fallacious, why are studio closures accelerating? And no, if you check my sources elsewhere, you can see that what you’re saying is untrue.

citation needed

Oh wait, they are

https://www.polygon.com/24177290/video-game-industry-layoffs-studio-closures-record

https://www.wired.com/story/2024-was-the-year-the-bottom-fell-out-of-the-games-industry/

https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.mediapost.com/uploads/BAIN-report_gaming-report-2024.pdf

Ah, now you’re just trolling. Accusing me of not having sources when nobody else has any valid sources

In case you can’t google, here ya go:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_game_companies_disestablished_in_2023 (Click through each year and observe all the companies in financial ruin)

https://kotaku.com/microsoft-activision-blizzard-call-duty-gta-vi-halo-1850391113

https://www.polygon.com/24177290/video-game-industry-layoffs-studio-closures-record

https://www.wired.com/story/2024-was-the-year-the-bottom-fell-out-of-the-games-industry/

https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.mediapost.com/uploads/BAIN-report_gaming-report-2024.pdf

You should go visit every game company and tell them how they are all doing it wrong. You could call yourself the Department of Gaming Efficiency

I pointed to the multiple failed companies and you point to one company as a counter-example. You insult me, but you haven’t seemed to read my points.

Wild that Nintendo hasn’t diversified at all in 20 years to offer new products - oh wait…

Oh? How much did the average CEO make at a recently folded game company?

Holy cherry-picking, Batman!

Yes, the video game industry is doing well because Nintendo’s Q3 ‘22 report is better than their ‘01 report. /s

Billions in revenue is matched by billions in expenses.

Revenue /= profit

Revenues going up doesn’t really provide any evidence for your point

What independent studios are using expensive Beatles songs in their trailers? Most of the failing studios don’t have bloated marketing teams. And no, most games don’t sell tens of millions, let alone within “a month”

Video games were $50 20-30 years ago. Development costs are way higher now and they take longer. With inflation, let alone longer development, you’d expect a more expensive product.

I mean, even with current prices, look at all the studios that went under

HOLY SHIT THEY ARE FINALLY REMAKING X???

Huge fan but I didn’t want to buy a Wii U for one game

Right? I had the same thought reading the post

I was literally googling earlier today to see if there were any updates on the next installment. Maybe it was subconsciously influenced by current events?

Spider-Man 2, PS5. Pretty well-rounded game, highly recommend it

TL;dr: a bunch of code names for games and speculation. Still fun to think about

Highly recommend Plague Tale

Did we really need another movie-inspired asymmetrical horror game?

This post reminded me that I still have to play Dawn of Dreams

In terms of games, Kingdom Hearts and Guitar Hero were highlights of my childhood.

I thought the Dreamcast had the weakest technical specs of that generation? PS2 was also earlier than other consoles in that generation, so slightly lower specs makes sense.

Changing designs due to market pressures isn’t censorship. Remember the Sonic movie, where they redid the animation due to criticism? Nobody was outraged at that change but when it’s tits, all of a sudden people care.

Not me, but looking at prices, the $500 I paid for my 6950 beats a lot of used prices out there now

Yeah, we could do that with a bunch of porn films too. Just use this toggles!

I’ve seen no evidence that this was due to pressure from Sony. Also, if the only way you get off is absurd outfits on characters, you could just get a life instead of signing a useless petition.

Edit: considering how much shit this game got after trailers came out, maybe it’s not some grand conspiracy and just the company reacting to market demands? It’s fine when it’s the Sonic movie, but it’s TERRIBLE when they give a woman pants!

I thought 5 was pretty solid until the ending. 6 felt uninspired but not bad.

The reboots, they’ve owned the rights (or maybe ZeniMax technically?) of both for over a decade. I think id was bought out. So the Doom 2016 and Wolfenstein 2014 games and newer games are Bethesda published.

Edit: ZeniMax bought id in 2009, so Doom and Doom Eternal, as well as Wolfenstein New Order, New Colossus and the two spinoffs (Youngblood, Old Blood) are Bethesda-published.

Weird coincidence, I’m in the middle of this rn. Haven’t played Starfield but this is one of my favorite Bethesda titles outside of Doom and Wolfenstein

This is why I avoid Souls style games. I’ve tried a couple and don’t find it rewarding to fail so much.

Read this as “6-year-old or older gamers” and was pretty shocked 40% of gamers were 5 or younger lol

That’s one specific promotion, not really the same as embedding microtransactions in the game

I admit I didn’t realize the sequel even came out yet, but it has an 88/9.0 on Metacritic. Overlooked maybe, but underrated?

lol thanks haha, would’ve never thought of that one ;)

Holy shit there’s a Katamari Vita game?! That was my childhood!!!

Actually got into Danganronpa because I wanted to find something like Zero Escape lol… but it is a great series!

I see Ys mentioned a lot! I’m a casual JRPG fan (played Persona 3, 5, maybe half the Tales games, maybe 3-4 FF games, Xenoblade trilogy, Bravely Default + both sequels, 2 or 3 Dragon Quest games, and probably a handful of others). Anything in particular that you’d compare Ys with? And do you recommend I play it in any specific order? I skimmed the site and it looks like they’re all connected, although not in order, which makes me think of MGS.

I would NEVER buy a vita just to unlock it and play the Tales of Innocence English Patch. Idk what you’re talking about, piracy is illegal!!!1 And what sort of loser drunkenly impulse purchases a video game system on eBay because they want to play one game?

edit: if you are reading this, you definitely shouldn’t buy an SD2Vita card for a dollar on AliExpress, which is like 1/10th the price of Amazon and the exact same product. Just like you should never engage in piracy!