6. It's A Huge Industry, Not A Passionate Hobby
What started out as a passionate hobby for some programmers and artists, grew to a handful of companies making games for a very specific target audience. Back in the 80's, gaming wasn't as widespread as today. Today, it's a multi-million dollar industry, with more companies, publishers and games than you can count. Top-tier games require millions of investment, too, and how are the people who paid for development get their money back? By making their games easy to access, and thus, appeal to as many potential buyers as possible (look at reason #7). In an industry ruled by shareholders, big companies with faceless bosses, people who want to express their love for video games through their creations but face walls of "this will not sell well", it's sad to see the effect these have on it. Of course, not every developer is guilty. Example: Tons upon tons of games
Christos Chatzisavvas
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Raised under the gentle light of TV screens and PC monitors, I came to be a reverse-vampire; not afraid of that light, but needing it in big doses daily. Gamer by design, game collector, independent game developer, Senior editor at Games Thirst. I love to write about games as much as I love to play them. Don't hesitate to contact me if you need help with any game! Chances are, I'll have played it, own it, or finished it. I never let go of my games, good or bad, and they've piled up to be over 600 (rare editions included).
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