The world economy is still a mess, even though there are signs that the current situation is improving. However, it appears that game publishers are making fewer deals with developers than the normal and as a result we could see a shortage of games in the next couple of years on the market.

Gamesindustry.biz reports they have talked to a number of developers (unnamed of course) who have told them that publishers are making fewer deals in order to concentrate on their proven core game franchises. As a result, developers fear there will be a smaller amount of games released in 2010 and 2011. One developer that went on the record was Australian based Tantalus. It's CEO Tom Crago is quoted as saying they hope publishers have a solid 2009 holiday sales season, saying "We hope their outlook is rosier, particularly into 2010 and 2011, and that the volume of titles that are being commissioned increases."