RE: [GD-Design] Indie games?

[Ivan-Assen I. <as...@ha...>]

> >Not having a whizbang teratexel engine costs you 
> automatically on the 
> >order of 10 (on a 100 scale) in review score.
> 
> Yes, it does, but there's a massive -- and I mean MASSIVE -- 
> disparity between reviews and sales.
> 
> There is a very strong perception that whiz bang technology is what 
> sells a game, or that huge reviews correlate to massive sales, when 
> in fact this just isn't the case.  There are many games that had been 
> ignored by the gaming media which sold very well -- Zoo Tycoon, RC 
> Tycoon, The Sims, Harry Potter -- and there are many well reviewed 
> games that simply didn't sell nearly as much as you would have 
> expected (Homeworld, NOLF).

Yes, of course, but the bad-reviews/good-sales game you mention
have huge marketing behind them, which would not the case with indie
games.