Digital Games Make 3x As Much As Physical In US, Says Report

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Rab said:

LivingMetal said:

Graphics continue to play a huge part in deciding whether to buy a game, meanwhile: 67% of respondents cited it as a factor, making it the single biggest consideration, before even price (65%) or "an interesting story/premise" (59%).

 

This is why game companies put graphics before gameplay, graphics sells, same reason many big movies have a shite ton of graphics/action with little real substance, the public mostly want that bling, shallow bastards :p  

But this data isn't even a good indication of the importance of these things as it only asks if it is a consideration not how it ranks in people's list of priorities.  It is entirely possible for 67% to have it as a factor yet a paltry 10% have it as a dominant factor.  So like much of this data, it's barely worth anything.