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The fact that people aren't buying hardcore games anymore is why innovation in video games is dying. That's why loads more casual games are coming out.
What is killing innovation in video games?
Granted, there are innovative games but if you look at "most wanted games 20xx" lists it is usually a collection of sequels which promise a lot of new features and then turn out to (hopefully great) games but hardly a new chapter in video games design.
Creativity and originality require taking risks and it is more difficult to have a big hit with something new (which targets a new player audience -- or upsets the existing audience if a sequel is too different from the previous version) but what other reasons can you think of. Structural, political, technical... or is it really just pure business?
Edit:
I do not want to exclude that there are innovative games (also sequels) out there. However I do think that there are certain creativity killers stopping developers from going really wild and create the games they would really want to do. Look at what is being promised about a game 2, 3 or even 4 years before launch and then look at what is left from all those ideas. There are exceptions but what is it that eventually kills those ideas?
Creativity and originality require taking risks and it is more difficult to have a big hit with something new (which targets a new player audience -- or upsets the existing audience if a sequel is too different from the previous version) but what other reasons can you think of. Structural, political, technical... or is it really just pure business?
Edit:
I do not want to exclude that there are innovative games (also sequels) out there. However I do think that there are certain creativity killers stopping developers from going really wild and create the games they would really want to do. Look at what is being promised about a game 2, 3 or even 4 years before launch and then look at what is left from all those ideas. There are exceptions but what is it that eventually kills those ideas?
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tynamite
The fact that people aren't buying hardcore games anymore is why innovation in video games is dying. That's why loads more casual games are coming out.
