Since the videogame market opened up from what are known as 'hardcore' niche and flooded the mainstream market, it seems developers have been a bit confused as to whether they should still bother trying to create quality games or not. Do they want to uphold a good name where it matters, or should they just aim for the big money pot?
It seems if a formula works, many developers and customers are often scared to try anything else. Take the Wii U for example. It caused Nintendo's shares to slump when it was unveiled. Why? Because it was a new concept for gaming. It seems as long as a platform has piles of samey 'shooter' games coming out on it the buyers will keep coming back. But will that always work? In Japan recently the industry was suffering a slump, and it really was 'innovate or die' time. A good thing, perhaps. In the UK though we are exceptionally bad at accepting that a trailer or good graphics means a good game. It seems actual good games are far and few between, with not many too bothered it. It is likely that the majority have never really had a good gaming experience as yet. Big shame.
I think the icing on the cake for me was the success of Angry Birds. An over used engine with an un-origional concept that became a mega-seller. What the heck is this world coming to? And the impact of nasty mobile games on the market? Don't get me started...
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