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The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games | Jason Schreier
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There are hundreds of Masters of Puppets daily probably but it’s hard to tell because so much stuff is coming out, which is an issue when we want artists to be able to afford food. At this point I think civilised countries should be exploring how to fund video games like we fund other forms of art.
Civilised countries already do. There's government grants available for games dev in Australia and Canada that I'm aware of, at least. Not sure about the USA, but I don't really classify that as a civilised country any more, and they do everything government related in the stupidest way possible anyway.
What do you mean hundreds daily? We barely get 1 a month and even that is a stretch. I actually do listen to new metal releases almost every day and I can promise you, most of them are a 6-7/10 at best. I'm not some snob or picky listener either, so it's not a me problem.
So yeah, music might have a discoverability issue due to sheer number of stuff coming out, but I don't think gaming is quite there yet.
As for the funding, I agree. But that's a society issue, not a gaming specific one. There's starving artists in every art form. If anything, game devs have it easier than most others. I remember watching a video from some game conference by a solo dev that was specialized in making solitaire games (I think? I can't find the vid anymore, unfortunately). He was basically showing how you can make a living as a dev without ever having a hit or anything of the sort.