>>11879482
I stopped playing games for 15 years around the 2005 mark because the whole industry fell off so bad

>>11881667
Mostly correct

What happens with a lot of art forms or new scenes is that they are started by smart and creative people who live the life
They take the world by storm
Inferior pretenders think 'I enjoy CONSUMING xyz, and the creators are rich and famous, so I will start to CREATE XYZ and then I shall be rich and famous too'
They think this without having a creative bone in their body or having any real ambition to do it or drive to push through
It's just a childlike ego fantasy, and they will talk about it with a glazed look on their face as they imagine having a private jet and being cool with sunglasses
They think 'I wish I had tons of money without having to go to work or do anything for it'
If you really try to have a real conversation about creative work or push them to collaborate they will simply shut down mentally or panic, or try to escape the situation
They have nothing
They pollute the scene

Al Pacino became a great Hollywood actor because he lived the life - He did theatre for years, he did Shakespeare, and he used to sleep on the stage of a theatre he worked at
A consumer of his work think 'I want to be a rich actor in Hollywood movies, yeah!' despite having never even been good enough for a school play. They will watch Scarface and be unable to separate the actor and the actor
It's the same for music and being in a band
Art, painting etc
Business attracts fantasist pretenders who think getting rich will be easy
The game industry is the same
Think of someone who made games in the 90s
Japanese and American computer programmers who live the life
Look at the consumer of the material, who wear T shirts with those guys creations on them
'I want to make a game!!!'

For every 1 guy who lives the life there are 100 pretenders in all creative disciplines or worthwhile endeavors