[tomaloner]

There's another facet I've watched with interest:

>> Building videogames, with Roblox / Unity

This has resulted in something like 90 new games entering Steam every day. While some games may still be art, they're increasingly difficult to find among the noise. I've heard the mobile game market is in worse shape[1] by the deluge of games. "More games for everyone!" sounds great - but note that definitely doesn't mean more "good" games - or more "innovative" games all the while encouraging rampant copying/stealing of ideas.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q30qZSEnI9Q

[CharlesW]

Is there a law for "when a thing becomes easier and/or cheaper to do, more of that thing is created, and the mean quality of that thing goes down"? Of course, there are positive effects as well — desktop publishing was responsible for countless design crimes, but it also unlocked some real innovation during print's last stand.

[taylorlunt]

The mean quality goes down, but the total number of games above a certain threshold goes up, which makes discoverability a bigger problem than it used to be, but, assuming we can solve that problem, makes the gaming industry better.

[milesward]

Jevon’s Paradox