Bioware Founder Bothered by "Too Many Games" in the Videogames Industry
Bioware Founder Bothered by "Too Many Games" in the Videogames Industry
Posted 11/29/2010 at 8:19am
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Never let it be said the life of a videogame developer is easy. In an interview with Develop Online, Bioware founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk talked about what they've been up to lately and a handful of other topics, but one of the most interesting answers came when asked what disappoints them about the games industry today.
"There's too many games released today," Muzyka complained. "It's interesting, because it's very, very busy, it makes it very hard as a player to keep up. The releases clump up -- even though that is changing a little bit.
"For us, we have to play our games, play competitor's games, play other relevant games, and play the handful of games we just really want to play more of and finish. I try and play two or three hours a night, but that's hard it's not enough."
Rough life, eh? You can read the full interview here.
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BizSAR
December 06, 2010 at 5:29pm
I agree 100%. I run and assist with LAN and other tournaments, so I have to keep up on MP games as well as loving the SP games out in the past year or two. I'm totally back-logged at least 10 games.
*GLUB*-*GLUB*
Humpfester
December 03, 2010 at 7:52am
Theres a big difference between quantity and quality out there.
violian
November 29, 2010 at 11:42am
Too many games will push game developers to focus more on quality. If there are too many selections on the shelves, the consumer will force themselves to pick the best game. When there are few games to choose from, like when a console is first released, a consumer will buy the game despite the poor reviews.
lunchbox73
November 29, 2010 at 8:46am
Too many games huh? That's wierd. I browsed Steam and a few stores over the weekend and couldn't find one game I wanted to buy.
thetechchild
November 30, 2010 at 12:17am
Games you want to buy are not the same as new games being released.
That's really why trying out all these games is actually difficult. I don't know about you guys (I'm not real settled in life), but honestly, the idea of growing old and being forced to play the crappiest games seems really crappy to me. I mean, can you imagine yourself, age 35-50, sitting on the couch and playing the worst rated game for 3 hours? That sucks.
Even worse, playing a massively awesome game, then realize that your income depends on *making* a game even better. I shudder at the thought.
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