| disolitude said: If you enjoy the game...and think it is amazing gaming experience...why do you care how the game is sold? I will never understand this... I loved most of the high profile Sega games for the Saturn, and when PS1 beat their noses in with sales due to greater marketting(example - 1997 advertising budget for christmas was 100 million for sony, 15 million for sega), I did not feel any worse about my gaming experiences. |
I care because sales dictate whether developers risk something new or something with another number in the title. I care because I like to see creative risk rewarded. The sales themselves mean nothing.
More than anything the fact that too few sales contributes to why games like this, ICO, Portal, etc. are thin on the ground while the shelves are filled with generic FPS, racing games, rehashed sports games, etc. is why I care.
My experience playing LBP isn't affected. My hopes to see innovation and risk better rewarded/encouraged are.
I think it's easy to understand.
I have the same feeling when I look at the showtimes for cinemas and find them filled with generic, low risk crap rather than something actually worth my time/money.
Or turn on TV. Or wander a bookstore filled with generic thrillers.
Sometimes the level of mediocricy vs excellence in most forms of media/entertainment/art just gets me down.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
