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Ozymandias
Leader of the Senate
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
Posts: 319
Location: Otherland |
Check out this rant: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27976
It's about consoles but most of it applies to PC games as well. It's an interesting read.
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
quote:
It is high time someone flushed the toilet that the games industry has become, it will do us all a world of good.
Geez, this guy doesn't pull his punches, does he? I can certainly see his point.
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
"Rather than take a step back, they are addicted to marketing plans and money men. It will kill them, and in a few years, good will arise from the ashes. It happened with arcades, it happened with the first wave of consoles, and is about to happen again. It is high time someone flushed the toilet that the games industry has become, it will do us all a world of good."
I agree. Let them die.
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dteowner
Shoegazer
Joined: 21 Mar 2002
Posts: 7570
Location: Third Hero of Erathia |
A well-written rant, but I wish there was some guess at what the brave new world will look like. Will the little indies take over the world? Will kids rediscover "outside", with electronic gaming going the way of Flock of Seagulls?
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:01 am |
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cptmaxon
High Emperor
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Posts: 557
Location: Israel |
You end up with focus grouped mediocrity, make something so simple that even an idiot would like it, and only an idiot would like it. The few huge hits drive the industry toward the abattoir of sequels and clones, no one can afford a miss. If you do miss, and everyone does occasionally, it can take your company down.
that's just soo true
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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
quote:
Originally posted by dteowner
...I wish there was some guess at what the brave new world will look like.
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Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:38 am |
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