2023 has been a good year for games, but I can't play them all in 2023... I still have so many games in my back catalog that I need to start or finish.
There are more people than ever who are “wired” into the industry to the extent that they want to play everything. Once upon a time, I used to just play a handful of games and not worry about the ones I missed .
Yes, this year has INDEED been stacked, and it for sure makes up for some recently lackluster years (not bad years), but It's really just a good time to be a gamer. Great show!
One easy strategy is to ignore stuff you think you "should" play and only concentrate on what you know you're going to play once you download and install it. If you look at your list, you'll be surprised how many games you can take out of your backlog.
Shorter games are great. I sort of miss replaying a game a bunch of times, which was always the case until last gen's open world explosion. I'm curious if I'll remember the details of current AAA games like I remembered every bit of Metal Gear Solid because of countless replays.
A lot of games is a good thing but i admit its harder for good games to stand out since their respective genres are becoming crowded, except for sports and music games😅. As a player i often get tired of a specific genre like metroidvanias or open world games.
I think game release dates need to be spread out more, in order for them to have a shot; particularly if an IP is about to launch that overshadows everything else, like Spider-Man 2 or COD. Way too many major releases are jam-packed into October this year, and generally the fall season tends to be overcrowded.
That might be true, but this is all due to your very own life choices. Maybe you've got a family, a time consuming career, too many hobbys or a huge rooster of friends (no one really needs).
@@labrats3d oh I’m not purporting to be a victim of circumstance. It is entirely as a result of my choices that I do not currently have as much time to play as I used to. I do not regret it either. Just stating my situation in a way that I thought would be humorous and relatable
The only way is to play games early in the morning while everyone else in the house is sleeping. It's free time. (Disclaimer: get a healthy amount of high quality sleep)
patient gamers rise up! (don't actually rise up, stay nesting and playing old games with full DLC, patches, community fixes and mods, which you got for cheap discounts)
Idk I feel like it’s extra hard to pick the few games that I do squeeze in the time to play. But yeah if games hour is are to be believed everyone moved onto BG3 and now Starfield, meanwhile I’m still getting through Tears of the Kingdom and not close to finishing.
October is going to be absolutely nuts for me. Soooooo many good and LONG games I'm looking forward to, but I'm not complaining because I know it'll be like.... March and I'll have nothing I'm looking forward to.
I would say there is sometimes to much, which leads to burnout and less excitement. Not to mention costs and time, time is the biggest factor. I miss being excited and eager to play but it becomes less special.
I feel I'm restricted with gaming these days. I'm a father of young kids, and I lucky to get maybe 4-6 hours every week or so; I feel pressured to get the most of my games. And the cost of subscriptions gets me because of that, let alone spending the full price of a game.
Same. Full time job, two kids, wife all that needs my time (which is good, i love my time with them), but at the end of the day there’s like 2h i could use to game and in this 2h i feel so tired that i have to convince myself to turn ok the PC, PS5 or switch. I would love to try all of the games but as soon as i hear that it takes like 40+ hours to beat them im immediately turnd off.
Some good points were made but I feel so powerless as a consumer. Especially with the optimization issues this year on consoles. the playstation increasing subscription even tho they know many people just need to play online. I cherish this year game releases. There are many good ones and many more to come. I'm grateful for now because I feel like the industry is going in a very bad direction and I have to enjoy it while it lasts
I don’t think this is an issue for most gamers. Most people only play a couple of games each year anyway, and most do not own all consoles. And many games this year are targeting different audiences. But I will say that some games are getting overshadowed this years because of all big releases, so that might rather be a loss for those game companies.
Not if you're ok with having backlog. Majority of games i play are not multiplayer or online only so fomo doesnt really effect me. Acquire the games and play them at your leisure.
fomo affects me in the sense that gaming is a community / culture and even if you don't play online it's nice to engage in current events, like discussions around games, which requires staying in the loop to some degree. Not to mention a backlog just makes gaming feel like work, a long list to get through.
@Dezzyyx only if you view backlogs that way. I use to myself, but now I see it as me always having a game to play instead of being in a drought waiting for the next game. Some games do get priority to engage in that discussion/loop, but even if I'm not that current on the others, I know I'm still going to get that experience regardless
Too many games is only a problem when you have immediate access to more than you can play. I think for a lot of people avoiding services like Game Pass is actually a good thing because it avoids choice paralysis; but conversely for others having that selection available might be the required push. Tam’s point about wanting to be able to actively engage with others about the new thing, whatever that is, is the only downside I can see regarding lots of releases close together. Otherwise most people will be better off not falling for the marketing hype by buying games on release. If a game is genuinely good it still will be months and years later. We all know this. For me the ideal is having playable demos and just buying one thing that fits what I genuinely want to play. Then do the same again when I’m ready.
It's a bad thing when you pick one game over another and find out you bought one was a bad fit for you, or you got one at launch and it has stability issues until it gets patched a month later. So far this year, I passed on SF6 for Jedi Survivor and TotK, picked up FFXVI and skipped Armored Core, and will have MK1 mere days before I abandon it for Phantom Liberty. And I don't know if I'll have any time for a game in between Cyberpunk and Spider-Man 2.
Yes, I have a ton of PS3 and XBOX 360 games that mostly don't get played, I have about 50 Genesis games that mostly don't get played, I have 250 Steam games that again mostly don't get played, I actually get to play about five or six games a week, it's pathetic. Work (slavery) dominates the time of the human species and I doubt this will ever change. Freedom is just an illusion.
Took me 117 hours to platinum Horizon:FW and get through the DLC. 70+ hours to platinum GoW: Ragnorak and 80-100 hours to beat Zelda: TotK at just over 47% completion. Plus I’m a Destiny 2 addict. Most games like Immortals of Aveum, Atlas Fallen and Ghostwire Tokyo, that are 7’s (maybe even 8’s), have no chance to succeed in this environment. I keep thinking that games and streaming will have a crash because there’s so much money dumped into these but there’s just not enough time to play/watch enough of them. So far I’ve been completely wrong.
I try to wait a long period of time in between every game buy. You don't have to play new releases, you can play past ones, I am still playing games from 2022 and I think that year is better than 2023. I don't think I have cared for the major release big hitters that defined a respective gaming year since the PS2 era. All though not all the big release from that era were always great either, the GTA games were never my thing.
I currently have so much time to play games but I still can’t make any headway. I’m 33 with no kids. I put 30-35 hours a week into gaming but I still can only beat maybe one or two a week. (I’ve currently rolled credits on 63 games in 2023.) I still have a backlog of 200 titles to get to and many more I want to buy. It’s gonna take another 5-6 years to get caught up with all the titles I want to get through.
I think I realized at some point that I just had to let go of the necessity to be part of the current discussion about games that get released. There are some games that I will try to play day one, but that must be once a year at best. Otherwise, I'm just out of the loop playing physical games from 2-3 years ago that I buy cheap. That has been the most responsible way of playing for me. This brings me back to something that you guys said in a previous video : "not all games were made for me/you" and that's fine. I feel like a lot of players just want to play everything to stay in the conversation, which leads them to play games that they ultimately will not enjoy.
You just recorded that! That was your opinion! You, said that! Wow! I can imagine that having to cover so many time-consuming, yet, intriguing videogames as a job is difficult, especially by the end of the year in a small window before their release date. But, it should be pretty obvious that this is not an issue for someone who wants to enjoy their videogame of choice as a hobby, at their own pace. Most people can't even afford to buy the "too many games". They pick and choose what suits them best.
The number of videos on how to deal with your backlog suggests there are too many games. Or at least too many good games for people with more money than time. Keeep Gaming!
No. ''Too many'' good games just means that we have time enough to play one tittle once released and in the meanwhile we wait for the other tittles to get their respective patches. I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 since release and it is so good (the best this year by far) while I wait until Starfield gets better so I can play it later. It's better to have good releases waiting for us to play than not having options at all.
“Wait for Starfield” to get better” ? What the actual f*** are you blithering on about? Do you think it’s like Cyberpunk all over again or something? Not even close. Not even close. Some peoples grasping skill. 🤦♂️
@@caprise-music6722 No, I'm talking about mods that can make the game a little bit more fun and yes, the bug correction. Take it easy, kiddo. Nobody is attacking your beloved game, drink some milk.
@@beingbeyonddat my problem with that approach is that you'll always be behind what everyone else is playing, as you will always be playing the game that you put off at release, and so on and so on, like say I avoid getting spider man this year, ill be playing spider man next year when everyone else is playing the next big thing. Who wants to always be living in the past, talking about old movies when everyone is excited by living in the now, which means current things. Gaming is a community as well, so you want to engage over current events. Otherwise I would agree with your take, this is just an issue that I personally find gets in the way of said approach, it is not ideal. I'm still looking for a way to work around that, like is there a solution?
If you’re wondering why independent games without money for marketing don’t get advertising, it’s because they don’t have money for marketing. Unless there’s some sort of fellowship program from publishers, the responsibility is on journalists (or other commentators) to give power to those titles. Tearing down an amazing year of games shouldn’t be the conversation or the clickbait. It’s not a solution. Using something like this show to talk about smaller titles would be.
Only if you're a games media person or put some sort of pressure on yourself to actually finish / play the major games to keep up. Otherwise nah, just more choice, and more games to pick up on sale in a year or two if I miss them
How tf did I not get THIS notification. I have it set to all. I got everything else, except this one. The most important one. The only one I really care about. I thought the algo knew me by now.. Hopefully it learns from now on! Fudge! P.S and YES! Too many games imo.. I actually miss the old times, 10-15 years ago. It was more special. Also waiting at the store for the game to be released and pick up physical edition. Also, like you said. You committed to that game. And we had time to commit to that game.
It is another job to manage all the games. I play two games at a time. Let's not forget Hogwarts, FF16. I think at this moment I am done with purchasing games, unless something really must have comes up.
Games are long because the barrier to entry in the attention economy is so great. A 10-15 hour game will only be memorable if it's so noteworthy that it can compete with the dozens or hundreds of hours that you clock in with every piece of media.
This topic seems like a non-issue to me. Most people can't afford to play every major release, nor are they all interested in doing so. I'd argue it's good to have lots of different games releasing so that players of all different interests can enjoy the games that specifically suit them. I think a better focus of discussion would have been whether or not games are too long. You guys touched on that but I think there is more to talk about there.
There's so many games coming out with glitches or what not that they get critique bombed and have terrible review scores that I become disinterested in them. But Ive played Days Gone and Fallout 4 a few years after release (and after several patches/updates) and they're honestly some of my favorite games. Im an adult and father of 3 so short on time but Im hoping to play FF 15 and get to like it. Played RDR2 on release and RER2 on release and was lucky those were released on excellent form
After SW Survivor, I completed a bunch of games on the PS1 and PS2 emulator, since there was simply nothing to play before Assassin's creed and Alan Wake 2
these games aren't going anywhere. you really just have to prioritize. i'm grinding Diablo 4 season 1 for weeks, and not worrying because i know i have 7 games that i'm interested in to go to next.
Technically, no, but human psychology is a unintuitively crazy thing. This goes beyond just games. Yes, it can be a bad thing. Too many choices somehow devalues every choice. Being inundated with a lot of choices can actually lead to depression in some cases. This is why there's no "happiness" differential between people in third world countries as opposed to first world countries or between people living now and 50 years ago.
Even for niche genres there are too many games to choose from. Often I find a game that's my type of game and it was released like 3 years ago but I've never heard of it until now.
2023 is definitely not one of the best years of gaming, a single year from the PS2 era blows the entire 8th gen away, and this current gen is worse than that one.
Too Many Games? Yes but Too Many New Games Filled with Errors and Bugs at Launch, who will want to play games launched in a estate like that. For me only two games for me this 2023, Robocop and Mortal Kombat 1, and that's it.
Most people can't play more than a game a month. Forget about FOMO and only buy games months after they come out so you pay less and have a better experience.
There is no such thing as to many games. It's only youtubers that complain because it to many game for them to cover. Where we can take our time. It's a job for them.
Definitely yes. If you look at steam, there are many games which very few ppl buy and nobody plays. It spreads the consumer money on too many projects. So these companies create 100 💩 games. If this money would go into 3-10 games, we would get better ones (if the management works). But the whole system is broken. Gamers whine when games are released later, cause the dev wants to bring out a better game. Games have ridiculous price drops a few wreaths after release to stay interesting to consumers. I mean technically the game is more worth 6 months after release, less bugs, more content, better performance. A dev stated once, the money you make in first two weeks are essential for a financial profit, what comes after that is negligible. I guess part of the statement is because of bank loans, which are scheduled for the release of the game. (At least that’s what mimimi games said. They were at the brink of bankruptcy, despite a successful release.)
Ayo I like this segment, ya'll are hitting up good topics, but this is rapidly becoming Tam's talkshow, with Lucy just kind of being there. Ya'll could divide your talking points.
Over saturation is a bad thing i personally hate any 2d game, mostly becusee of the over saturation caused by indie developers.... I also hate any marvel or disney movie because of the sheer amount of content that disney keeps pushing our.
A gamer? A tiny box squeezed into another box called "community" to separate us further from the almighty cosmical being that you already are. How about start working on controlling your consumerism? A Sam is in Death Stranding, quite a peaceful game it can be. Buy a game, and instead of buying another one that you will barely play, grab your shoes and go for a walk. If for some reason a bear eats you, you were food for the bear. Peace brothers.
It's Lucy James Games. 💕 I've found that I don't commit to games fully anymore now there is more choice and games are much biggerer. I used to get a couple games for my birthday in October and for Christmas and they would last me until the next Birthday and Christmas. And I'd stick to 1 game at a time. But over the last 5yrs or so I just play random bits of games. I've been trying to go back to how I used to be and stuck with Dead Island 2 from start to finish. But that's it so far this year. They don't really make much that interest me these days either.
in the future (nearer than you may think), generative AI will result in a flood of content, including new games media. You may balk at the idea, but the content will be high quality - it's gonna be a weird time to be alive.
Not only are there more games coming out but I am still discovering gems from 10-12 years ago that I missed😅
I do wish there were more 10-20 hour games. I'd rather have many of those great experiences than one 100-200 hour game
2023 has been a good year for games, but I can't play them all in 2023... I still have so many games in my back catalog that I need to start or finish.
Me too. I’m like we need more hours in the day lol.
@@AllThingsInfamous1 that’s a real thing!
Same i don't have much money LOL
There are more people than ever who are “wired” into the industry to the extent that they want to play everything. Once upon a time, I used to just play a handful of games and not worry about the ones I missed .
The bygone days of blissful ignorance
I haven't heard the words Habbo Hotel uttered in... at least a decade
Yes, this year has INDEED been stacked, and it for sure makes up for some recently lackluster years (not bad years), but It's really just a good time to be a gamer. Great show!
One easy strategy is to ignore stuff you think you "should" play and only concentrate on what you know you're going to play once you download and install it. If you look at your list, you'll be surprised how many games you can take out of your backlog.
yep that's my approach these days, narrows it down to at least a more manageable level
Shorter games are great. I sort of miss replaying a game a bunch of times, which was always the case until last gen's open world explosion. I'm curious if I'll remember the details of current AAA games like I remembered every bit of Metal Gear Solid because of countless replays.
A lot of games is a good thing but i admit its harder for good games to stand out since their respective genres are becoming crowded, except for sports and music games😅. As a player i often get tired of a specific genre like metroidvanias or open world games.
I think game release dates need to be spread out more, in order for them to have a shot; particularly if an IP is about to launch that overshadows everything else, like Spider-Man 2 or COD. Way too many major releases are jam-packed into October this year, and generally the fall season tends to be overcrowded.
I never really watched this talk-thingy that these hosts are doing, but they seem comfy, I'll tune in more in the future :D
Me as a child : Man I wish I had the money to buy more games
Me as an adult : Man I wish I had the time to play more games
THIS!!! You're Exactly right.
That might be true, but this is all due to your very own life choices. Maybe you've got a family, a time consuming career, too many hobbys or a huge rooster of friends (no one really needs).
@@labrats3d oh I’m not purporting to be a victim of circumstance. It is entirely as a result of my choices that I do not currently have as much time to play as I used to. I do not regret it either. Just stating my situation in a way that I thought would be humorous and relatable
The only way is to play games early in the morning while everyone else in the house is sleeping. It's free time. (Disclaimer: get a healthy amount of high quality sleep)
I swear I’m still a good 5-10 years behind in my catalogue
patient gamers rise up! (don't actually rise up, stay nesting and playing old games with full DLC, patches, community fixes and mods, which you got for cheap discounts)
Only for game journalists. The average gamer just plays only few.
It’s probably because the average gamer only cares for a few games.
Yuuuup say that again
I guess I'm not the average gamer I'm completely overwhelmed Im playing like 20 rn😅
@@RawWrathFacts, my backlog and everything else is ridiculous haha.
Idk I feel like it’s extra hard to pick the few games that I do squeeze in the time to play.
But yeah if games hour is are to be believed everyone moved onto BG3 and now Starfield, meanwhile I’m still getting through Tears of the Kingdom and not close to finishing.
October is going to be absolutely nuts for me. Soooooo many good and LONG games I'm looking forward to, but I'm not complaining because I know it'll be like.... March and I'll have nothing I'm looking forward to.
I would say there is sometimes to much, which leads to burnout and less excitement. Not to mention costs and time, time is the biggest factor. I miss being excited and eager to play but it becomes less special.
'Sometimes too many options is just as bad as to few'
- RDR
Great show.
Thank you for talking about this, I swear I have this conversation with friends all the time.
My wishlist is just growing and growing.
I wish I didn't have a wishlist...
I feel I'm restricted with gaming these days. I'm a father of young kids, and I lucky to get maybe 4-6 hours every week or so; I feel pressured to get the most of my games. And the cost of subscriptions gets me because of that, let alone spending the full price of a game.
Same. Full time job, two kids, wife all that needs my time (which is good, i love my time with them), but at the end of the day there’s like 2h i could use to game and in this 2h i feel so tired that i have to convince myself to turn ok the PC, PS5 or switch.
I would love to try all of the games but as soon as i hear that it takes like 40+ hours to beat them im immediately turnd off.
Some good points were made but I feel so powerless as a consumer. Especially with the optimization issues this year on consoles.
the playstation increasing subscription even tho they know many people just need to play online. I cherish this year game releases. There are many good ones and many more to come. I'm grateful for now because I feel like the industry is going in a very bad direction and I have to enjoy it while it lasts
All we can do is support games that deserve it
@@franjaff6919 that's why I'm so happy for Baldurs Gate 3 success. We need to support devs that are releasing finished product all the way
I don’t think this is an issue for most gamers. Most people only play a couple of games each year anyway, and most do not own all consoles. And many games this year are targeting different audiences. But I will say that some games are getting overshadowed this years because of all big releases, so that might rather be a loss for those game companies.
Not if you're ok with having backlog. Majority of games i play are not multiplayer or online only so fomo doesnt really effect me. Acquire the games and play them at your leisure.
fomo affects me in the sense that gaming is a community / culture and even if you don't play online it's nice to engage in current events, like discussions around games, which requires staying in the loop to some degree. Not to mention a backlog just makes gaming feel like work, a long list to get through.
@Dezzyyx only if you view backlogs that way. I use to myself, but now I see it as me always having a game to play instead of being in a drought waiting for the next game. Some games do get priority to engage in that discussion/loop, but even if I'm not that current on the others, I know I'm still going to get that experience regardless
I recently completed the evil within…..my previous save was from 8 years ago lol.
LOL!!
You’re like me. You like to finish what you start. No matter how long it takes.
@@DialloMoore503 💯 %
now i don't feel so bad that i havent played elden ring for a year, stopped at 100 hrs
Too many games is only a problem when you have immediate access to more than you can play. I think for a lot of people avoiding services like Game Pass is actually a good thing because it avoids choice paralysis; but conversely for others having that selection available might be the required push.
Tam’s point about wanting to be able to actively engage with others about the new thing, whatever that is, is the only downside I can see regarding lots of releases close together. Otherwise most people will be better off not falling for the marketing hype by buying games on release. If a game is genuinely good it still will be months and years later. We all know this.
For me the ideal is having playable demos and just buying one thing that fits what I genuinely want to play. Then do the same again when I’m ready.
It's a bad thing when you pick one game over another and find out you bought one was a bad fit for you, or you got one at launch and it has stability issues until it gets patched a month later.
So far this year, I passed on SF6 for Jedi Survivor and TotK, picked up FFXVI and skipped Armored Core, and will have MK1 mere days before I abandon it for Phantom Liberty. And I don't know if I'll have any time for a game in between Cyberpunk and Spider-Man 2.
Too many games oh the humanity but then when there are no games, is the industry dying? 😮
Yes, I have a ton of PS3 and XBOX 360 games that mostly don't get played, I have about 50 Genesis games that mostly don't get played, I have 250 Steam games that again mostly don't get played, I actually get to play about five or six games a week, it's pathetic. Work (slavery) dominates the time of the human species and I doubt this will ever change. Freedom is just an illusion.
This year is me continuously adding games to my backlog. 2023 will go down as one of the best years in gaming ever.
Took me 117 hours to platinum Horizon:FW and get through the DLC. 70+ hours to platinum GoW: Ragnorak and 80-100 hours to beat Zelda: TotK at just over 47% completion. Plus I’m a Destiny 2 addict. Most games like Immortals of Aveum, Atlas Fallen and Ghostwire Tokyo, that are 7’s (maybe even 8’s), have no chance to succeed in this environment. I keep thinking that games and streaming will have a crash because there’s so much money dumped into these but there’s just not enough time to play/watch enough of them. So far I’ve been completely wrong.
So does this mean your sea of stars review is never coming?
Bravo! Love y’all. We will miss you next week. ✌️
I try to wait a long period of time in between every game buy. You don't have to play new releases, you can play past ones, I am still playing games from 2022 and I think that year is better than 2023. I don't think I have cared for the major release big hitters that defined a respective gaming year since the PS2 era. All though not all the big release from that era were always great either, the GTA games were never my thing.
Not for the average gamer and responsible consumer. I play 1 or maybe 2 new titles a year if that.
Ain’t nobody got time or money to play or buy all those games
I currently have so much time to play games but I still can’t make any headway. I’m 33 with no kids. I put 30-35 hours a week into gaming but I still can only beat maybe one or two a week. (I’ve currently rolled credits on 63 games in 2023.) I still have a backlog of 200 titles to get to and many more I want to buy.
It’s gonna take another 5-6 years to get caught up with all the titles I want to get through.
Not for gamers. Just means we will probably be able to get some good games on sale.
I think I realized at some point that I just had to let go of the necessity to be part of the current discussion about games that get released. There are some games that I will try to play day one, but that must be once a year at best. Otherwise, I'm just out of the loop playing physical games from 2-3 years ago that I buy cheap. That has been the most responsible way of playing for me.
This brings me back to something that you guys said in a previous video : "not all games were made for me/you" and that's fine. I feel like a lot of players just want to play everything to stay in the conversation, which leads them to play games that they ultimately will not enjoy.
You just recorded that!
That was your opinion! You, said that! Wow!
I can imagine that having to cover so many time-consuming, yet, intriguing videogames as a job is difficult, especially by the end of the year in a small window before their release date.
But, it should be pretty obvious that this is not an issue for someone who wants to enjoy their videogame of choice as a hobby, at their own pace.
Most people can't even afford to buy the "too many games". They pick and choose what suits them best.
I think there's too many live-service games, but that's on me. 😂
I' ve only played about 1 game every two years.
The wide framing struck me as odd. Wide apart with a lot of negative space. Good discussion though
The number of videos on how to deal with your backlog suggests there are too many games. Or at least too many good games for people with more money than time. Keeep Gaming!
I just feel overwhelmed
No. ''Too many'' good games just means that we have time enough to play one tittle once released and in the meanwhile we wait for the other tittles to get their respective patches.
I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 since release and it is so good (the best this year by far) while I wait until Starfield gets better so I can play it later.
It's better to have good releases waiting for us to play than not having options at all.
“Wait for Starfield” to get better” ? What the actual f*** are you blithering on about? Do you think it’s like Cyberpunk all over again or something? Not even close. Not even close. Some peoples grasping skill. 🤦♂️
@@caprise-music6722 No, I'm talking about mods that can make the game a little bit more fun and yes, the bug correction.
Take it easy, kiddo. Nobody is attacking your beloved game, drink some milk.
@@beingbeyonddat my problem with that approach is that you'll always be behind what everyone else is playing, as you will always be playing the game that you put off at release, and so on and so on, like say I avoid getting spider man this year, ill be playing spider man next year when everyone else is playing the next big thing. Who wants to always be living in the past, talking about old movies when everyone is excited by living in the now, which means current things. Gaming is a community as well, so you want to engage over current events. Otherwise I would agree with your take, this is just an issue that I personally find gets in the way of said approach, it is not ideal. I'm still looking for a way to work around that, like is there a solution?
If you’re wondering why independent games without money for marketing don’t get advertising, it’s because they don’t have money for marketing. Unless there’s some sort of fellowship program from publishers, the responsibility is on journalists (or other commentators) to give power to those titles. Tearing down an amazing year of games shouldn’t be the conversation or the clickbait. It’s not a solution. Using something like this show to talk about smaller titles would be.
Love the banter!
That really depends on how much money and time you have
Only if you're a games media person or put some sort of pressure on yourself to actually finish / play the major games to keep up. Otherwise nah, just more choice, and more games to pick up on sale in a year or two if I miss them
How tf did I not get THIS notification. I have it set to all.
I got everything else, except this one. The most important one. The only one I really care about. I thought the algo knew me by now..
Hopefully it learns from now on! Fudge!
P.S and YES! Too many games imo.. I actually miss the old times, 10-15 years ago. It was more special. Also waiting at the store for the game to be released and pick up physical edition. Also, like you said. You committed to that game. And we had time to commit to that game.
I used to love her
i think it was a great video, Lucy and Tam
There can never be enough games for me.
It is another job to manage all the games. I play two games at a time. Let's not forget Hogwarts, FF16. I think at this moment I am done with purchasing games, unless something really must have comes up.
Games are long because the barrier to entry in the attention economy is so great. A 10-15 hour game will only be memorable if it's so noteworthy that it can compete with the dozens or hundreds of hours that you clock in with every piece of media.
This topic seems like a non-issue to me. Most people can't afford to play every major release, nor are they all interested in doing so. I'd argue it's good to have lots of different games releasing so that players of all different interests can enjoy the games that specifically suit them. I think a better focus of discussion would have been whether or not games are too long. You guys touched on that but I think there is more to talk about there.
There's so many games coming out with glitches or what not that they get critique bombed and have terrible review scores that I become disinterested in them. But Ive played Days Gone and Fallout 4 a few years after release (and after several patches/updates) and they're honestly some of my favorite games. Im an adult and father of 3 so short on time but Im hoping to play FF 15 and get to like it. Played RDR2 on release and RER2 on release and was lucky those were released on excellent form
The thing I liked about Calisto Protocol the most was its 8 hour campaign.
Best duo on games journalism
It's a bad thing if you're trying to sell games.
After SW Survivor, I completed a bunch of games on the PS1 and PS2 emulator, since there was simply nothing to play before Assassin's creed and Alan Wake 2
I think another issue is too many games that are all the same
Not for us players no, but I imagine it will saturate the market so much it hurts game sales.
#1stWorldProblems 🤷🤦
these games aren't going anywhere. you really just have to prioritize. i'm grinding Diablo 4 season 1 for weeks, and not worrying because i know i have 7 games that i'm interested in to go to next.
Love that Bloodborne hoodie!
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YES
yes that's an issue
Technically, no, but human psychology is a unintuitively crazy thing. This goes beyond just games.
Yes, it can be a bad thing. Too many choices somehow devalues every choice. Being inundated with a lot of choices can actually lead to depression in some cases. This is why there's no "happiness" differential between people in third world countries as opposed to first world countries or between people living now and 50 years ago.
Even for niche genres there are too many games to choose from. Often I find a game that's my type of game and it was released like 3 years ago but I've never heard of it until now.
2023 is definitely not one of the best years of gaming, a single year from the PS2 era blows the entire 8th gen away, and this current gen is worse than that one.
Having too many good games all at once is the best problem to have.
Its too many for gaming reviewers... because every gamer has a particular genre that they wanna play... they won't play everything that comes out...
Do not make shorter games. That’s a bad take. Don’t make bloated games is fine but I want to get my money worth in game length and replay ability
I got mk1, spiderman 2, Naruto, DBZ b4, and black myth wukong and that's it
Spot on!
What Games their's isn't but like 3 or 4 at most ???
never such thing as too many, it brings more competition, the best games will get sold more.
Too Many Games? Yes but Too Many New Games Filled with Errors and Bugs at Launch, who will want to play games launched in a estate like that. For me only two games for me this 2023, Robocop and Mortal Kombat 1, and that's it.
Most people can't play more than a game a month.
Forget about FOMO and only buy games months after they come out so you pay less and have a better experience.
These are good problems to have 😎💪🏿
There is no such thing as to many games. It's only youtubers that complain because it to many game for them to cover. Where we can take our time. It's a job for them.
Not that bad for me since I can only see two games I'm interested in on the thumbnail lol.
Definitely yes.
If you look at steam, there are many games which very few ppl buy and nobody plays.
It spreads the consumer money on too many projects.
So these companies create 100 💩 games. If this money would go into 3-10 games, we would get better ones (if the management works).
But the whole system is broken.
Gamers whine when games are released later, cause the dev wants to bring out a better game.
Games have ridiculous price drops a few wreaths after release to stay interesting to consumers. I mean technically the game is more worth 6 months after release, less bugs, more content, better performance.
A dev stated once, the money you make in first two weeks are essential for a financial profit, what comes after that is negligible. I guess part of the statement is because of bank loans, which are scheduled for the release of the game. (At least that’s what mimimi games said. They were at the brink of bankruptcy, despite a successful release.)
The backlog is real
Ayo I like this segment, ya'll are hitting up good topics, but this is rapidly becoming Tam's talkshow, with Lucy just kind of being there. Ya'll could divide your talking points.
ngl, Lucy is kind of a baddie. And yeah its a busy year for gaming.
I love the saturation of 2023 and I doubt we'll have another 2023 for some time, so please dont start whining
i need that bloodborne sweat shirt tho
Too many average games is bad. Games with the same caliber as Halo 3 and God of War 2018? Nah, you can never have too many of those.
Over saturation is a bad thing i personally hate any 2d game, mostly becusee of the over saturation caused by indie developers.... I also hate any marvel or disney movie because of the sheer amount of content that disney keeps pushing our.
Seriously who picks the topics for you?
these games are excellent ...especially if you are a cinephile
Yes
BG3 is GOTY
Don't buy every game. Simple as that.
Man Microsoft trying to ruin another gaming channel like inside gaming
A gamer? A tiny box squeezed into another box called "community" to separate us further from the almighty cosmical being that you already are.
How about start working on controlling your consumerism?
A Sam is in Death Stranding, quite a peaceful game it can be.
Buy a game, and instead of buying another one that you will barely play, grab your shoes and go for a walk.
If for some reason a bear eats you, you were food for the bear.
Peace brothers.
It's Lucy James Games. 💕
I've found that I don't commit to games fully anymore now there is more choice and games are much biggerer. I used to get a couple games for my birthday in October and for Christmas and they would last me until the next Birthday and Christmas. And I'd stick to 1 game at a time. But over the last 5yrs or so I just play random bits of games. I've been trying to go back to how I used to be and stuck with Dead Island 2 from start to finish. But that's it so far this year. They don't really make much that interest me these days either.
But the reason why playstation xbox hyped up fifa and 2k nba. Every micro transaction they get is 30 percent 💰💰💰
This has a solution dont buy gamepass/gamepass like services its called will power
And games in general. People shouldn't buy a lot of games and then complain. Buy one and play it. Don't buy every game.
in the future (nearer than you may think), generative AI will result in a flood of content, including new games media. You may balk at the idea, but the content will be high quality - it's gonna be a weird time to be alive.
Can't wait for endless rpg experience with ai npc
We'll finally have Bloodborne 2...