Game Industry Collapse Imminent
According to a recent editorial by technology pundit John C. Dvorak, the game industry is on the verge of collapsing in a monumental fashion. Citing lack of innovation and stale content, Dvorak says, "I really can't imagine this scene continuing as it is for much longer. I suspect that the next generation of machines will be the last - or at least the last in the current boom market. It will be downhill from there."
Dvorak also attacked one of the industry's leaders in innovation, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. He shrugged off their new titles, like Nintendogs, because they're rehashing old ideas (like Tamagotchi). "If that doesn't flatten the market, the never-ending need to satisfy the demanding full-time game-player should do it. Some of today's games are ridiculously hard to play - unless gaming is your so-called life - and so daunting to casual players that they will quickly reject them. Who needs to devote themselves to a game just to play it once in a while? I'll take Spider Solitaire instead."
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