New data shows that physical software dollar sales dipped to an all-time July low of $85 million in the US — the worst total since tracking began in 1995.
  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    432·
    6 days ago

    Well they do talk about video game spending dropping by a whopping 10% compared to last year and hardware spending by an unfathomable 29% compared to the previous year. That‘s unheard of.

    The entire game industry (and probably the entire global economy) is in a deep crisis and corporations are squeezing the last few bucks out of us before things will get very ugly.

    Ladies and gentlemen, we are in a depression.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      5 days ago

      The industry isn’t just “collapsing” through a series of failures. It mostly feels like the industry is choosing to repeatedly shoot itself in the face, while refusing to shut off the IV of “painkiller” made of powdered drywall and snake oil.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      5 days ago

      Well they do talk about video game spending dropping by a whopping 10% compared to last year and hardware spending by an unfathomable 29% compared to the previous year. That‘s unheard of.

      I think its more that attention is being dominated by video apps and other social media.

      As an anecdote, I know a pretty nerdy couple that used to play PC games regularly. Now, they mostly just sit down to watch their YouTube feed.