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Eliza Crichton-Stuart's avatar

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James Francis's avatar

Thanks for bringing up that indie games are not necessarily the counterpoint to AAA woes (a topic you've covered and illustrated well in the past).

I'm seeing a lot of gaming commentators, especially on YouTube, try to build a narrative about the indie market as the shining light to gaming industry woes. But none of them point out, as you have in the past, that the majority of indie games fail because it's a very crowded and demanding market right now. I look at a lot of demos - the quality out there is astounding. But getting people to notice your game is so hard. These days, if you can manage getting 300 reviews on Steam, that's a big deal!

There is this narrative that indie is the new saviour of gaming. But I think it's primarily encouraged by people who don't have a lot of exposure to the absolutely saturated market - and that's just Steam. Let's not talk about getting noticed on something like Itch!

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