<div style='font: 12pt Modern; text-align: left; '>Found this from the Magic Box
The game industry could shrink down to tenth of the current size. There are an overwhelmingly large number of developers out there who know nothing about the business of games. Venture capitalists in particular. He thinks the industry will undergo a major shakeout from now to next year.
He believes gameplay over graphics, last year's Dragon Quest VII is a perfect example, a game with below average graphics (but with great gameplay) outsold all other games that have superior graphics.
The industry is going toward network enabled games, but then again, most of the developers still know nothing about video games, probably because they can't come up with better ideas themselves.
Games should have nothing to do with movies. Players get bored faster than ever before, and in-game movies also jack up the development costs.
The PlayStation 2 is a well worth DVD Player, but not as a game console. It's too difficult and costly to develop for the system. It's a major obstacle for developers.
I don't feel like commenting this too much, but I'd just say that if Dragon Quest 7 was called something like Joe's Adventure 5 it wouldn't sell anywhere near of what it did. If they call Final Fantasy 9 something else it wouldn't sell that much either. The day I believe believe Dragon Quest 7 is simply superior to everything else is the day it can outsold the FFs in America. Speaking of which, does Enix even plan to port the game here?</div>
The game industry could shrink down to tenth of the current size. There are an overwhelmingly large number of developers out there who know nothing about the business of games. Venture capitalists in particular. He thinks the industry will undergo a major shakeout from now to next year.
He believes gameplay over graphics, last year's Dragon Quest VII is a perfect example, a game with below average graphics (but with great gameplay) outsold all other games that have superior graphics.
The industry is going toward network enabled games, but then again, most of the developers still know nothing about video games, probably because they can't come up with better ideas themselves.
Games should have nothing to do with movies. Players get bored faster than ever before, and in-game movies also jack up the development costs.
The PlayStation 2 is a well worth DVD Player, but not as a game console. It's too difficult and costly to develop for the system. It's a major obstacle for developers.
I don't feel like commenting this too much, but I'd just say that if Dragon Quest 7 was called something like Joe's Adventure 5 it wouldn't sell anywhere near of what it did. If they call Final Fantasy 9 something else it wouldn't sell that much either. The day I believe believe Dragon Quest 7 is simply superior to everything else is the day it can outsold the FFs in America. Speaking of which, does Enix even plan to port the game here?</div>
