Stumbled upon this video, which kind of summarizes the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxaIP8F3K8
In summary
For people here who have a current console, what do you think about this?
Another video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61lX2mixdKQ
A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it’s price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don’t meet the system requirements, or just haven’t had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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Creative industries in general have been somewhat stagnant including TV, video games, movies, and so on.
Part of it is the raw bureaucratization of society where box checkers and rule followers are getting into creative positions and being uncreative.
That’s also why there are good things out there in niche spaces, because creative people didn’t disappear they’re just keeping low.