2,360 games released in 2023, in US.

  • @bungle_in_the_jungle
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    5510 months ago

    … And what would that number be if you filtered out all the crappy shovelware?

  • @echo64
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    4510 months ago

    at least 800 of them are “alarm clock” apps i swear, Nintendo’s digital shovelware problem is horrendous. Valves is worse but they do at least give you tools to work with it

  • Semperverus
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    1510 months ago

    I dunno man, i think the steam deck may have had it beat.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      The second sentence in the article is “Valve’s Steam platform had the most new releases overall”.

      Not a surprise, given that the deck just plays PC games.

      • Semperverus
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        10 months ago

        I think that your use of minimization with the word “just” here is grossly inappropriate considering the accomplishment it is to get such a console-like experience with PC games, and in a handheld factor. Before the steam deck launched, there was one device even remotely similar to it and the experience was garbage as it used the Windows UI for everything. There were other devices vaguely in that realm like the GPD Win, but they were the furthest thing from a streamlined experience possible.

  • k-rad
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    1010 months ago

    Maybe I’m spoiled because I still can’t find anything I want to play

    • @Squizzy
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      1810 months ago

      Because 99% of them are shovelware shit and ported mobile games.

      I downloaded a mini golf game and got prompted to buy lives and had to wait for a timer to count down for me to play. Not happening, my switch experience has sucked mostly.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      I somehow have like 40 games on my switch. And most of them are good games.

      What type of games do you enjoy?

  • @LemmyIsFantastic
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    810 months ago

    Yah if you want to count releases on 7 year old games and publishers cashier in on cheap ports.

    • @slimerancherOPM
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      710 months ago

      While most of these are shovelware, there are lots of good games there too, other than just the first party ones.

  • Tamlyn
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    310 months ago

    i guess that is something good, in the past nintendo consoles had the critics they don’t have as much games. Well i never really cared about this specific number, because there is for sure a lot of trash as well. Especially in the Steam library. But at the same time the original article doesn’t show any comparison…so the xbox and playstation are probably mixed between old and current gen games.

  • UristMcHolland
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    010 months ago

    And yet you still can’t play classics like paper Mario.

    • @Logster998
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      410 months ago

      You can soon, the original paper Mario is already on the n64 service and TTYD remake is coming out soon.