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[Heisenberg007]

True. I believe in that, too.

I think this is the biggest problem in the industry. Supply has been consistently outpacing demand.

This also leads to another big problem: game discovery.

 

[Panajev2001a]

For a progressive cunt, Schreier gets so lost in his own self importance that he actually seems to imply that the industry needs to go back to gatekeeping.

A lot of people against gatekeeping are only against them not being the enlightened gatekeepers not against gatekeeping itself.

 

[Hypereides]

What's the problem, the market decides who floats and who sinks, as with every other business. Just because people put time and effort into something dosen't mean it deserves either attention or monetary gain. Sure some of our personal bangers might underperform and studios we think deserves better go under, but what's the alternative?

• A comittee of chosen people deciding which games are deserving to be released and get the spotlight/best dates?
• Mandate that every publisher must join a "guild" so that they can hold hands and sing kumbaya while they draw straws and cooperate about who releases what, where and when?
• No one gets to release a game unless it meets some arbitrary goals about content, values and equality?

For a progressive cunt, Schreier gets so lost in his own self importance that he actually seems to imply that the industry needs to go back to gatekeeping. Full circle.

It's either that or it's just a "captain obvious" article without any value. Yeah many games are coming out thanks for breaking the news ...I guess.

I think what's more amazing is how many retards would agree with him if he came out championing exactly this. Right up until it meant that a game they want was canceled because the committee in question is made up of people that hate their guts.

Can you imagine? "Sorry. Fuck off. We don't want your game to be released because it doesn't check some DIPSHIT DICKHEAD box we randomly decided on today. Go put it in cold storage and maybe it'll be trendy in a decade."
I mean hell there's kind of people already advocating for exactly that.

This is how I partially read it too. Schreier seems to be upset that he - and his small clique - are losing that public influence they once had to grant their "stamp of approval". Imagine if a game that doesn't comply with their narrative manages to be successful and slip through. That's a "yikes!". The increased amount of games means he, and they, can't control that stream anymore.

If anything that's a good thing (if you catch my drift). That judgment is shifting back to the gaming community which can spread the word of mouth on things that strike some cord. Not some pack of game journos with sketchy relations to big name publishers and their business interests.

Seems like this article is him being mildly passive aggressive about this change.

 

[cormack12]

Thanks Jason. This brand new insight makes me wonder if we have discussed this on the internet for the last 5 years. Can your next article cover if games are getting too big, because this also needs to be pushed into mainstream gamer conversation.

 

[GymWolf]

Dude is just sad because i killed countless of his brothers and sisters in helldivers 2.

There are even precise anti-shriekers builds on yt.

 

[MMaRsu]

The book industry has a problem...

TOO MANY BOOKS!#

 

[Magister]

The book industry has a problem...

TOO MANY BOOKS!#

These days people rarely read books. In 10 years there will be nobody who reads books. Nowadays, the only shit people actually read is manga.

The same will happen to video games industry. Say goodbye to single-player games and say hello to Fortnite-likes.

Gamer cred is at all time low right now and I doubt that current generation of gamers will suddenly switch their habits. Our games are already considered boomer games by them.

 

[rkofan87]

The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

A crowded September for video-game releases illustrates a broader challenge in the market

www.bloomberg.com

the definition of first world problems.

 

[rkofan87]

I've got over 400 free ones sitting in my Epic Store library.
Dozens of Netflix games on my cellphone.
Hundreds of Gamepass games
Lots of games I bought on Steam and GoG.
As well as all the VR stuff on my Quest 3.

All that and still there is nothing to play.

sadly same.

 

[rkofan87]

I'd bet most of these games are slop. I saw a video on YouTube where they literally had the same problem in the 80's on Atari, I think. Too many games being released to the point where they would just send the cartridges straight to the trash. It's a problem but it'll fix itself with a bunch of companies going bankrupt.

bingo

 

[rkofan87]

"Just invest in marketing."

That doesn't always work.
Alan Wake 2 is a great example, praised by EVERYONE and barely sold 2 million copies.

and put games on disc day 1

 

[PlayStaytion]

More is definitely better if games stayed forever. It's a form of art in the end, some people want it to last, some beat a single game a year, some more, some took long breaks to deal with real life stressors. If you put date on these games then it's definitely a dying hobby.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

In 10 years there will be nobody who reads books. Nowadays, the only shit people actually read is manga.

Nope. Maybe inside your bubble, the real world is much bigger than that. Some genres are selling at historical peaks today. The problem with books is that Amazon has enabled AI trash and bottom of the barrell wannabe writers. It's very hard for readers to filter the good ones.

As in videogames and TV shows, the problem is not that there are many, but to choose wisely the rare gems in a desert of mediocrity.

 

[Moses85]

and 90% of these Games are

 

[Stuart360]

I think if you include Indie and AA games then you can def make a case for there being more games today than ever.
Just in terms of AAA i dont agree.

I remember in the second half of the 360/ps3 gen, i'd go to the game stores after work every Friday and it seemed like every week there would be 2 or 3 new games released. Compared to today where we are lucky to get 2 or 3 AAA games every month. Every few months sometimes!.

Of course Indie games didnt really exist back then.
I dont really see how this is a problem anyway, not from a consumers point of view anyway.

 

[damidu]

It was day 1 Gamepass on Xbox and only on Epic Games Store on PC at launch

So yeah it sold like shit because nobody actually bought it lol. It was free on Xbox and unavailable for 99% of PC gamers

So that's just stupid business decisions hurting sales

it was never on gamepas, wth you are talking about?!

 

[RAIDEN1]

No, Bloomberg are off the mark, the real problem is, prices are going up, studios are shutting down, and games are now coming out half-baked or require more patches to fix from the get-go....from the likes of Cyberpunk, to the last Jedi game, to Metal Gear Delta..as well as the fact franchises are not allowed to flop anymore...cue the entrance for the likes of Alone in the Dark, and Deus Ex..

 

[Punished Miku]

It was day 1 Gamepass on Xbox and only on Epic Games Store on PC at launch

Its never been on GP.

 

[The_Mike]

there arent enough GREAT games.

Im not paying full price for mid or at all

 

[Team Andromeda]

There's not many bigger twats than Schreier, the man talking utter crap again, to get a headline...

 

[CGNoire]

I agree. I Hate the "Tyranny of Choice" and too hear its only getting worse I think personaly sucks.

 

[Spyxos]

It's probably because of Covid that we're now getting so many games in a row.

 

[Liopleurodon]

Myself, in most cases I don't even click on the title unless it is related to:

Metal Gear
Final Fantasy
JRPG (especially related to some old school stuff)
Mihoyo
Silent Hill

In general connected to some known, already established series / franchise, or studio.

I guess this all is also one of the reasons why a lot of modern anime have long, descriptive titles that already reveal what they are about.