There were 14,532 games released on Steam last year - oversaturated money grabbing market, and AI made games havent even arrived yet

[TheMaster]

Not really been into gaming for over 15 years since my mid 20's, but since I decided to get a new laptop I thought why not have a look at what the industry is up to....

Its just crazy...there's literaly 40 new games being released per day just on this platform, if you include others its way higher.

'There Are Simply Too Many Games To Play', Says Head of Publishing at Nacon

It has been said by a high-ranking representative of Nacon that there are too many games on the market, presenting players and developers with a dilemma.

insider-gaming.com

So since I am an OG and played the original Doom when I was a kid I thought I would stick to what I know and got the latest one.


Quite badass yes and nostalgic also but beyond these familair old skool titles its just a mess how they churn them out nowadays.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

That's nothing new.
I've heard comparable numbers for the past 5+ years.

The fact is most of them are trashware.
Copy+Paste assets with little variation between the games. I wonder why Steam bothers with approving practically everything with little review of the quality or if it's mostly Copy+Paste from another game the 'developer' already published.

Quality games usually stand out amongst the pile of trashware.

 

[Madmick]

Is this really a problem? There were always too many games for one person to play. Now there are simply tens of thousands.

You have to believe three things to believe it is a problem. First, there is a severe dilution in quality. Second, this is the primary (or at least a major contributor) to that dilution of quality. And, third, the dilution in quality is so great it offsets the increased volume to the point that there is less overall great quality games being put out.