Fable creator Peter Molyneux has shared his thoughts on the rising popularity of indie games, and they aren’t all too positive.
Speaking to CVG at GDC 2014, Molyneux, who founded his own independent studio in the form of 22cans and is currently working on the game Godus, said: “These things go in cycles. 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’.”
As is typically the case with quotes from Molyneux, they’ve raised the ire of many in the gaming community, with a commenter on NeoGAF saying rather sarcastically: “No, you’re right, Peter Molyneux. There are no more punk bands and no one’s independent anymore and big record labels are all that is left. Definitely no indie scene anymore, yup.
“Come on, seriously?”
