Rare says they will not fix text in Banjo

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naznatips said:

Jo21 actually nailed the real issue here. This is a game being marketed to casuals and children (It's all over the packages of the new arcades), who are MUCH more likely to own an SDTV than an HDTV. They just fucked over the majority of their target base. Truly an awful mistake to make. Far worse than with a game like Dead Rising.

 

I dunno if casuals and children would ever realize there was a problem. I think it's more likely to become an issue amongst core gamers who only own SD TVs.

I also would be willing to bet there would be a megaton amount of crying doom and gloom type threads, and they wouldn't effect sales that much. I doubt the game was gonna be a barn burner either way, but like I said, I think this doesn't effect marketing very much, though I'm sure many wish that it would.

Casuals and children don't effect reviews, and knowing the internet, the issue is over-blown and won't effect reviews that much anyway(reviewers play on HD).

Like I said, the only way this actually hurts the game is by the large group of vocal SD gamers and PS3 fans who express either real or faux outrage over this misstep, in an attempt to marginalize the game and/or get equal treatment from developer as SD owners.

If this game truely is aimed at children and casuals(which I don't buy, I think it's a bridge title, and I think that if this was aimed at kids/casuals so was LBP), then it won't effect marketing to that audience at all. I doubt they would read the story anyway.

It's a harsh reality for those screwed by it.