There's been a lot of "doom talk" in the gaming industry following studio closures, regular layoffs at big and small companies alike, and rising game development times and budgets. In late March, John Romero and Brenda Romero opined that the current state of the industry is even worse than the infamous 80s crash, which saw the revenue collapse by 97% between 1983 and 1985 in North America. However, not everyone shares their opinion. Speaking on the latest episode of The Game Business, Christian Svensson, VP, Head of 2nd/3rd Party Content Ventures & Strategic Initiatives at Sony Interactive Entertainment, expressed strong […]

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John Romero and Brenda Romero are two iconic game developers who have been working in the industry for decades. Now, they run Romero Games together, a studio that everyone was concerned would close after a project it was working on with Xbox lost its funding. Thankfully, the studio didn't close, but the way the Romeros see the state of the video game industry, we have a lot more to worry about than just their studio going the way of the dinosaur. Speaking to GamesIndustry.Biz, the two veteran developers who have been around long enough to remember the infamous video game […]

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