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> The too many games argument always seemed toxically Malthusian to me. Like who made too many games? Who should stop making games? It's exactly the same as fa

> The too many games argument always seemed toxically Malthusian to me. Like who made too many games? Who should stop making games? It's exactly the same as farmers planting too much. It doesn't matter if people love what they planted. There is a limit to what people can reasonably consume. Only, unlike farming, I don't expect governments to intervene in the market. Video games aren't exactly a critical good.

digging 2y ago
Just as you say, it's a matter of it just being comparatively very easy to make games. These questions have easy answers: > Like who made too many games? Everybody. > Who should stop making games? Nobody. It's simply that more games get made than anyone can possibly consume. That counts as "too many [to consume]". That doesn't mean anything should change. It only feels weird because we recently came from a time where it felt like you could play every game coming out (except if you allow flash games, that actually hasn't been true for a longer time than it seems). But nobody is complaining that "we made too many t-shirt designs in 2024 and I can't wear them all."
- MichaelZuo 2y ago
  Amateur musicians do complain all the time about not getting enough attention… at least in every country that I’ve heard of?
  - recursive 2y ago
    Some of everyone is complaining about some of everything. Some people want more attention. I don't think there's a serious proposal to limit the amount of music made. There will always be people making music for the love of it. And since distributing it is now free, you'll need some kind of special angle if you want to get paid. My point is that not all musicians are complaining. And nor are all the game publishers.
    - johnnyanmac 2y ago
      >And nor are all the game publishers. they don't need to complain. Just lay off people and make the rest work harder. Ubisoft is falling in real time and their grand plan to recover is "make 2 Assassin's Creed's a year for 5 years". Denial is worse than ignorance. No one does everything. But there is a valid reason to understand these complaints. That's all that matters.
AngryData 2y ago
Farm subsidies exist as an alternative to the granary system. Countries without decent crop subsidies have historically and still to this day suffer with famine. Countries with decent crop subsidies never feel crop failures bad enough for people to even consider the idea that food could run short.
- nitwit005 2y ago
  No one has indicated any confusion to that reference.
- marcosdumay 2y ago
  > Farm subsidies exist as an alternative to the granary system. Except that the granary system is counter-cyclical and actually provides food when there is a crisis. Subsides are pro-cyclical and can't do anything in less than 6 months on the quicker case, 1 year in general.

digging 2y ago

Just as you say, it's a matter of it just being comparatively very easy to make games. These questions have easy answers: > Like who made too many games? Everybody. > Who should stop making games? Nobody. It's simply that more games get made than anyone can possibly consume. That counts as "too many [to consume]". That doesn't mean anything should change. It only feels weird because we recently came from a time where it felt like you could play every game coming out (except if you allow flash games, that actually hasn't been true for a longer time than it seems). But nobody is complaining that "we made too many t-shirt designs in 2024 and I can't wear them all."

MichaelZuo 2y ago
Amateur musicians do complain all the time about not getting enough attention… at least in every country that I’ve heard of?
- recursive 2y ago
  Some of everyone is complaining about some of everything. Some people want more attention. I don't think there's a serious proposal to limit the amount of music made. There will always be people making music for the love of it. And since distributing it is now free, you'll need some kind of special angle if you want to get paid. My point is that not all musicians are complaining. And nor are all the game publishers.
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    >And nor are all the game publishers. they don't need to complain. Just lay off people and make the rest work harder. Ubisoft is falling in real time and their grand plan to recover is "make 2 Assassin's Creed's a year for 5 years". Denial is worse than ignorance. No one does everything. But there is a valid reason to understand these complaints. That's all that matters.

AngryData 2y ago

Farm subsidies exist as an alternative to the granary system. Countries without decent crop subsidies have historically and still to this day suffer with famine. Countries with decent crop subsidies never feel crop failures bad enough for people to even consider the idea that food could run short.

nitwit005 2y ago
No one has indicated any confusion to that reference.
marcosdumay 2y ago
> Farm subsidies exist as an alternative to the granary system. Except that the granary system is counter-cyclical and actually provides food when there is a crisis. Subsides are pro-cyclical and can't do anything in less than 6 months on the quicker case, 1 year in general.