| palancas7 said: HAHAHAHAHA That's our industry... |
Hard to get respect from other media industries if this continues to be a sample of our representation.
Face it, in the gaming industry:
- Sales analyists are spotty at best, lack of research is apparent
- Marketing has an obsession with the uber cool, gamers are potrayed as "radical" (delibertly outdated word)
- Reviewers have become (maybe always were) fevored fanboys
The whole thing just reeks of immaturity, granted this is still a relatively new industry (especially compared to just how short amount of time gaming has been "mainstream"), but the gaming folks who make these predictions with no supporting data, market games as if people are idiots, and review games with the bias of a 19th century slave owner aren't "new" people. They are part of a generation or two who has grown up with video games all their lives. This isn't some new fad that is just taking root. I could understand the baby boomers not "getting" it, but for gen X/Yers these kind of articles are incomprehensible from a professional standpoint. The lack of the simple shit, such as labeling what region & what timespan the analysis is covering, is truly disheartening. Again, its a complete immature, unprofessional, clusterfuck of an industry right now.
Ugh.....okay, rant is over with...feel better now.
