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An odd post from a Website that depends on many games being released per year to give people a reason to go back there.

There's probably some quirky British humour going on there, and actually acts to remind people to visit more to keep up with the huge amount of stuff being released.

As a non-game player, I was under the impression that there was only one or two big games released a year, based on the adverts I see on the tube. It's quite amazing how my internet is so different from a gamer's.

Good point. I hadn't thought of it from that point of view. The article is certainly more effective as a hint to visit more often, than a cry to the gaming industry. Come to think of it, they did publish this under the humor section.

Yet, at least in my situation it was spot-on.

As someone who sort of kind of keeps up, it's actually pretty true, there have been a WHOLE bunch of goods games lately, and I don't think I'll ever catch up.

Are 'all' games targeted at the same market? It seems odd to me that so many games are being produced for the same people. Wouldn't it be better business to target more groups?

On the other hand, if you're going to buy them anyway, I don't suppose it matters for the producers.

No, there are different games for different people. There are distinct genres as well as games targeted at specific demographic segments (e.g. tween girls).

They do segment. There are games for kids, casual games, social games, everything. I think in the more or less "core" demographic though, and they produce more games than I have time to play.

It is actually unrelated to games released this year. On page 2 he lists games that he is waiting until he has free time to play several are over a decade old. Most are not current Generation console games. Several are from the original Nintendo, several from the original game boy, several from the original play station.

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