Comments on: A grim time for gaming http://buttonmashing.com/2009/11/12/a-grim-time-for-gaming/ Mashing buttons since 1984 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tony http://buttonmashing.com/2009/11/12/a-grim-time-for-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-80764 Tony Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:02:40 +0000 http://buttonmashing.com/?p=6319#comment-80764 "The good news is, this too shall pass." Yes, and in the meantime I'll finally finish Mass Effect and Half Life 2. “The good news is, this too shall pass.”

Yes, and in the meantime I’ll finally finish Mass Effect and Half Life 2.

]]> By: Nat http://buttonmashing.com/2009/11/12/a-grim-time-for-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-80759 Nat Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:04:56 +0000 http://buttonmashing.com/?p=6319#comment-80759 I find it interesting that most of these guys are let go, form small studios and then get bought by EA all over again. I find it interesting that most of these guys are let go, form small studios and then get bought by EA all over again.

]]> By: Brock http://buttonmashing.com/2009/11/12/a-grim-time-for-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-80755 Brock Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:01:15 +0000 http://buttonmashing.com/?p=6319#comment-80755 I'm not 100% sure how I feel about all of these developments. I'm still of the mind that as long as publishers like XSEED, Ignition and Atlus are around to bring me my strange games, I'll be happy. They both have much more constrained approaches to how they approach publishing and also are modest enough with their expectations that they know they won't sell a hojillion units of, say, Demon's Souls. And EA did just put out Dragon Age, which will keep me occupied for a LONG time, so maybe it's just that the genres I'm interested in won't be hit as hard as, say, generic action game X or shooter Y. I’m not 100% sure how I feel about all of these developments. I’m still of the mind that as long as publishers like XSEED, Ignition and Atlus are around to bring me my strange games, I’ll be happy. They both have much more constrained approaches to how they approach publishing and also are modest enough with their expectations that they know they won’t sell a hojillion units of, say, Demon’s Souls.

And EA did just put out Dragon Age, which will keep me occupied for a LONG time, so maybe it’s just that the genres I’m interested in won’t be hit as hard as, say, generic action game X or shooter Y.

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