Gaming will become an "On demand" service like Netflix or Spotify than just retail only. And it will inevitably go all digital. But Gamestop will never die because they will just become a merch and figurine store. Because you can't even get that dignity of watching FUCKING GAMESTOP die in your lifetime.
Of course. Sony made a comeback as a company despite all their other divisions best efforts to sabotage it. The only problem is that now Sony has shown the sector can be a profit maker, their Korean compeditors may want a slice. The lukewarm interest in the pro and PSVR will hurt (Especially if the performance on Battlefield 1 is as bad as rumored)
Nintendo will attract interest with the NX with its good games like its normally does but it's too early to say if the "Hybrid" will be a hit.
Microsoft's a wildcard. They know Mustards will never buy a console and the people claiming W10 is a botnet are just a bunch of fat neckbeard /g/entoomen and normalfags don't PC games unless its toaster tier spec games like CS GO and ASSFAGGOTS (They know the PC Master Race is just a meme). They couldn't fuck up as hard as the xbone and the PS4 Pro is underwhelming. They might have a shot again.
Microtransactions really are just a replacement for cheat hotlines or Nintendo game counselors back in the day. The industry just wised up and realised people will pay to unlock things.
Nope, it's already terrible now on Android performance wise and expect its share to crash once Google starts slowly removing the Linux back ends before Andromeda releases as a totally propietary kernel to "prevent piracy" (Send data to the NSA). SteamOS is already dead now Gabe is besties with Microsoft even when they threw that VR consolation prize to the ten people that own a Vive and use Linux.
No. The crash only happened in America because of too many companies getting involved and 20 consoles on the market was way too much. Meanwhile it boomed in Britain and Japan with the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Microsoft MSX before the NES was even concieved.
If consoles crashed, they would be replaced instantly. Such is the nature of the industry these days.
The only possible crash is with AAA games becoming way too risky bets but with mid-gen keeping dev around the same costs and Unreal 4 starting to bring down costs it will probably survive.
Nope. High pressure at the top from people wanting results like investors will trigger them. None of them will last long in a position like that and their career advancement possibilities are slim.
Alphas like Big Daddy Todd will still stay at the top of studios because they are the ones tough enough to cut deals, make financial calls and direct projects to meet milestones and shipdates. And for all the shit you can heap on Todd for Fallout 4. That game was announced, had it's date revealed and shipped on time in six fucking months.
Their power is limited and fleeting because people are realising how ridiculous they are. Expect a moderation at worst. But then I remember the start of GG, Xbro posted that when he asked a senior staffer on the Xbox team at MS that "We dont employ victims. We employ workers who get on with it". Reality will slap them hard and you can't "Disneyfy" history or ideas forever.
SJW's are just a fad. Gaming will mantain its current trajectory. You are all fucked. Buy Fallout 4 NOW.