Perhaps the situation will improve in 2025.
The gaming industry is in crisis: studios are actively laying off people, games in which a lot of money has been invested are failing. At the GDC conference, Bloomberg correspondents spoke with top managers of several gaming companies, asking them to share their perception of the situation.
The publication's interlocutors agree that not everything is going smoothly in the gaming industry. For now, some top managers believe, gaming companies will behave more cautiously, more willingly investing in projects that will bring the predicted result.
Tencent: taking risks has become more difficult. Epic Games: the gaming industry is having a hard time paying back AAA games, the budgets of which have increased significantly, but is not ready to admit this and switch to releasing “safe” games. Big budget games have a lot of things that can go wrong, and the chance of releasing a hit is very slim. Devolver Digital: The risks have increased, but cataclysm is still a long way off. The company will try to survive the crisis, still relying on projects from small independent studios. Larian Studios: we will try to make an even bigger game – we don’t want to repeat what has already happened.
The global gaming market is projected to grow very modestly in 2024, from $184 billion to approximately $189 billion. However, the situation may improve in the future.
One of the factors that can affect market growth is the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, currently scheduled for 2025. However, there is a possibility that the game will end up delayed until 2026.
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