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NewDArt
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So, I was just curious how many games are released these days.
Turns out, on Steam alone - there are around 10 games released, on average, every single day. That's just Steam.
I remember a time when I was lucky to get ANY new game in weeks or months. You had to make do with what was available - meaning I could spend days or weeks playing a piece of shit, because that was what I had - and the process of learning mechanics was always fun in games of any complexity.
Also, I used to think I would definitely be able to play all the great games out there - because they were so few in number.
Slowly, I've realised that I can't even begin to keep up with my backlog - and we're talking about a backlog of GREAT games. Games that I would once have killed to get my hands on.
We're talking about amazing in-depth RPGs, strategy games, 4X games - on and on. My favorite genres.
Ironically, I'm far from as entertained as I was when I was a kid. I've seen too much - and I dismiss games out of hand for the smallest infractions.
In the past, I had all the time in the world with very few games - and now I have all the games I could ever want, but very little time.
Even worse, when I DO have time - I struggle picking a game to focus on, because I know there's always another that might just be more entertaining.
The "must have" titles get fewer and fewer as there are ever more of them released.
How the hell do you deal with that?
Turns out, on Steam alone - there are around 10 games released, on average, every single day. That's just Steam.
I remember a time when I was lucky to get ANY new game in weeks or months. You had to make do with what was available - meaning I could spend days or weeks playing a piece of shit, because that was what I had - and the process of learning mechanics was always fun in games of any complexity.
Also, I used to think I would definitely be able to play all the great games out there - because they were so few in number.
Slowly, I've realised that I can't even begin to keep up with my backlog - and we're talking about a backlog of GREAT games. Games that I would once have killed to get my hands on.
We're talking about amazing in-depth RPGs, strategy games, 4X games - on and on. My favorite genres.
Ironically, I'm far from as entertained as I was when I was a kid. I've seen too much - and I dismiss games out of hand for the smallest infractions.
In the past, I had all the time in the world with very few games - and now I have all the games I could ever want, but very little time.
Even worse, when I DO have time - I struggle picking a game to focus on, because I know there's always another that might just be more entertaining.
The "must have" titles get fewer and fewer as there are ever more of them released.
How the hell do you deal with that?