I wonder what if video games can be contrasted against data we know for book publishing. There was a time books were a huge novelty. Now we only talk about the ones that a REALLY good. When I was younger almost ANY video game impressed me. Nowadays not so much.

Funny thing is to the industry is doubling down on graphics graphics graphics. But damn it if I'm the only one who thinks they're just not fun anymore. I mean have you guys tried Anthem? It's awful.

Where is the goofiness that is battle toads. The narrative that is FFVI. The precision that is a flight sim. There are obviously exceptions and some amazing games. (Witcher III, BOTW, anything Mario, Stardew) But it feels like the big publishers still think it's 2003.