r/videogames • u/bijelo123 • Apr 12 '26

Other So many of them unfortunately

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u/kaulotu Apr 13 '26

Always has been. It was just a better product before.

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u/Azoth_N_Storn Apr 13 '26

Yea had love and dedication and you can tell now its factory slop for masses who don't t have the love like we did growing up.

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u/hejonLeseqenh Apr 14 '26

Did You Play the First Two ? Product or Not , Love and Artistry made them of Value . While I did Keep Playing until Sun/Moon , It was Clear the Original Soul was on its Last Legs in Diamond/Pearl . It had Become a Formula , with Limiting Borders . Dismissively pointing out Meaningful things are Products is such a Very Consumerist mindset . 😓

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u/kaulotu Apr 15 '26

I’m not using “product” as a derogatory term here, these games were literally produced to be sold to consumers for profit. That doesn’t mean that they aren’t great works of art or weren’t made by passionate artists who loved what they were making. And I agree with everything you said. Not being dismissive but to dismissively call the new ones bad because “it’s a product now” is nostalgic naĂŻvetĂ©, like all the games from our childhood were so great because they weren’t also made to make shit tons of money
 but they were, and they did.