decline in innovation only natural...

eelke_folmer · 2006-04-08T23:18:27

"By now it’s a common place observation that the game industry has become more conservative, that games have become less interesting, more stereotypical less original, less willing to take risks. The development coincides with trend towards consolidation: large publishing conglomerates have bought out many of the small independent developers. These conglomerates make money by cranking out sequels and copycat products rather than truly interesting and innovative creations." Some quote I found somewhere.... I was thinking: From nothing to Pong that's a huge step.. Wolfenstein ... a big step.. The Sims ... a big step too.. Every game brought out after these titles are just smaller steps on an existing concept, mabye spore will bring something new but that is still to be seen. I recently played katamari damacy and guitar hero, in my opinion pretty innovative games for their genres, original yes.. but really as innovative as pong was...no. Isn't there just an upper limit on how much innovation is still possible? I mean at a certain point every type of game on any thinkable theme will be made, something that I already experience when watching movies or listening music... asking for more innovation at a certain point is not possible and the decline in innovation we currently see is just natural.