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CliffyB believes gaming industry is in a “massive state of turmoil”

February 25th, 2013 Posted in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Posted by Valay

Cliff Bleszinski, formerly of Epic Games, is concerned about the gaming industry at the moment. Bleszinski feels that it wasn’t since the crash of the ’80s that we’ve seen such a “state of transition like it is right now”.

Bleszinski has some predictions for the three gaming publishers. Nintendo, he believes, could become nothing more than a software-maker. And as far as Microsoft and Sony are concerned, Bleszinski thinks the two “are about to come to major blows.”

Here are Bleszinski’s thoughts in full:

“This business has not been in a state of transition like it is right now since the video game crash of the ’80s. I really think we’re in a massive state of turmoil. I think Nintendo could possibly be faced with the situation of becoming a company that only makes software moving forward. I think Sony and Microsoft are about to come to major blows. But at the same time, people love playing games on their iPad. The PC is going through a wonderful renaissance right now. I think we’re ready to do digital download games all the time…I just want to see what happens. In regards to the industry, it’s like the Super Smash Bros. of business right now, and I want to see if Peach or Mario wins.”

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  1. 5 Responses to “CliffyB believes gaming industry is in a “massive state of turmoil””

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    By volvagia333 on Feb 25, 2013

    I’m not worried about Nintendo at all. They always pull through and they are far to stubborn to leave the business. When Nintendo pulls out its really big cards and maybe makes a small price drop the Wii U will start selling like hot-cakes.

    Microsoft and Sony on the other hand however might be in bigger trouble than people think. The ps4 has very little new to it. Sure it has power but that comes with a price. High cost. I do not think people will buy a ps3 when they have s PC. The Xbox I can’t speak for but it will have a Kinect and more powerful hardware than Wii U as well.I’m sure of it. It might attract the younger audience.

    This might be the last gen of primary television-based consoles but not the end by far. Nintendo is at no risk of becoming a software only developer.

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    By KokiriHylian on Feb 25, 2013

    People have been predicting doom and gloom for Nintendo since the Gamecube days, and likely even before that. While I don’t know anything about business, I am pretty confident that Nintendo is smarter than many give them credit for.

    The Wii U has only just begun its life and I’m sure when the big games for it come out, it’ll do just fine. Also, the 3DS is doing just fine. People sound really stupid every time they make these predictions. It all sounds like attention-seeking to me.

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    By volvagia333 on Feb 25, 2013

    In my comment I meant ps4 not ps3 of course

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    By Melatelo on Feb 25, 2013

    I can’t stand when people say things like this. It shits me

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    By thomas on Feb 26, 2013

    Again, don’t care whose company I play Nintendo games on, as long as the franchises live on.

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