Will there be a shortage of games released in the next two years?

Posted Oct 6th 2009 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Biz

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."

Tags: 2010, 2011, pc-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Did these guys not look at the release calendar for the beginning of 2010?Posted at 10:29AM on Oct 6th 2009 by brloudon

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