Who Thinks All These Game Mergers and Takeovers Are Good?

[Shadowblind]

I can live with some merges. Tecmo and KOEI could swing either way; They could make Dynasty Warriors decent, or Ninja Gaiden suck.

[Emulation_Chief]

Hello:

the main reason for companies to merge is, among many others, the high cost of developing games as new consoles upscale the specs. Still, companies has to rethink the way they operate. Conglomerates like EA and Activision basically are destroying the very foundations of video games, which is the fun factor. These two companies are absorbing small and middle developers in order to create a very big multiplatform title that can cash it up a lot.

Money is always the factor for these corporate decisions. But also destroy the quality of titles they come up for. Very few new IP games and a lot of sequels, prequels, RPGs or Sports titles.

I still believe in video games as a way to have fun. Thinking of it as a way to maximize cash will inevitably create an oversaturation of too many repetitive titles and very poor quality games.

What would you think?