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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7573139" data-attributes="member: 177">I think that's questionable.&nbsp; Do not confuse &quot;we are currently talking about games/game-types X,Y, and Z&quot; with &quot;the market is saturated with X, Y, and Z&quot;.&nbsp; What we talk about is not strongly linked with what is present in (or even what is popular in) the market.For decades, now, the market has always been saturated with all kinds of games.&nbsp; Complex and simple, fantasy and sci-fi and superhero and cyberpunk, and what have you.&nbsp; The market always has more than anyone can play, saturated to the point that most game designers make a marginal job, at best, of supporting themselves with their work.In another sense, the market is basically saturated by it's top couple of games, that have the lion's share of gamers - Pathfinder (pretty complicated game, there) and 5e D&amp;D (somewhat less complicated).&nbsp; These two have dominated the rankings... for several years now.&nbsp; I'm not sure there's a real pendulum swinging at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7573139, member: 177"] I think that's questionable. Do not confuse "we are currently talking about games/game-types X,Y, and Z" with "the market is saturated with X, Y, and Z". What we talk about is not strongly linked with what is present in (or even what is popular in) the market. For decades, now, the market has always been saturated with all kinds of games. Complex and simple, fantasy and sci-fi and superhero and cyberpunk, and what have you. The market always has more than anyone can play, saturated to the point that most game designers make a marginal job, at best, of supporting themselves with their work. In another sense, the market is basically saturated by it's top couple of games, that have the lion's share of gamers - Pathfinder (pretty complicated game, there) and 5e D&D (somewhat less complicated). These two have dominated the rankings... for several years now. I'm not sure there's a real pendulum swinging at all. [/QUOTE]

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