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by kiba 5307 days ago
Don't really care, as there are too many video games in the world that I never played before. Polish existing ones, instead.
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Too many food; make existing ones better

Too many websites; make existing ones better

Too many songs; make existing ones better

There's a place for both approaches. I agree with kiba that with video games (and websites, and lots of other software for that matter), novelty is weighted much too heavily.
Companies don't tend to polish them, though. Sure we have a few polished/polishing games for their genres: Half Life, Team Fortress, League of Legends, WoW; but, many companies just rehash sequels to make more and more of the same game.