There's also selection pressure on instruments to make them pleasant to listen to. There's no corresponding constraint on video games.
There's no corresponding constraint on video games.
In an age of eSports I'm not sure that's true. Quite a lot of games are not balanced to make them fun for the average player but balanced for high level tournament play.
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