I know I am definitely in the minority when it comes to how I feel about most popular games, but this year has honestly felt pretty meh to me. That said, I am happy to hear people are having such a good time with so many titles. I would love to feel like I’m in the same boat.
It’s marketing that has to make every year the best ever, but I doubt there’s been a top 5 year in the last decade.
It’s a lot of marketing, but also it’s an active commercial field where people have a lot of influence on the outcome of their projects.
Given that and how it’s a growing market, it wouldn’t be surprising if the average number of real good games went up nearly every year.
Great AAA games seem genuinely rare now. They development cycle is shockingly long. I’d be surprised if there’s even a similar number of AAA games released, even more so good ones. You can make up the difference with indie games, but release year isn’t always related to when a good indie title is actually discovered.
