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7672 games released in a year still seems so, so low to me. How many books are published in a year? How many albums? I don't say this to minimize the pain of i
by iameli 8y ago
7672 games released in a year still seems so, so low to me. How many books are published in a year? How many albums?
I don't say this to minimize the pain of indie devs that find themselves suddenly deluged with competition... but that's where things are headed, yeah?
- pasiaj 8y agoThere’s a net addition of ~300.000 games per year in the iOs app store.
- kartan 8y agoAround 2,256,508 books (data is not up to date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_per_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_pe...) But I guess it will be fair to compare also with Movies. As some games have budgets on that scale. That is around 730 movies per year for USA and Canada. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187122/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-2001/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/187122/movie-releases-in... > I don't say this to minimize the pain of indie devs that find themselves suddenly deluged with competition... but that's where things are headed, yeah? Yes. In the 90s there were not so many people with the skills and equipment to create games. Nowadays is a global market where everyone can give it a try. From cheap computers to Unity3D it is easier and cheaper than ever to create games.
- forapurpose 8y ago> 730 movies per year Is that apples to apples? A 'movie' release could be anything from a quick short on YouTube to a $x00 million blockbuster, and everything in between. The same goes for games.