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Newer games are made with the knowledge of older games, so theoretically they should be better. I'd argue they are on average, but there's also the survivorship
by TchoBeer 5y ago
Newer games are made with the knowledge of older games, so theoretically they should be better. I'd argue they are on average, but there's also the survivorship bias in play with very old games that only the good ones are still commonly known and played.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> theoretically they should be better Lol anything newer is theoretically better?
- ryandrake 5y agoYea I did a double take at that one. The software industry laughs uncontrollably at that statement.
- TchoBeer 5y agoNew things are made with the knowledge of old things, and old things aren't. Unless more knowledge about what you're making could lead to a worse product, then newer things will on average be better than older things.
- chrisseaton 5y agoDoes this theory hold in practice when you look around you in the real world? Was the best work of all fields - cinema, art, music, architecture, literature, all from the last year?
- lanstin 5y agoI find the production of bad movies to be such an interesting issue. Lot of money, lots of highly skilled people, long time, it still some how you get really bad results fairly often. It is a lesson in humility for any ambitious endeavor I think.
- mLuby 5y agoYes it does, but not from "last year" because art has to age. The best art from 11700 is leagues better than the best art from 10700, or 5000 (we're in 12021 BTW). Obvious caveat that dark and golden ages interrupt this trend.