As developers attempt to "survive 2024", analyst says the industry's "gotta get to GTA 6 and hope"
Feb. 16, 2024Sentiments aren’t particularly positive at the DICE Awards
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As developers gather in Las Vegas for the first major games industry event of the year, reports suggest many are simply trying to “survive” the next 12 months - andGTA 6might be key to that survival.
The DICE Awards are a prestigious annual ceremony that sees a substantial gathering of games industry professionals. This year, amid the backdrop of cancellations and redundancies that are sweeping the industry, the tone of the awards is said to be more somber than normal, with some reporting that developers are simply hoping to last into next year, when the market might be less volatile.
Developer and documentary-maker Danny O’Dwyer tweeted his impressions of the show after two days at the DICE conference, suggesting that core themes of his conversations are that publishers and venture capitalists are offering “minimal investment,” and that there’s worry about the “ever-increasing cost of AAA development” amid “little core-market expansion.” As well as a dig at Embracer Group -the company responsible for many of those redundancies and closures- O’Dwyer says that the overriding sentiment of the conference is a need to “Survive 24.”
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