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Do you think Corona virus might affect gaming landscape?
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I definitely thought of Foxconn when I wrote that, and you're right, it's a terrible company/factory that gets away with it for some reason (Taiwanese factories are notoriously bad for this type of thing. I'm not sure why), but by and large, it's very difficult to force work on people like that these days in China. Employees will band together so fast, and straight up not show up to work. They may not have unions, but they are hardcore when it comes to what's expected of them. They'll do that, and not a minute more*.
*Unless you offer them more money, of course.
Came to post this, thanks.
The virus might not be as deadly as the press makes it to be, but they are taking a lot of measures there that are of course going to ruin many schedules.
Panic is a terrible thing. From a health perspective it PROBABLY won't be too bad, unless things change a lot...but folks are scared already.
Thinking more about this, I bet games like TLOU2 could face delays if people are not able to return to their jobs soon. A ton of work for the first TLOU was done by a couple of companies in Shanghai (XPEC, Original Force Ltd). If Sony went with that same companies again for the sequel, they are already a couple of days behind schedule.
WHO declares global emergency and people are claiming its just news channel fear mongering. I know it won't be the end of the world just because you/we are sitting on the other side of the planet but it does affects China's workline and thus things Chinese produce.
In the long run, we are not going to notice anything. Business as usual.
In the long run, we are not going to notice anything. Business as usual.
nintendo just said it slow down some of their switch production
I'm not sure about the rest
Apple closed down 4000 stores so the virus is definitely harming different companies
Does a regular flu put tens of thousands of people under quarantine and not allow them to go to work? If people aren't at work doing their jobs how do you think graphics and game systems are getting made?
Depending on how long China is held back by the virus, it is possible there could be some short term set backs in terms of production.
My company's office in Suzhou is closed for two weeks and people are working from home. Granted you can't really do that in a factory setting.
My company's office in Suzhou is closed for two weeks and people are working from home. Granted you can't really do that in a factory setting.
Don't be obtuse the op was all encompassing.
Dust you should thread mark post #19
That thread is not about which is worse or what causes the most deaths. It's whether or not the corona virus will affect the gaming industry. The answer is yes, it already is. The amount of people under quarantine and unable to go to work is absolutely changing schedules as we speak.
No, that wasn't the question. It was about the gaming 'landscape'
This is purely for quaratain, once the virus is locked down everyone will open up shop again. This measures are only so the virus wont spread. I do not expect it to be very long. But it will have a financial impact on those companies.
Just like Coronavirus, except this time it can spread from person to person without any symptoms.
The Flu does not disrupt society; it's something we can contain. Coronavirus cannot be properly contained thus far as there are unknown cases and missing people to account for.
I think it is kinda sad to be discussing this, ignoring the actual human impact it has, and focusing on 'What does this mean for my vidyagames'.
But that person is right. The regular flu kills thousands every year and yet the world keeps turning without massive media outrage. I think it'll blow over relatively soon.
The flu does not disrupt society. You serious with this shit?
No, at least not anymore than any other seasonal illness. For some perspective, the seasonal flu infects tens of millions around the world and kills about 650,000 people every year, and videogames haven't been dramatically affected by the season flu ... ever.
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It does not disrupt society in the sense that society has adapted to it.
Do you see anyone building emergency hospitals for the Flu? Do you see world-wide taskforces taking serious measures to combat it? Do you see all the emergency helplines full in China?
The answer is no.
In the USA alone, seasonal influenza killed 30000 people last winter and twice that number the year before (governement estimate).
Corona virus fatality rate is lower than the SRAS one and its infection rate is much lower than, let's stay chickenpox (Check this article from the NYTimes).
We can't discuss a global news story and how it affects video games on a video game forum? I don't think anyone here is saying video games are more important than human lives, it's just an interesting topic of discussion.
Also, the season flu doesn't cause mass quarentines, cancelled flights on this scale, banning of goods, etc like what is going on right now. The corona virus itself might be nothing compared to the seasonal flu but the global reaction to the virus will disrupt industries, like gaming, far more than the seasonal flu.
I get it, we all have heard soundbites how this is nothing compared to the seasonal flu. The measures being taken to stop the spread are far more disruptive, though.
So many stupid points in a single post. Let's deconstruct them.
"except this time it can spread from person to person without any symptoms" <- wrong in most cases and same as any other type of flu.
"The Flu does not disrupt society; it's something we can contain" <- we don't contain it, we take it and then it passes and yes of course milion of people not going to work has a decent economic impact, we are just used to it.
" Coronavirus cannot be properly contained thus far as there are unknown cases and missing people to account for" in china maye, in the west unlikely and if the chinese government didn't try to hide from moment 1 they could have as well
Point taken, it's something to discuss although it does leave a bit of a weird taste in my mouth. And I haven't 'heard soundbites'. I personally treat children and adults on the ICU every day. I understand exactly what the seasonal flu does and what it doesn't firsthand.
You're absolutely correct about the 'global reaction' though. It has a bigger impact than it realistically should. And that could even impact videogames.
- Sure, ignore health officials and the cases where it actually has spread without symptoms.
- Obviously you need to do some thinking on what the word contain means in this context.
- So you agree with me, thanks.
You might want to read about the 1918 flu pandemic. This virus isn't the apocalypse, BUT is somewhat unknown and it's WHO's duty and raison d'etrê is to know if it might be a pandemic or not, and to keep it contained.
What do the five games below have in common?
The point being, while the Coronavirus will undoubtedly affect the manufacturing and development of consoles and video games. That by no means suggests that games that are completed are going to be delayed due to some sensitivity towards those affected by the virus.
- Resident Evil: Remake
- Resident Evil 0
- SOCOM
- Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix
- The Thing
The point being, while the Coronavirus will undoubtedly affect the manufacturing and development of consoles and video games. That by no means suggests that games that are completed are going to be delayed due to some sensitivity towards those affected by the virus.
You're downplaying what you don't understand.
30,000 deaths out of 35 million infections is a 0.1% mortality rate.
The Corona virus has a 2% mortality rate with a quarter of people infected requiring intensive care within 2 weeks of infection.
The actual rate for Coronoavirus is going to be a lot lower than that. It is out diagnosed infections, which is inherently most of the people that have to seek medical attention.
Flu numbers are extrapolated in a more statistical sense, because most flu patients don't get medical attention and most don't get tested for specific flu strains.
That's not how it works. This strain of corona has a significantly higher mortality rate than standard influenza. Not even mentioning the fact it's a new virus in humans so you've still got the potential that it might evolve into a more dangerous entity.
Yes.
While not related to gaming, I bought a Ponyo dress for my daughter and this morning I received the following notice:
So, yes. It absolutely will affect gaming as well.
While not related to gaming, I bought a Ponyo dress for my daughter and this morning I received the following notice:
So, yes. It absolutely will affect gaming as well.
It won't be a lot lower, just slightly lower. It certainly will be higher than the flu.
Speaking of which though I need to correct myself. The flu doesn't have a 0.1% mortality rate. It has a 0.01% mortality rate.
Basically a non-event? What the fuck
Some of you are way too edgy.
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