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There is a glut of games, for sure, with no easy way to filter them and no promise of a game I will actually enjoy. Has there ever been a time of the "promise

There is a glut of games, for sure, with no easy way to filter them and no promise of a game I will actually enjoy. Has there ever been a time of the "promise of a game I will actually enjoy"? Back in the day all you had was rare magazine articles, and one wall of a Toys R Us with flaps consisting of the front of the box on one side and the back of the box on the other. I'm not sure I see that as preferable to the modern situation.

noobiemcfoob 7y ago
It wasn't so much a promise however long ago as much as a lot of MBA-style thought had yet to be put into the monetization strategy. The games that were made tended to be made for artistic and entertainment motivations over a boardroom identified market niche that is somehow the exact same niche filled by every other game.