Haha so true! I stopped going ages ago exactly for the above, surprised they didn't cover the "It's new, we just open it for display purposes!" garbage. Anybody remember Software Etc?
I'm currently creating (as a hobby) a space invaders like game for mobile using Xamarin, after starting a few larger projects that I also may not have finished
Awesome! you should look at the Atari VCS platform it does not have a huge user base but the one it has is super active at around 11k and they have no games in there store