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How many NES games are actually good?
NES games were actually quite expensive. Games were at their cheapest around PS1-X360 and they didn't make bank from whales yet. Which I would also argue were the best times for games.
I think you forgot how many absolutely trash games were being made.
I haven't, there's always trash being made. But the quality and amount of great faves was definitely higher then than it is now
Cartridge games yeah, I was alive and buying 60-80 dollar N64 games. I agree with your peak era opinion.
I think 360/PS3 middle of their lifespan was the beginning of the decline, but that was gradual.
A lot, especially compared to the Atari games which caused the US vg crash. So the seal of quality and limit on amount of games allowed to be published actually meant something.
I get what you're saying but this question is the wrong one.
I don't agree, but my tolerance for mediocrity is admittedly rather low compared to most people. Out of 1370 NES/Famicom games most are garbage, seal or not. Then a lot of mediocre games. Then a small portion of actually stand-out good games. This is true of every console and every era of PC gaming.
More games than ever are released now, OP only considers AAA which has both heavy quality decline combined with far less output thanks to bloated corporations that can't imagine making cheaper games on shorter time scales with smaller and more focused teams.
Television has the same problem as the mega gaming corps who have bought each other up. Used to get 12-24 episodes a season per year. Now we get 8 episodes with 2+ years between seasons.
Which I'm fine with, indie can be far more creatively interesting (when not pumping out shovelware) than LCD multi million safe bet cater to everyone appeal to no one monetized whaling slop released broken and stuttering for 80 dollars for only the hacked up base game with no respect for art just the dollar.
OK, let's settle with mediocre instead.
Compared to what? You don't hear of nearly as many people trying to run PS1 roms...