It's been asked before, but how in the hell does Pachter manage to keep his vastly overpaid job? This level of analysis (""The Wii audience isn't sophisticated enough to know whether the game they're buying compares favorably to, say, Gears of War or LittleBigPlanet, because they probably don't own an Xbox 360 or a PS3") is the type of "analysis" that I expect from a 16 year old forum poster, not from an alleged professional.
Leaving aside the massive issue posed by differing subjective tastes, it completely ignores the question of why someone who has not been interested in playing those games' predecessors would suddenly change their minds and find Gears/LBP/etc. to be enticing. "X hasn't done the job, but I'm sure X+1 will!" Ayayay.
Side-comment: lol at Ruth Chris now being "high-end."
The remainder of his rambling is equally off-putting. People buy games they're familiar with?! I'm shocked! And lord knows that licensed games have never done well before, and that the Sophisticated HD audience never buys such licensed crap...
Oh yes, and I'd like to point out that Valkyria Chronicles was a f***ing fantastic game, but it was outsold 2:1 by people buying Kane and Lynch. Shows that the audience is not discerning of quality, but buys only well-marketed crap, huh? 
| Gamerace said: While Pachter isn't speaking for everyone and certainly not for anyone who would be on a site like this I totally agree with him when it comes to your typical 'new gamer / Wii owner'. They don't know what's good. They rely on word-of-mouth and impulse buy what they recgonize or looks like a fun game. |
I should think that "they don't know what's good" and "they rely on word of mouth" are directly contradictory.
I'm also positive that you're far off regarding Sega. If, for example, "run and gun" was all it took to sell the masses on a concept, they'd be buying 360s in droves. The same goes for ripping folks to shreds. And since when was House of the Dead well-known in the mainstream?
