ZenfoldorVGI said:
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. |
1st bold: Casuals and children can't read...con...firm...ed...? O_o
2nd bold: Also, who cares about reviews? What matters are the people buying this game. Even if your point was that better reviews generate better sales, I think word of mouth is bigger in this case, along with many cries of outrage on internet forums.
3rd bold: So you're saying that "casuals" and children don't want to read the story anyway? Where the hell did you get that bogus idea from? I see this problem hugely affecting the "casual" and children population, because to those types of gamers, word of mouth is generally way more powerful than some review online.
