(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The excitement when you buy a new console is just amazing. but the box you just opened up may not receive the same amount of Playtime like your last console did. Why? Because every generation the number of games released is decreasing
The original PlayStation(241 and PlayStation 2(3870) had 6288 games in total. The PS3 just had 795 and the PS4 in its very first year just have 77(Disc Based) games.If you compare it to PS2 which had 136 games in its first year.
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So the question is why is This Happening? IF the gaming industry is rising, why the number of games made are decreasing?

The only answer is Increasing Development Costs. Average PS2 game costed $5-$10 million and the original PlayStation costed just $0.8 million-$1.7( source edge-online ) per game.
The below chart will explain it all
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So this is why we wont see number of games for PS4 going much higher like PS2 and PS1 sadly even after Sony and Microsoft both tried to reduce the development costs by putting x86 architecture Processor in their consoles. Yeah it will take less time to make a PS4 game then a PS3 game usually took but still the power and resources that are needed to make upcoming games are simply way much higher than PS3, PS2 and PS1 ever needed.

But lets not loose all hope. Indie studios are doing a great job then ever before .NO MAN’S SKY,Don't Starve, Limbo and ROAD NOT TAKEN are just to name a few. The depth of commitment can't be matched and Sony is really trying to push it hard this time. In the end they just might save the day.
Long Live Gaming.

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Well for one it was way to easy to make a ps1 and ps2 game ver today games where u have to add online and HD to the games so it's alot harder to make now

If PS3 has 795 games, why then, do I have 2000?

It's because the fact that most of the games on PS2 / PS1 were shit and no one bought it, that's why PS3 and PS4 have way less games. No money given to them means less games developed.

In my opinion the reason this is happening, is due to public demands, the demands have gotten to high for games, developers spend longer creating games and ensuring there 'perfect' before release, due to games being longer in development they cost more and more time is needed to create the game. As technology gets better, the longer it will take to create things like games and/or other software. Technology is growing at an incredible rate, in 4-5 years or so developers will be starting to think about developing games for PS5 etc. its crazy to think likes this, but this is the way of the world today, not perfecting last gen before moving to 'next-gen'