The gaming industry has always been filled with creative individuals, overall highly skilled and often with a great vision to create new worlds, ideas, and concepts. From the Pong days to the early PC and console era, and now the global online games, we have come a long way. But where we used to see developers and publishers work together to get the best experience for their clients, in the last couple of years or so, we are seeing a steady decline in the quality of games being launched. Furthermore, we see that more and more companies are solely focused on making profits, or in some cases even cash-cowing gamers on a yearly basis with seemingly minor updates being made to the franchise. Especially the larger publishers are functioning more as a company that needs to increase their revenue and profits every quarter, catering more towards the wishes of the shareholders than towards their clients, the gamers. CEO’s are also incentivized to have a short-term outlook rather than a long-term visionary perspective due to bonuses being handed out when (yearly) targets are met.

In a sense, you could say that the gaming industry has now fully matured, but luckily there will always be some bold visionary people, with the intent of creating new experiences focusing on enjoyment rather than profits. Others are looking into new ways of changing the industry for the better. There will always be new startups, or motivated individuals looking for ways to make new entertainment possible for the public. So while we may lose previous crowd favorites like Bioware and Bethesda, new companies and developers will sprout, and with new technologies come new ideas.

Just as we explained in our Blockchain & Gaming article, the gaming industry has always been one of the first sectors to embrace new technologies and look for ways to let it enhance their products. Blockchain will be one of those new technologies that will revolutionize the gaming industry, and the company that is leading the charge is Enjin.