[AddingValue]

This is what capitalism (at least in its current form) does: it kills creativity while driving up rents.

Communism also killed creativity by educating people to think the same, but at least the jobs were secure and the rent was very cheap.

Example: video games.

Of course there were a lot of failures in the beginning, but at least there was loads of creativity.

Then the "EA" system kicked in and killed creativity... because they did not want to take any risks with creative game design but rather "make a new" what sold in the past (NFL games, FIFA games...) but with shinier grafix, as if grafix was all of the fun (think about minecraft).

So sooner or later money kills creativity PLUS human development.

It really is that bad.

[cmrdporcupine]

I can go on Steam right now and find gazillions of game ideas and buy them.

Buying a game for my Atari ST in the 80s was a) expensive b) hard <usually a trip to the mall>. The variety wasn't nearly what it is now.

You have to differentiate between diversity and success. The market is much bigger now, and the selection broader. Within that large market there's only a few products that come to dominate. If you choose to just look at what's dominant, well, yeah, you'll get a negative opinion. But that's the thing. That stuff is popular because it appeals to the widest audience. By definition.

But it doesn't do that by squeezing other things "off the shelf."

[AddingValue]

but if u compare whats on steam... and what was available already as retro games for snes, sega... imho there is much more creative retro stuff

[the_only_law]

Eh, there are some fun retro games hit the absolute power of modern computers have allowed for some of the most enjoyable games I’ve ever played, particularly in certain genres. I’ll pick a modern strategy game any day over a retro one, and I’ve played some weird one from both times.