Soleron on 25 February 2013
| UltimateUnknown said: I think its more to do that the developers managed to cash in on the goodwill of the consumers. People have been playing COD games for years and expect at least a general level of quality to be there, which there is. By releasing a bad game like this, the COD brand took a hit as people who bought the Vita game will be cautious before buying another COD game. Similarly for Aliens, consumers trusted in Gearbox to deliver a good game because of the other good games they made like Borderlands, but now they'll be more cautious of the developer. Plus the Aliens series is probably going to take a hit in the video game market for this bad release. |
The alternative I'm presenting is that these were GOOD games that served the needs of their customers, who are not your kind of person. Reviews need to adjust their values to review those games well on their terms, or die.
You're saying customers would buy a game they don't enjoy, en masse (and then not the next one). Can you give an example of that happening in the past?
Similarly with the branding example, I think consumers are smart enough not just to buy any game with the name on the box of something they like.
