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David Jaffe wants dev names on box covers, says Miyamoto isn’t as big as Spielberg because of it

Hmm... I wouldn't mind it. Sid Meier does it for the Civilization games right. They could put the top 3 workers of the game on the back, or not too big in the front. With somebody like Shigeru Miyamoto, you don't know how much work he put into the project, he might not have been the leader. However, putting it at the beginning of the game (before the cutscenes and intros) would be good as well.

"Shigeru Miyamoto & Cliffy B Present: Gears of Wario"- something like that.

David Jaffe is nothing more than an attention whore.

So his name (or Miyamoto's) should be placed on the cover but screw the other 50-100 people that put in just as much work on the game? Their name is perfectly fine sitting in the credits.

Oh god this could turn bad, "From the makers of Ninjabread Man 3 comes..." bad.

Not a bad idea though. The only problem is that a lot of studios don't have that 1 big public guy like Miyamoto or Wright. It would only apply to a few devs anyway.

the games would probably also sell more with miyamotos name

@twestern - What about the 100's of people who help in movies. Its the same thing. The main person who essentially "created" the game deserves to have their name on the box.

Who said I liked having the directors name plastered all over a movie?

Also, movies and games are different.  With a movie, I care who the various actors are and I want to know who they are.  For the most part, I don't always care about whose name is on a game.

That's a good idea.

"Shigeru Miyamoto presents Mario Mario in

SUPER MARIO GALAXY"

The credits at the beginning of movies and television shows are a nuisance. They serve no function beyond a plot by guilds to elevate their members. The reality is they are not in the least effective, and more to the point alienate the audience. The overwhelming majority of movie goers despise them as their precious time being wasted by pretentious pricks. Nobody likes them, and nobody pays them any attention. In fact this is one more inconvenience keeping the public out of movie theaters, and more then happy to see a movie on DVD where they can disc skip past the stupidity.

Anyone claiming that this antiquated practice can help to gain anyone respect does not understand the meaning of the word. Respect is earned through how you conduct yourself and what you provide. When you deliver a magnificent product consumers make it a point to learn your name. Games are not movies you have instant access to this information it is called the manual. Find me a movie that actually lists the names of those involved in a hard form.

David Jaffe is just being a self serving prick. He wants a cult of personality more then he wants sincere recognition. The reason he wants this is because he wants to parlay a couple success into the right to make millions of dollars with just a name. The industry does not need this, and neither does Hollywood for that matter. This is part of what is going wrong in Hollywood, and this is why their products are suffering for it. The name in Hollywood is what is important not the concept or the art.

I see no problem in it, I'm sure there would be the potential benefit for the consumer.

"hey "X" made this game, he made this other game that I absolutely loved, so maybe I'll give this one a try"

It's the same with movies, I always looked at who directed it and who wrote, that will usually tell me if the movie will be worth my while.