Världens mysigaste spelmakare, tillika mannen bakom klassiker såsom Dungeon Keeper, Black & White och Fable, har sagt sitt om den rådande indievågen som överöst oss spelare. Han menar helt enkelt att trender som dessa kommer i perioder för att sedan ebba ut i resten av spelindustrin.
I en intervju med CVG på spelmässan GDC jämförde han den rådande trenden med spel skapade utan förlag med både punkrocken under dess storhetstid samt 80-talets våg av hemmakodande som sparkade igång hans egen karriär.
"These things go in cycles," berättade han för CVG. "What I'd say is, enjoy this time, because it won't last."
"Don't think we're going to be all indies for the next five years - these things go in cycles, just like in the music business. You have a time where punk is big, and then you have times like now where everything is manufactured."
"Enjoy this time, because inevitably it will only last a short period."
"Here's the thing: walk through any hotel lobby at GDC and look at people's name badges. This morning at breakfast I saw three angel investors talking to indies. They're saying, 'take my money! I want to invest in your company!"
"But what those indie companies don't realise is that they'll then have to have board meetings, and in those meetings they'll be told, 'no, you shouldn't do that - look at this game that's making money'."
