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At the moment, it could be seen that the gaming industry is sort of depressed isn't it. People are starting to become bored of the PSOne, the N64 is fading away, and the Dreamcast has died. Only one console is standing out of the crowd at the moment...the PS2. Basically, gamers of today just are not happy with the current games available.
The problem is, people are hanging on for those stunning, killer games such as GT3, MGS2 or Luigi's Mansion, or they are they are waiting for another price cut for the PS2 or the release of the Gamecube and Xbox. And as a result from this, the gaming industry is depressed, it is in a slump.
The games publishers profits are down and continue to fall.
One possible reason for this could be were in the middle of old and new technology, as in PSOne and N64 are fading, the Dreamcast is dead, and the new 128-bit consoles are entering our lives. It could also, and this is frightening, the beginning of a crash (I very much doubt it, and I hope not).
As I have said, one of the possible reasons could be that we are in between consoles at the moment. Dreamcast has now been halted (the console, not the games), and the N64 is beginning to fade because Nintendo are putting all of their efforts on to the Gamecube. And it will be quite a while before the PS2 has the installed user base (enough consoles in the homes) so that sales escalate. And let's not forget that we are still awaiting the release of Gamecube and Xbox. Oh, wait a minute I forgotten to mention one thing, the PSOne. Well, judging from what I have read in magazines and on the internet, the PSOne is still selling well. I have also read that the actual money coming from the sales of software is up. So why a slump, I ask? Well, all I can think of is that most of these games that are being sold are at budget prices, and a majority of them are on PSOne and PC. This means that profits gradually get smaller, and now, developers and publishers are saying that they are now losing money.
So, when will it, how shall I put it, rocket again. Pretty soon I hope. I mean, as I have said, we are still awaiting the release of the Gamecube and Xbox, and the Gameboy Advance release is around the corner. Console wars are always a good thing, and when the Gamecube and Xbox are released, then the competition should rocket the gaming industry. There will be loads of advertising, meaning more awareness of the consoles. If there is a slump, then it should not last for long.
Here are my Highs and Lows of the gaming industry.
The 80's: I don't remember too much about the eighties but I'll have a crack anyway. There was an Atari console wasn't there but that didn't do to well. I can remember having one, and the games were pants. Didn't they go bankrupt because of this. What happened next? Oh yes, there was the
ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64 and the BBC Micro. Now these I do remember. I presume they were supposed to be learning computers, but that didn't happen and they became games machines instead. And there was the release of the NES and the Master System wasn't there. Things were beginnig to look up after the failure of Atari. But, these computers popularity began to fade, and then in came the Atari ST and Amiga (I thought Atari went bankrupt, oh well never mind). I suppose this is where the PC's sort of originated from.
The 90's: The release of the Megadrive and the SNES. And it seemed that more and more people were getting an Atari ST and Amiga (people never stopped going on about them). Maybe the prices dropped or something. Anyway, four or five years after the release of the Megadrive and SNES, came the Saturn and Playstation, and then the N64. The Saturn didn't last too long because of the success of the Playstation, and the N64 lived through the success of the PSX, producing some award winning games of it's own. The Dreamcast, Sega's 128-bit console, was released, and intitially did well, but that didn't last too long.
The year 2000-2001: The PS2 is released, and the Dreamcast is almost dead, as is the N64. But, the newer PSOne, a smaller look of the original, still continues to sell well.
The PS2 hasn't accomplished what the Playstation did yet, but it's still early.
The future: With the release of the Gamecube and Xbox, and the Hard Drive for the PS2 being released in the near future, we could be looking at another boom in the gaming industry.
Well, there you have it, the Highs and Lows of the gaming industry.
Thanks for reading.
Gohan
The problem is, people are hanging on for those stunning, killer games such as GT3, MGS2 or Luigi's Mansion, or they are they are waiting for another price cut for the PS2 or the release of the Gamecube and Xbox. And as a result from this, the gaming industry is depressed, it is in a slump.
The games publishers profits are down and continue to fall.
One possible reason for this could be were in the middle of old and new technology, as in PSOne and N64 are fading, the Dreamcast is dead, and the new 128-bit consoles are entering our lives. It could also, and this is frightening, the beginning of a crash (I very much doubt it, and I hope not).
As I have said, one of the possible reasons could be that we are in between consoles at the moment. Dreamcast has now been halted (the console, not the games), and the N64 is beginning to fade because Nintendo are putting all of their efforts on to the Gamecube. And it will be quite a while before the PS2 has the installed user base (enough consoles in the homes) so that sales escalate. And let's not forget that we are still awaiting the release of Gamecube and Xbox. Oh, wait a minute I forgotten to mention one thing, the PSOne. Well, judging from what I have read in magazines and on the internet, the PSOne is still selling well. I have also read that the actual money coming from the sales of software is up. So why a slump, I ask? Well, all I can think of is that most of these games that are being sold are at budget prices, and a majority of them are on PSOne and PC. This means that profits gradually get smaller, and now, developers and publishers are saying that they are now losing money.
So, when will it, how shall I put it, rocket again. Pretty soon I hope. I mean, as I have said, we are still awaiting the release of the Gamecube and Xbox, and the Gameboy Advance release is around the corner. Console wars are always a good thing, and when the Gamecube and Xbox are released, then the competition should rocket the gaming industry. There will be loads of advertising, meaning more awareness of the consoles. If there is a slump, then it should not last for long.
Here are my Highs and Lows of the gaming industry.
The 80's: I don't remember too much about the eighties but I'll have a crack anyway. There was an Atari console wasn't there but that didn't do to well. I can remember having one, and the games were pants. Didn't they go bankrupt because of this. What happened next? Oh yes, there was the
ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64 and the BBC Micro. Now these I do remember. I presume they were supposed to be learning computers, but that didn't happen and they became games machines instead. And there was the release of the NES and the Master System wasn't there. Things were beginnig to look up after the failure of Atari. But, these computers popularity began to fade, and then in came the Atari ST and Amiga (I thought Atari went bankrupt, oh well never mind). I suppose this is where the PC's sort of originated from.
The 90's: The release of the Megadrive and the SNES. And it seemed that more and more people were getting an Atari ST and Amiga (people never stopped going on about them). Maybe the prices dropped or something. Anyway, four or five years after the release of the Megadrive and SNES, came the Saturn and Playstation, and then the N64. The Saturn didn't last too long because of the success of the Playstation, and the N64 lived through the success of the PSX, producing some award winning games of it's own. The Dreamcast, Sega's 128-bit console, was released, and intitially did well, but that didn't last too long.
The year 2000-2001: The PS2 is released, and the Dreamcast is almost dead, as is the N64. But, the newer PSOne, a smaller look of the original, still continues to sell well.
The PS2 hasn't accomplished what the Playstation did yet, but it's still early.
The future: With the release of the Gamecube and Xbox, and the Hard Drive for the PS2 being released in the near future, we could be looking at another boom in the gaming industry.
Well, there you have it, the Highs and Lows of the gaming industry.
Thanks for reading.
Gohan
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Ahem!
To sort this childish arguement out, would it comfort you two to know that i'm neutral?
Sony: Absolute Class.
Nintendo: Absolute Class,
There you go.
To sort this childish arguement out, would it comfort you two to know that i'm neutral?
Sony: Absolute Class.
Nintendo: Absolute Class,
There you go.
Big up the Grix. Kiddy games what are you on about. I was only pointing out that this is what people think of them. By the way I agree on Resident Evil being cr@p, not to sure about MGS. That was just brilliant throughout. Gameplay by the bucket load.
Grix Thraves wrote:
> THIS is why I'm still here... Keep around FM... ;0)
Nintendo do
> NOT make kiddy games... for crying out loud. If you want to see
> childish games, look at Resident Evil, or Metal Gear
> Solid...
Only kids play them, just because of the gore and
> crap... no mature person would want to play them, because the
> gameplay is crap, basically.
If you want great gameplay, play ANY
> Nintendo game. I mean anyone. They're all great, because they are
> NINTENDO games.
(FM puts this down to a ninty rant and ignores it).
> THIS is why I'm still here... Keep around FM... ;0)
Nintendo do
> NOT make kiddy games... for crying out loud. If you want to see
> childish games, look at Resident Evil, or Metal Gear
> Solid...
Only kids play them, just because of the gore and
> crap... no mature person would want to play them, because the
> gameplay is crap, basically.
If you want great gameplay, play ANY
> Nintendo game. I mean anyone. They're all great, because they are
> NINTENDO games.
(FM puts this down to a ninty rant and ignores it).
THIS is why I'm still here... Keep around FM... ;0)
Nintendo do NOT make kiddy games... for crying out loud. If you want to see childish games, look at Resident Evil, or Metal Gear Solid...
Only kids play them, just because of the gore and crap... no mature person would want to play them, because the gameplay is crap, basically.
If you want great gameplay, play ANY Nintendo game. I mean anyone. They're all great, because they are NINTENDO games.
Nintendo do NOT make kiddy games... for crying out loud. If you want to see childish games, look at Resident Evil, or Metal Gear Solid...
Only kids play them, just because of the gore and crap... no mature person would want to play them, because the gameplay is crap, basically.
If you want great gameplay, play ANY Nintendo game. I mean anyone. They're all great, because they are NINTENDO games.
Exactly my point FM, you dont like Nintendo=Anti Nintendo. By the way is it their games/kiddie playthings or the actual company. I agree that they make a huge amount of kids games but they have been trying to get people to realise that, that is not the only thing they are capable of. I mean I am 14 so I still like the so called kiddies games but I am also craving for eternal darkness. Shadowman 2 should be released for the GC as well. Come on acclaim dont let me down.
N£bu!@ wrote:
Hmmm I haven't seen you much FM. Although I
> have heard lots of good things about you. The only thing is they
> never told me that you were as anti Nintendo as this.
I am not anti-Nintendo. I just don't like them, or most of their games.
Hmmm I haven't seen you much FM. Although I
> have heard lots of good things about you. The only thing is they
> never told me that you were as anti Nintendo as this.
I am not anti-Nintendo. I just don't like them, or most of their games.
N£bu!@ wrote:
Hmmm I haven't seen you much FM. Although I
> have heard lots of good things about you. The only thing is they
> never told me that you were as anti Nintendo as this.
Everybody have they're own views. I love Sony as well, and I agree that a high point was when Sony entered the console market.
Hmmm I haven't seen you much FM. Although I
> have heard lots of good things about you. The only thing is they
> never told me that you were as anti Nintendo as this.
Everybody have they're own views. I love Sony as well, and I agree that a high point was when Sony entered the console market.
FantasyMeister wrote:
> Gaming Industry:
High Point: Sony entering the market.
Low
> Point: Nintendo remaining in it.
__________
Hmmm I haven't seen you much FM. Although I have heard lots of good things about you. The only thing is they never told me that you were as anti Nintendo as this.
> Gaming Industry:
High Point: Sony entering the market.
Low
> Point: Nintendo remaining in it.
__________
Hmmm I haven't seen you much FM. Although I have heard lots of good things about you. The only thing is they never told me that you were as anti Nintendo as this.
Gaming Industry:
High Point: Sony entering the market.
Low Point: Nintendo remaining in it.
High Point: Sony entering the market.
Low Point: Nintendo remaining in it.
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