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So if you're going to the store to buy toothpaste, and there's too many brands on offer, you're going to stop buying toothpaste and let your teeth rot? I'd fil
by jpatokal 12y ago
So if you're going to the store to buy toothpaste, and there's too many brands on offer, you're going to stop buying toothpaste and let your teeth rot? I'd file that under "unlikely". The paradox of choice means that you may be less happy about your eventual choice, but you're still going to make it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_choice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_choice
- guard-of-terra 12y agoGaming should be fun. If people are less happy during the fun, your customer base decreases. For the whole market.
- gradstudent 12y ago> The paradox of choice means that you may be less happy about your eventual choice, but you're still going to make it. I don't think this is true. Faced with a wall of indie games I will throw up my hands and go play Mario instead.
- kevingadd 12y agoToothpaste is something you know you need to buy. Games are not. If a game purchase is an impulse buy (not all game purchases are, of course) and the impulse fades before you've found something to buy (because you're wandering aimlessly through a huge list of uninteresting titles on Steam), you may just wander off and not buy anything. I've certainly done that before.