It's Been A Busy Year For Video Games

It's been a busy year for Video Games. How busy?

19,000 new games busy. That's how many were released on Steam in
2024.* That's busy. How many did you add to your library?

[In comparison, in 2023, there were 14000 new games]

Of course, not all of them were worth playing. Just shy of 4000 games
actually had enough popularity and uptake to get noticed by Valve and
allow them access to extended "Steam profile features" (e.g., trading
cards, emojis, other profile customisations). Likely less than a
hundred actually became popular enough to break into the public
attention. When it comes to new Steam releases, Sturgeon's law is
probably off by an order of magnitude.

Unfortunately, there's little answer to the real question: WHAT ARE
THESE NEW GAMES, and who is making them? Are they earnest attempts by
Indie developers aiming at very niche markets, or (more likely) quick
asset-flip cash-grabs by the unscrupulous? And equally important, why
isn't Steam doing more to limit the flood of garbage onto their
platform? More isn't always better (and I say this as an ordained
member of the Church of The Number!)

Because do we really NEED 19,000 new games each year?







* or so reports this article. Think they're wrong? Take it up with
them!
https://www.vg247.com/steam-new-game-releases-2024-massive-jump