Has it always been like this?

Gaming was once a "Nerdy" past time, an often secluded session where you would separate yourself from the world and immerse yourself in your chosen game.

Nowadays though being Nerdy is as frowned on as it once was, gaming has spread far and wide. Families now game together and isn't considered as "secluded" as it once was.

With this though means that A LOT of trash comes out from companies trying to make a quick buck which in turn raises this argument. How can absolutely appalling games get more media attention than the gems that come from independent developers just because of the publishers.

The problem is as stated before gaming wasn't as mainstream as it is now resulting in games being few and far between, for this reason there was a lot less garbage coming through, i won't say EVERY game back in the days of Atari because i wasn't there to witness it all but i was lucky enough to own an Atari when i was young and managed to play (and remember till this day) a few games that stood out and they were good.

Nowadays it seems money seems to overlap quality now a days and Nintendo (And other companies) will endorse anything that they think will earn them a shed load of money even if they know the game isn't great. So they will go out on a marketing campaign making a game look good knowing it's poor JUST to earn money, it's a shame.

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It's this kind of trash that annoys me, i remember when they were first released they had so many adverts running. It's absolute garbage and things like these are (for me) ruining the gaming culture.

I mean if they released a series of games (Insert stereotypical male jobs here) "Imagine : Miner", "Imagine : Manual labour" (last one was blatantly hypocritical to prove my point) no one would buy them, so why do they think female gamers will by trash like "imagine : babies" It's highly sexist and personally the most idiotic thing Nintendo have ever done to earn money (that's all it's about).