Everytime the NPD reports come out I go over to NeoGAF to see the creative pictures they use to denote the chart performances and demoralize the console cheerleaders. It's fun to watch.
But I've noticed something about these cats. They are VERY narrow-minded and myopic about this industry.
They are SO caught up in defining something as hardcore and casual to the point that they MISS the point. This results in them reading the industry wrong and coming up with poor conclusions that continue to dumbfound them as further NPD reports come through.
They have become a mark for the business, to use some pro wrestling jargon. They believe in these artificial conventions built up over the years about the industry and its workings. Swearing by the holy word of "reviews" and "gameratings" and misreading what is flop and what is not, what is "game" and what is not. Oblivious to developing markets and curmudgeonly about new directions the industry is going in.
I find it very funny. Does anyone else think that these cats need to come down out of the treehouse for a little bit and get some fresh air?
John Lucas
Words from the Official VGChartz Idiot
WE ARE THE NATION...OF DOMINATION!