Writers' strike; People playing more games?
polycounter lvl 18
Might the Hollywood writers' strike be a huge snafu on the part of the writers' guild? If people are anything like me, I've almost stopped watching television, and am playing a lot more games. I'm guessing many others may be doing the same.
How might this affect our little games industry? Might casual gamers who are hardcore TV watchers suddenly become hardcore gamers who are casual TV watchers? I think that this is a strong possibility.
As you all know, there's a bit of a barrier of entry for some newbies to start playing games. They don't know how the controller works, don't understand basic game mechanics, etc. But with so little new entertainment on the boob tube right now, could some of these folks make the leap and become gamers? It's very much a possibility.
I'm thinking this strike could bite Hollywood in the ass. It wouldn't surprise me if the game industry siphoned off 5-20 percent of the TV watching market for the long haul.
Have any of you found yourself gaming even more than usual? How about friends and family, particularly the entertainment junkies that you know?
How might this affect our little games industry? Might casual gamers who are hardcore TV watchers suddenly become hardcore gamers who are casual TV watchers? I think that this is a strong possibility.
As you all know, there's a bit of a barrier of entry for some newbies to start playing games. They don't know how the controller works, don't understand basic game mechanics, etc. But with so little new entertainment on the boob tube right now, could some of these folks make the leap and become gamers? It's very much a possibility.
I'm thinking this strike could bite Hollywood in the ass. It wouldn't surprise me if the game industry siphoned off 5-20 percent of the TV watching market for the long haul.
Have any of you found yourself gaming even more than usual? How about friends and family, particularly the entertainment junkies that you know?
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Personally I haven't really watched any TV for a couple years, so I haven't noticed any change in my habits because of the writers' strike. Games > TV, forever.
but between kung fu practice, trying to draw more, work and trying to learn more 3d outside of work, I got no time for games or tv, sadly.
it's like someone bragging about not reading books. oh wait, no, books are for smart peoples. i guess it's like not playing video games.
i hope a new crop of good writers emerges and work for less and create better shows. fuck the strikers. that'd make me laugh because i don't know any screen writers and don't care
edit: on topic, if more people are using their freed up time to play video games, all the better. they're more engaging and often have more interesting stories/characters you can easily become attached to without having the fiction broken when you see that same actor selling diapers. i think this can only do good things for our industry.
passive entertainment makes me feel like a sheep. I hope it does ween some people off the smack that is TV.
As for gaming, that's what the TV's now used for.
Oh yeah, less TV = Hit the swimming pool.
Even if I DO watch tv it's usually for cartoons, and more often than not an episode i've seen a million fucking times, so I skip it anyways and go back to playing games.
How can I be like you?
I hope people stop watching and they stop making crap. Unfortunately thats never going to happen. While I don't care too much for the writing in a lot of things it's not necessarily the writers who are to blame. The producers won't take chances on different scripts for fear of a show/movie tanking. So the writers are ASKED to write crap because thats what will pay the bills.
I definitely have been gaming more and I'm more motivated to further my portfolio! But I've also found the Daily Show and Colbert Report to be as funny if not funnier than they were previous!