[globular-toast]

> Video Games are generally competing for a slice of a large preexisting market. The test is whether it can compete against existing products. A new to the world software start up is trying to serve a need that is currently unserved.

I feel like it's completely the opposite. A new game doesn't need to "replace" old games. People have played those games. It only needs to be new and good enough to get people's attention.

But tools usually are replacing something existing. Tech that actually creates new possibilities is few and far between. The internet is one example of that. Can you think of another? I think most new tech is aiming to replace older tech that is currently used for those problems.

[evv555]

I don't really disagree but if you look at the most played games on steam many of them are now old. There's a growing inventory of games that are turning into classics.

[philipwhiuk]

Not really. Prior classics age out at roughly the same rate.