Will there be another video game crash?

[GMer]

Yes, I do know about the story with FF1 and Squaresoft... saw the TV special
The point I am getting at is there needs to be new blood in the gaming industry with new ideas.
"evolutionary", eh? Yep, except in console games, there is a major difference between the
previous console's graphics and new one (e.g PS2 & PS3, there is a big difference)
I'm not exactly saying the engines are bad (actually the contrary, any further and we will be playing pixar movies),
just that the companies thinktanks should try to think outside the box when itI comes to stories, e.g. aliens invade
earth but some humans join and fight with the aliens, or playing from the viewpoint of the aliens.
This has been a few times, one of which is very old (the old 90's TIE Fighter PC game, I think, where you see the
Empire's view of the Rebels)

[paradoxnj]

TIE Fighter was a reuse of the XWing engine and idea by Lucasarts. It was a great game...but it was not very innovative. The story/plot idea maybe...but not the technology nor the game genre.

[MakerOfGames]

Personally I don't think technology has to be revolutionary for a revolutionary game to be made. Look at Portal from Valve, sure portals have been used before and the gameplay idea was tried before, but they took the idea and made something great from it. I loved Portal and find it to be one of the greatest breaths of fresh air in the pc market. Sure portal technology was implemented before and it used the same old source engine, but it took gameplay and story and made something that was completely unique and amazing. Its things like that that need to happen. That is the kind of in innovation that needs to happen more often. It's not that we need all new ideas and story basis, its that people have to be creative with the norm. That's all I feel is needed in today's market.

[GMer]

I agree, MakerOfGames.
Portal is awesome! Plus it used existing game technology in a whole new way.