Among video game enthusiasts, the wait for the release of the fifth generation consoles, PS5 and Xbox Series X , is already mounting. The two products from Sony and Microsoft have already been unveiled, but although we know the shape, color and characteristics, we do not yet know the precise release date – although according to experts it should be around Christmas 2020.
However, in recent weeks the increase in the price of NBA 2K21 , the most famous and best-selling basketball simulator in the world, has triggered the alarm: it is not that the prices of the video games of the next consoles (and perhaps also of the PC) is destined to rise steeply?
That of NBA 2K21 (whose game will cost about $ 10 more, both on PS5 and on Xbox Series X) could be only an exception, but Yoshio Osaki , president and Chief Executive Officer of IDG Consulting , is not so optimistic: according to him, this will not be an exception at all, but a rule for all new video games.
In an interview Osaki recalled that the price of video games has remained substantially unchanged in the transition between the third and fourth generation consoles, now fifteen years ago. In the meantime, however, the production cost of a video game has increased between 200% and 300%, even though at the time the price of video games had risen “only” by about 20%.
In partial consolation of all console gamers, who plan to buy a PS5 or Xbox Series X, Osaki said that the price increase should not touch all the new titles, but that it will surely affect the cost of the so-called triple A , that is the most technologically advanced and refined games, of which NBA 2K21 is just an example.
The risk, for the giants of console gaming, can be that of a drop in sales? PlayStation, Xbox and even PC are already fighting a pretty close battle with online games for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, whose technological improvements have led to the creation of a video game experience that does not have much to envy to classic gaming – if not obviously having to play on smaller screens.
Surely the new generation consoles will have a big impact on the global gaming industry, and in all probability we will see a boom in sales, but the feeling is that competition from online and mobile gaming can be felt more and more, especially among the new generations of gamers, increasingly attracted by the ability to play quickly and above all wherever they are.
Due to the unforeseen global lockdown, nearly all industries are perishing, but gaming was one of the extremely few industries that saw an inverted impact on business.
Their utmost confidence in the current market was well rewarded, and the games were a hit.Sources :- Worst Video Games , Blog-antivirusBut even after the market warmed itself for the companies, some of them dropped the ball with a handful of flops.
Here is the list of the worst video games in 2020 thus far:One-Punch Man: A hero Nobody KnowsThe game was based on the Japanese anime show with the same name steaming on Netflix.
Making a video game about that is ironic and defeats the entire idea the show intends to pass on to people.
Secondly, the makers acted on the bold idea of removing the lead, Saitama, from his own game and the character turns up after a certain time elapses, leaving the players stuck fighting most stock fighting.The fight actions coded in the game are more suitable for a PS2.
The 2020 game is a disaster in the name of a remaster.Vito Corleone, the main character, cannot walk without phasing through floors and walls at every four steps.
