Games industry heading for crash ‘for same reasons as 30 years ago’

The world games industry may have become overheated and be heading for a crash due to the proliferation of games across mobiles, tablets, PC and games consoles.

The head of department of technology and flexible learning at LIT Tipperary, Seamus Hoyne, told attendees at LIT Tipperary’s annual Games Fleadh that the industry was facing the same problems that caused it to crash 30 years ago.

“The video game industry crashed 30 years ago this year because there were too many consoles on the market at that time.