“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.
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.
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.
*edited for clarity
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
