Response for Game Design Article: Death to the Games Industry

I found the 'Death to the Games Industry' a very interesting read. I had not realized the full extent of the current business model's situation in the industry. I believed those knock-off movie-title games were reeling in big bucks and were paralleled by more creative releases. Alas, I have not kept up in the game market for many years now and it seems that the game industry has fallen into a sort of Hollywood-limbo. It also made me a bit happy because I had wanted to be a game designer as a child but chose not to. Sounds a lil risqué at this point in the game. I particularly enjoyed the comments about sports titles and the endless drones who purchase them. I've always wondered what the need was that drove so many of my friends to constantly buy Madden NFL 97,98,99,2000 as if something was totally different between them. I did enjoy NFL Blitz however but that game took zero cues from reality. I believe due to awareness of people these days however these game-spaces will find more peaks and leverage in better titles. I don't think this can last as such. Even Hollywood has taken cues from the Indie film movement and has been producing some excellent films as of late. I believe now is just a dryspell for the industry.