I'm avoiding pop culture predictions this year to focus on personal ones.
I predict that I hit 250 total stories this year.
JLo will surpass Lucy Pinder as my most written celeb.
My New Years Resolution is just 2 words for myself - Write More. I want to have a strong year.
I'm actually very excited for 2025. I feel much better about this year than I did the last few years where things have just felt off. Something about this year makes me incredibly optimistic going forward.
10. The Video game has another down year but, due to how long it takes to make games, the industry won't be able to rapidly pivot.
It won't be a straight up crash, or anything like that, but (outside of the Switch 2, because Nintendo is it's own thing), layoffs and the like are gonna continue and it's gonna get uglier and uglier in 2025.
That's the case for AAA gaming. Those companies did this to themselves with massively bloated budgets to make games that no one wants. The AAA industry has a problem with making games that are best described as 'one size fits all'. By trying to be so inclusive and create a product for everyone in specific demographics of marketing, you end up with something that nobody wants. Just look at Concord for example; it had the most ugly character designs I ever seen in a game. Who was that made for? Then add in that it cost over $250+ million and spent 8-9 years in development. Sony and Ubisoft have put themselves in deep holes with overspending and being so out of touch with the consumer base (Same problem with Hollywood and how they don't see that viewers are rejecting modern writing).
The most likely scenario is that the AAA industry continues to destroy itself while AA studios replace them as the big jobs. Smaller studios are already the more desirable jobs cause they offer more freedoms to creatives. Baldur's Gate 3 is a sign going forward. That game was a massive success. Saber is one of those studios who is smaller scale, lower budgets and making games that people actually want.
I personally am excited for AI to change the landscape of gaming. We're almost at the point where the average joe can create their own animations and graphics in AI. Studios are already using AI tools to enhance graphics and do upscaling, they just aren't publicly saying it aloud. We're probably a year or two away from small teams making passion projects and not having to deal with publishing studios; HR departments or any of the hassles with getting their game out there. The next big thing isn't going to come from these old studios. It will be some random person or group of people utilizing the full power of AI tools to make their game, and then they'll say 'fuck the game industry, I made this without them'.
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