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Kasz216 said:

ctalkeb said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
Not the same way they choose Dan Brown. Books and games have hurdles for the mainstream, but not the same hurdles, so comparing the two isn't the same.

I think they can be compared, but that depends on several factors I'm just not sure about. Did/does the Wii sell to a "new" demographic, or to the kind of audience that'll play a flash game when all their friends are talking about it?

Not my intent to bash on the Wii here - I realize that it's a perfectly capable console - I'm just wondering about where the people who didn't buy it for that came from.

The main difference between Dan Brown and someone like Hemmingway. has little to do with quality...

It has everything to do with artistic appeal.

Videogames are about as far removed from art as you can get right now.

In your mind your comparing Dan Brown and Hemmingway.... in reality your comparing Dan Brown and Ann Rice.

There is no great "artistic appeal" in videogames as of yet... making your comparison kinda pointless.

 

Though it's actually a lot harder to be Dan Brown then you give credit...  additionally most "Classics" sold REALLY well at the time they were released.  They were the Dan Brown's of there era.

As Almost Famous puts it.

"Show me any guy who ever said he didn't want to be popular, and I'll show you a scared guy. I've studied the entire history of music. Most of the time, the best stuff is the popular stuff. It's much safer to say popularity sucks, because that allows you to forgive yourself if you suck. And I don't forgive myself. Do you?"

They get the Hype because they're good... there are tons of people who wanna be Dan Brown but aren't.

Will Dan Brown be regarded as a Classic Author?  I doubt it.  But I also doubt anyone from our era will... and if they are... expect it to be a high selling writer.  Like the Harry Potter woman.

There are already a few classic writers for our era which I believe will be remembered in a century.

The first that comes to mind is Milan Kundera...