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danasider on 04 May 2015
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generic-user-1 said:
danasider said:
Because marketing (whether though youtube, gaming sites, or on your TV) works. Publishers don't spend millions on it for nothing.

That being said, this is not a video games only phenomenon. Look at something like 50 Shades of Grey (the movie). Got lots of hype because the PR was amazing, and it offered a cringeworthy experience, at most.


its was heavly markted to older women, and i dont wanna be mean, but most older women have 0 taste and interrest in anything remotly challenging, did you ever tryed to read a women magazine?


I can't say all older women have 0 taste, but I do believe a lot of the consumers of this kind of stuff do it for the same reasons many (not all) play games. To get away from life and experience a fantasy. Just look at the cringeworthy dialogue and plot sequences in a lot of what our medium hails to be the best of storytelling...

As for who the movie was heavily marketed for, I can say a lot of young women were also interested in the whole kink factor. And a lot of boyfriends were dragged to the film with their significant others, or brought someone thinking it'd get their date hot. Point being, the marketing worked...just like it does for a lot of these games that come out strong in the hype machine and fall flat upon arrival.