Clearly not very important. It can bring some attention to it, but will have little effect on sales. Name recognition, hype and graphics are more important, which I am sad to say. For me its all about gameplay. Shit I havent played a game with a good story since Half Life 2 launched(....dont have time / interest in RPG's). It can have a mild effect on popularity and longevity.
Getting an XBOX One for me is like being in a bad relationship but staying together because we have kids. XBone we have 20000+ achievement points, 2+ years of XBL Gold and 20000+ MS points. I think its best we stay together if only for the MS points.
Nintendo Treehouse is what happens when a publisher is confident and proud of its games and doesn't need to show CGI lies for five minutes.
-Jim Sterling
