noname2200 on 03 December 2008
halogamer1989 said:
Well they are building in house studios and a swee-eeet new campus over in Redmond. I guess subsidizing will have its benefits on the E&ED Division.
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True, and I don't doubt for a second that this will pay dividends for current Xbox owners. But I'm skeptical that it will lead to more top-quality talent being assigned to make games that appeal to the mass market. Instead, it'll likely results in more games along the lines of Gears or Halo, i.e. targeted to the 12-25 male demographic.
Nothing wrong with that at all, mind you, but it won't win over the masses. They've rejected the current model of gaming for years: more of the same's not going to bring them into the fold, even if it is a more polished version.
