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"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.

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[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 14 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

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

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 6 points 17 hours ago

I've come to the same conclusion. And it just seems like every game that comes out is just a re-skinned version of some other popular game with nothing really new to bring to the table, anyway.

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