Topic: The End is Near for Acclaim

[Epitaph]

I wouldn't worry about the state of the industry itself, it will just be smaller. It just suffer because it grew too fast for itself. You can see the same situation happen in fast food and many other buisnesses. Just look at mcDonald's for example. They had a ton of chains and they were all making money then after a while their were too many people stoped going and they started loosing money.

[Ian Sane]

"I mean, I know they're bad and all, but having that many companies go south so soon can't be a good sign for the industry."

I think it's good for the industry personally.  It shows that publishers with poor track records can't survive and that should encourage other publishers to release a better product.  A "make great games or die" scenario is pretty beneficial for us gamers.  Now if good publishers were dying left and right while companies like Acclaim were flourishing then it wouldn't be a good sign.

I do however hope that Midway toughs it out because they seem to be on the right track to making good games again.

[KDR_11k]

Ubisoft is on the rise, so this isn't universal. In fact it's the crap publishers going down and the good ones rising (yes, EA has quite a few good titles).

Microsoft just noticed they're bleeding money for three years now, wonder what could be the cause ? They said they need to cut costs of one billion dollars per annum, what did lose that much money, again?

[FyreWulff]

Hey hey hey. Activision is kicking ass left and right, and I actually like THQ. They're the reason you have Sonic on GBA. And uh.. Rare on there too.

THQ is one of the few independent third parties publishing GameCube exclusives anymore.

[KDR_11k]

Okay, mr. Attorney, we heard the case for, now comes the case agaist: THQ owns ValuSoft. Need I say more?

Random thought: Acclaim just learned what it means to refuse an offer Yamauchi said they couldn't refuse...

EDIT: Argh, that keyboard screws everything up!