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It's probably true that there's an excess of easily accessible quality entertainment. I certainly have backlogs in multiple content categories. But those backlo
by jsnell 11y ago
It's probably true that there's an excess of easily accessible quality entertainment. I certainly have backlogs in multiple content categories. But those backlogs just build up, because I'm much more likely to play/read/watch a new release than something a couple of years old.
The reason is that a big part of the value of the content is social. It's a lot more interesting to play a game while a high concentration of other people are playing it too. It's a lot less fun to play it years later, and just read through dusty archives (since the chances of an IRL friend playing through the game at the same time are miniscule).
- thenomad 11y agoAh, that's a very interesting point - and I'd agree with it from personal experience, to a certain extent. My own consumption of media seems to be split between new and old at the moment. I've bought an unusually large number of new games this year, but that number is still, I think, 2. Of course games have a further problem I didn't have time to get into in this article: the better the game, the longer time most people will spend on it compared to other games. That means that as game quality goes up, the number of games consumed a year will tend to go down. And if an absolute phenomenon like WoW or Minecraft arrives, it nukes the industry for everyone else for a year...