And if the future of singleplayer were to become AA and indie for the most part, is that so bad? I don't think so.
That's wishful thinking I think. Never gonna happen.
70 billion dollars in fact, according to that chart, and no one's tossing that out the window saying "fuck it" because something else makes more.
Again not saying that. I'm specifically saying that PC and Console will not be lead platforms so this idea of Mobile lead development does scare me a bit because of the monetisation practices and this habit of psychologically manipulating players at expense to the game quality. Again we've seen it real bad anyway with AAA but its a trend now and it'll get worse with that surge in Mobile market share. The focus is going to move further away from quality I think. Which is bad because the quality was already terrible. Basically we're not turning around if anything we're accelerating more into the chaos.
Mobile will not push PC/Console development aside.
1. Some developers do have integrity. Hard to believe when experiencing most of todays games but true. They would change industry before being forced to make mobile games, and they'd typically get paid better making the switch too.
2. Mobile games are not at the forefront of innovation. PCs an Consoles lead there. The controls and hardware of mobile is just too limited. If there's no innovation, then eventually stagnation.
3. Different audiences. The major share of mobile gamers are middle-aged women. Or at least that used to be the case. Could be kids now.
4. Mobile market is already stagnant; many try, many flop.
5. Fancy big budget games are always going to be money makers. Even though they're often in reality mediocre or terrible games, they look nice, or more impressive than the previous generation. That's everything to some people. Sad but true.
That said, mobile has done a lot of damage, but the damage is done at this point. In an ideal world it would have just been another form of handheld gaming (e.g worth a damn), makes me think of the N-Gage which had genuine games. I owned one.
There is a saying by Marcus Tullius "who wants to find a real friend, first has to be a good man himself".
Somebody who has no friends is trash, plain and simple.
Retardo logic. Donald Trump has friends. Stalin had Friends. Pedophile at house number 274 had friends.
Has friends or no, or the number of them is no indication of a person's overall character. what if that person opts to have no friends, only acquaintances because he's a genius inventor and dedicates every waking hour to his work?
