Apples and Onions. Not even close to the same situation, since we don’t rely on physical copies anymore, and the physical copies that are produces are such a limited run that they are basically collectors items or data archivist / ownership enthusiast items.
Also that crash only really affected the US. The gaming market as a whole just kind of absorbed the losses, and got stronger for the video game comeback in 1986 in the US.
The market being completely oversaturated doesn’t seem like a golden age to me
If you read the article, the percentage that reached that threshold rose.
Seems more like age of slop no one sees or plays.
Yeah, I’ve heard of a similar ‘golden age’ of 1983.
Apples and Onions. Not even close to the same situation, since we don’t rely on physical copies anymore, and the physical copies that are produces are such a limited run that they are basically collectors items or data archivist / ownership enthusiast items.
Also that crash only really affected the US. The gaming market as a whole just kind of absorbed the losses, and got stronger for the video game comeback in 1986 in the US.