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Gaming Industry will literally kill itself with how this year is going. Give it roughly 8 more years. What XBOX is doing and now PlayStation yeah not going to do well in my opinion. This industry is just not becoming an affordable hobby for people anymore

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Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah thinks the gaming industry should explore product placement to help pay for game development and rely less on live-service monetization. Discussing how expensive AAA games have become to make, Darrah said the industry needs more revenue streams besides selling games, DLC, microtransactions, and battle passes. “Not every game can be a live service,” he said, warning that if the trend continues, most big-budget games could end up built around ongoing monetization instead of delivering a complete experience from the start. Darrah noted that movies have multiple revenue streams, including product placements and brand deals. He believes video games could do something similar to cover development costs without constantly asking players to spend more after buying the game.

Sony Interactive Entertainment says AI could bring “gaming experiences like never before” as the technology continues to grow across the gaming industry. The company believes AI can help create smarter characters, more realistic worlds, and games that adapt to each player’s style. AI may also help developers build games faster and improve storytelling and gameplay experiences. “AI will enable gaming experiences like never before,”

A Diablo 4 lead developer says crunch in gaming doesn’t always happen for the same reason, and the difference between indie studios and AAA companies is huge. He explained that smaller teams often crunch because they’re fighting to survive financially. In his words, “the company is on the verge of collapsing,” meaning delays or failed launches could put the entire studio at risk. He said the situation is different at major AAA publishers. Large companies usually have bigger budgets, more staff, and enough resources to avoid forcing developers into extreme overtime. But despite that, “you might still have a culture of crunch” because some studios treat long hours as a normal part of development. Crunch has been one of the biggest issues in the gaming industry for years, especially after reports from studios behind major releases revealed stories of burnout Via gamesradar

According to Berkay Dursun, a developer who worked on crowd technology at IO Interactive for 007: First Light, GTA 6's NPC technology is at least 10 years ahead of the rest of the gaming industry. Dursun said Rockstar is simulating individual characters at a scale that IO Interactive could not come close to achieving, even with its own advanced crowd systems. He believes the technology behind GTA 6's massive NPC crowds is on another level compared to other games. GTA 6 is also reported to feature over 600,000 unique NPC animations, around 10 times more than GTA 5