Something In Gaming Needs To Change... 

Every tech company overhired in 2020, giving people blank checks to do no work just to make sure they had the most talent in the industry. We are seeing a natural course correction now in these layoffs

I miss the ps1/ps2 era style of games. Im fed up of movie cinematic games, rougelikes, shooters etc

Anytime "Share holders" Get involved in a market like gaming it comes crashing down because its all 40+ year olds who dont play games they just see profits so that forces game studios to make the same game for 4 years straight with no improvements making every studio scared to try something new because of "Share Holders". Its crazy how indie developers are making better games then actual game studios because they actually love games not because they see profits.

One thing you didn't mention though, it seems like all the companies take major hits are USA companies. Seems like American corporate greed might be what's actually killing the industry.

Great vid dude. Gaming is going down the toilet, fast. Long love retro gaming and emulation!

Great video, Arrrash. I really appreciate you taking the time to put things in perspective and counter the narrative that will most likely form around this year given its releases. Gamedev is a black box and too few people have any insight into the way games are made and the real human cost of it. It behooves these companies for people to only see the finished products and not the cruelty behind them. Excellent video as always.

If video games became more expensive to make then why did Capcom release RE remakes year after year?

A lot of games are far more expensive than they need to be, Cyberpunk 2077 is a prime example. A large chunk of that budget was to pay Keanna Reeves.

I encourage you guys to try unique indie games like gigantic that game might be coming back and if you haven’t heard if its basically everything overwatch couldn’t be for a hero shooter. It’s a third person arena fighting game hard to even explain because of how unique it is.

Great video as always. There Is always two sides to every coin, and It's always good to keep things In perspective.

Great video man. Thank you for making this.

If it weren’t for Baldur’s Gate 3, then what is 2023 gaming?

That was interesting! When you recap it like that, it sure has been quite a ride for gaming this year. It is sad to see some of those beloved names go. But also curious to see how the industry continues to evolve. I’d taken a break from gaming for enough time that the dlc content turned into live services with seasons and regular updates and it blew my mind. I was stoked. Then realized how much marketing went into it and concluded I was just playing in a new era, new style, where not all is static, thus helping profitability over time. But I could throw in a single player disc game and would have the same experience every time. It’s neat really seeing all of this. I haven’t played a game in a month and before that was just Apex for over a year! What should I play for my 31st bday tmro Arrrash? I’m on ye ol Xbox 😁 Thanks for sharing anyways! Always good stuff

Modern working conditions in any industry is so shit and is why also modern schools are also so shit. It's how big these industry has become that has impacted society as a whole

Solid video. Not arguing with your points hut just contextualizing a bit- you can generalize all the issues in the gaming industry to the rest of the economy right now. I don’t think gaming is in a particularly bad spot. Just think capitalism has been pushing some limits recently across the board. Also how dare you leave out Lies of P footage. Game of the year for me.

I can agree with your statement but I felt this year the games that came out just didn't get my attention or I just not bother because I don't care about the game only because it modern day but the two exceptions were Warhammer boltgun and diablo 4 any else is just sucks yeah I know there is armour core 6 but I waiting on that one.

Everything is going to hands in a hellbasket 🧺