Reason why gaming has fell into being generic ripoffs or constant sequels.

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freebs2 said:

weaveworld said:
Gaming has become 'mainstream'. Most people are 'dumb', therefore stupid games sell. GTA generates all of the attention while it is at best a decent copy of it's 123 predecessors. Attempts like Beyond get overshadowed by generic sequels. That's what people want. Listening to Bieber and Lady Gaga instead of Beethoven. Not so much pleasing to the ears but easy to process.

/rant

I don't consider games art so I don't buy games just to reward innovative attempts like Beyond. I buy what I like, I'm not doing charity. (I bought GTAV because I like it, and no, it's more than a just decent copy of its predeccessors). People are entitled to buy whatever they want, it's always been like this.

The reason why games are becoming generic ripoffs is beacuse development budgets have grown too much so no one is willing to take risks anymore, also since a great part of that budget is used on marketing, publishers are more concerned to make a game look cool rather creating a deep and innovative gameplay experience. On the other hand, yes I would agree to say a great part of gamers gives a lot more attention to presentation values rather than on gameplay values.

^This, with a caveat. I do consider some games art.