Not so much defense, more like "uhh, yeah, things cost money, inflation exists, welcome to the real world", and I can't disagree honestly. People gotta use an inflation calculator on old games.
This meme does have real "too late, I drew you as the soy cuck and myself as the chad!" energy.
They no longer have to make and ship cartridges to distribute them. They just let you download said game. The margins are insanely large. Add in they not longer subsidize consoles and release a new one every few years... yea. also the technology isn't improving that much as we have reached a pretty big limit on screen size etc. No more big innovation to make graphics look perfect- it is just art style now and most of the games reuse what works.
I really want to see what "margin" you are specifically thinking of.
AAA game dev is one of the highest risk industries in the world. Games generate losses constantly. 2023 and 24 saw about 50'000 layoffs across the industry. With 1500 more in 2025.
One of the biggest game publishers in the world is on the brink of shuttering.
So please, be specific. What margins?
Edit: Go figure, the person I responded to mentioned nothing about "margins" and instead claimed "We have better tools, AI and Unreal Engine so games are easy and cheap to make now". What a fucking moron.
Giving short confident answers without backing it up at all while the person youāre arguing with brought in actual points is not going to get you taken seriously.
Points aren't evidence. Give sources. I just looked up top 10 riskiest industries. Didn't see video game production in there. Source your "points" with facts. Not opinions or data that is not provided in context.
The burden of proof is on the person who made the "point". FYI.
And any time you drop a discerning opinion the burden of proof goes to you. If the OP made an incorrect point, actually disprove it instead of just saying āno youā and walking away as if you added absolutely anything to the conversation.
Liabilities to asset ratios is not a great metric for this. Plenty of very stable industries are run based on debt financing. It's very normal for businesses.
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u/Findict_52 3d ago
Not so much defense, more like "uhh, yeah, things cost money, inflation exists, welcome to the real world", and I can't disagree honestly. People gotta use an inflation calculator on old games.
This meme does have real "too late, I drew you as the soy cuck and myself as the chad!" energy.