I've heard a number of devs complain that the core gaming market is unfair. But what I also realise is that a lot of these guys screwed up their game one way or another. Guys like the Gearbox CEO had the nerve to blame the market for Colonial Marines' failure and irrelevant studios who bitch about Rockstar games because they can't acheive those levels of sales. Time and time again we've seen that it really nothing special to creating a successful game. Many devs just make a high quality game and market it effectively. Look at a game like Dark Souls, at that time who would have ever thought that game would sell? And who would have thought fantasy games would go mainstream before Skyrim?
So I really don't think the market is unfair I just think we have a lot of people in this industry who aren't willing sweat out for success and would rather hop on the mobile banwagon hoping to churn out shovelware while making bank. Thoughts?
