Do you ever think there are too many PC games? So did Ultima's Robert Garriott—in 1989
"The consumer doesn't really know what to buy for their computer," Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo's newfangled game console.
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I remember reading somewhere that there are officially more PC games being released than there are players to play them. Of course, if one is talking about the amount of quality games being released, then the number shrinks very fast.
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At this point I have a backlog of good games that would take a lifetime to play through. If you want my money and attention you've got a lot of heavyweight classics to beat
I've come to the same conclusion. And it just seems like every game that comes out is just a re-skinned version of some other popular game with nothing really new to bring to the table, anyway.
Same, but with mods for an even thinner selection of really good games.
I do hope I figure out how to make a game that gets known....one day. I've played so many games since the mid 80s so hopefully when I get around to it I'll get it....well okay. Yes okay is my goal lol, mean I got a day job but not programming games....developing other crap. Unfortunately the day works and games don't overlap much except when you take overall concepts.
Mostly I just want to make something least say 100 people think is fun. That'd make it worth it.
Also used to DJ....if there were 20 people dancing that worked for me too. Mean don't get me wrong I'd have loved to put 1000 people's hands in the air but always tried to be more realistic. Took tons of work to get to that level of mixing too.
Lots more of programming work to understand gaming heh.
I remember back in the early-mid 90s I said to a friend 'wouldn't it be cool if we had every video game ever made?' To which he replied, 'true, but what's the point if we cannot play them all? I mean you'll never have the time'.
Since then the number of games have exploded, but even if you froze the clock in 1995 there were already so many games that you spend all your life playing them and not be finished.
We are spoilt for choice since downloadable indie games became a thing about 15 years ago.
Way longer than that.
Much longer. When I discovered abandonware I became a massive collector. I lost a lot in 2009 due to a crash, but recovered and I ocassionally go on download binges.
looks at Steam😭