Will Facebook apps and 10 second phone apps kill the video game industry?

[Sarcastic Pac-Man]

Because most of the are free, and most others people buy for £2.99/$2.99 to play for a few minutes instead of a £40/$40 game that lasts 20+ hours.

[xRøBx]

Not a chance

[Paul]

I assume you're referring to console games, because technically apps are video games too. But there is no chance of that happening. The online multiplayer is why many people play console games, and drastically increases play time. I, myself, have played the same game for over a year now and have clocked in 100+ hours. Not to mention console games (and other PC games like WoW) go much more in depth, and are actually getting bigger.

[Jennifer Copeland]

Definitely not. Those apps and fb games are only fun for like a week max. Then they get boring. More expensive video games for consoles or your pc are much more fun and go more in depth when it comes to the plot and objective. You get bored of them less quickly and sometimes you never get bored of them.

[Andy Morgan]

I don't think so. Sure, some games cost money to play, particularly console games, but you also have a level of enhanced game play, graphics, online multiplayer, and other essential dynamics that make most games worth buying.

Also, there are still a lot of free online games that have depth and real game play. For example, uTanks, a remake of an old tank game I used to play. It is free to play and still provides a full immersion into online multiplayer. There are also free to play MMORPGs out there like the Maple Story that have itemized revenue based models instead of pay to play models.

Basically, the gaming industry is already adapting to the free to play niche of gamers by making quality content for free with donation, ad, and item based revenue models that perform well even without subscriptions and up front costs. This is a healthy thing for the market in my opinion. Maybe one day we will see console game prices descend a bit when they realize they can balance costs by making advanced features optional instead of included with a higher price tag.

[GB]

not any time soon the quality and length is no where near as good as the consoles