Isn't it interesting - and telling - that the art put into the marketing for a game often looks better designed and higher quality than the art put into the game itself?
Not only that, but if the industry really truely wants to make gaming a mass market affair, they are going to have to lower the costs for players. If movies cost $50-60 per title, hardly anyone would buy them either.
The counter to that argument is: a good lengthy game can entertain you for 20 hours (100s if you're into online multiplayer). Most movies are 1.5-2 hours long.
Great, now I'll be forced to watch hordes of reality shows and Blade movies. How much constant stimulation do people need? Seriously. I have ADD and have no trouble sitting somewhere quietly and just pondering things. Why do so many other people seem to? In most cases, there's absolutely no need to always be in constant communication with people through text messaging or watching Internet memes on the bus, or somewhere else where you're equally annoying other people. The Internet will still be there when you get home.
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Isn't it interesting - and telling - that the art put into the marketing for a game often looks better designed and higher quality than the art put into the game itself?
Partly because game developers/publishers started focusing their efforts on consoles instead of PCs.
Not only that, but if the industry really truely wants to make gaming a mass market affair, they are going to have to lower the costs for players. If movies cost $50-60 per title, hardly anyone would buy them either.
The counter to that argument is: a good lengthy game can entertain you for 20 hours (100s if you're into online multiplayer). Most movies are 1.5-2 hours long.
That link doesn't say anything like that...
Great, now I'll be forced to watch hordes of reality shows and Blade movies. How much constant stimulation do people need? Seriously. I have ADD and have no trouble sitting somewhere quietly and just pondering things. Why do so many other people seem to? In most cases, there's absolutely no need to always be in constant communication with people through text messaging or watching Internet memes on the bus, or somewhere else where you're equally annoying other people. The Internet will still be there when you get home.