nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agoNacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games"www.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down12
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkNacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games"www.gamesindustry.biznanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareZOSTED@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·10 months agoA lot of indies, too. And quality isn’t enough to rise above the fray anymore. I’m not going to say it’s too many, because that’s subjective, but in business terms it’s a “red ocean”
minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·10 months agoThere are lots of identical indie games, usually found in the forms of pixel shit, asset-pack Unity crafters, and melodramatic walking simulators.
minus-squareZOSTED@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoHey at least melodramatic walking simulators are trying to say something
minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoYeah, they’re trying to say “I’m so deep, give me money”. I seriously doubt the number of autuer-driven art-first video games breaks out of the margin of error
minus-squareZOSTED@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoRight yeah, I don’t like low effort games
minus-squarePinkPanther@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago14532 games were released on Steam in 2023. And that’s Steam alone. Absolutely insane numbers.
A lot of indies, too. And quality isn’t enough to rise above the fray anymore.
I’m not going to say it’s too many, because that’s subjective, but in business terms it’s a “red ocean”
There are lots of identical indie games, usually found in the forms of pixel shit, asset-pack Unity crafters, and melodramatic walking simulators.
Hey at least melodramatic walking simulators are trying to say something
Yeah, they’re trying to say “I’m so deep, give me money”. I seriously doubt the number of autuer-driven art-first video games breaks out of the margin of error
Right yeah, I don’t like low effort games
14532 games were released on Steam in 2023. And that’s Steam alone. Absolutely insane numbers.