| Words Of Wisdom said: Look, if you want to argue against my point, then do so. If you want to argue against the article's point then also do so but don't confuse the two. |
But both points are heavily connected ...
Shovelware games are low budget games which tend to have low sales, low review scores, sell based on the ignorance of a segment of the gaming population, and flood the library of systems which sell (particularly) well. Your argument is that people will feel duped by buying one of these games because they are so awful which is (generally speaking) not true ...
Games like Carnival Games, Boogie, Bomberman Land, and Bust-A-Move Bash! all fall into this category of "Crummy" games and could be considered shovelware but there is still a lot of enjoyment to be had in each of these games depending on what you're looking for.
Certainly, there are lots of games that fall into this range of "quality" which are absolutely awful; and in my opinion these tend to be games that are trying to be a game where their budget will work against them.
