noname2200 on 14 June 2013
| famousringo said: Production values are essentially marketing budget. They don't make the game any better past a certain point, but they make the promotional material look better and offer a "wow" factor that gets the attention of potential customers. After an hour or so of gameplay, the "wow" starts to fade away, and all you're left with is the game. As long as customers keep falling for the "wow", publishers are going to keep driving up costs to help market the game. |
DO they keep falling for the wow anymore, though? Few of the best-sellers last generation relied on graphical pizzaz: his example of Call of Duty is on point, as it was relatively ugly when it launched, looks even worse now relative to the competition, but outperforms the Cryses and Killzones of the world by a massive margin.
| JayWood2010 said: Horrible article. The same people saying this guy is right are the same people buying Grand Threft Auto, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Halo, Beyond, etc |
Citation needed.
