Have you guys been living under a rock?
Originally Posted by Cetra
Orly? So I guess game developers stay in business by printing fake money right? Sorry, but while game cost has increased 700% the console industry has grown over 2000%.
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The BBC differs, they say forcasted growth of the games industry is only 10% I don't know, where you got this 2000% idea from but certainly there aren't many more console sales this gen than last gen, let alone 20 times as many.
Originally Posted by Southjag
Besides that Rab, I would assume that you of all people would know what you said is false -- look at Super Smash Bros. Melee! I hate that game for all that it is, but I won't deny that it's the Cube's best selling game, and it has more than turned a profit for Nintendo. The same goes for Halo and the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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Wow that's exatly the point. Smash Brothers, Halo, GTA. These games all turned a profit. They were huge megahits. The Megahits all turn profits the games that try fail and lose money. Tons of money. Driv3r is the most extreme example.
And what about all those otehr games that don't? In case you've all forgotton the all the hostile takeovers, buyouts, mergers and bankrupcys of the past few years. Interplay, Acclaim, Eidos. These weren't small time developers.
As for the Nintendo PR I get my ideas from, better get reading guys.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/8/3
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/9/4
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.