Re: RES: [Algorithms] What is next-gen

[Emanuele S. <in...@fo...>]

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From: "Ben Garney" <be...@ga...>
To: <gda...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: RES: [Algorithms] What is next-gen


> Guido Henkel wrote:
>=20
> >> Don't tell me publishers shouldn't care for what we want, because
> >> certainly we are a considerable share of the people who buy games:=20
> >> because
> >> we don't ask our parents for money ;)
> >
> >
> > Sorry to burst your bubble, but no, publishers do not care what =
people=20
> > want. They care what people bought during the past few months and =
take=20
> > that as a guideline for their own future product line-up. As long as =

> > people buy these moronic games that are out there, publishers will=20
> > keep producing them and flooding us with games the world doesn't =
need.
> >
> So in conclusion, I say to you as a representative of the consumer - =
buy=20
> more non-shovelware and support game makers when we do experiments so=20
> that we can justify it financially.


That would be great. But consumers expect value for their money I =
suppose.

There are some great indipendent productions around...but they do focus =
on gameplay.
Which is good, but my opinion is that, if they'd spend some more quality =
time to make their games pretty as well...it won't do any harm to =
themselves and to consumers.

Consumers always look at a pretty game, IMHO...even though it's not =
their genre. Maybe they'll tell a friend who's interested.
Take Alien Hominid. It began as a flash game, but it had the "right =
visual style"...such graphics that let consumers distinguish a "quality =
game".You can probably see "talent" that way...and you trust the whole =
game...and you read the synopsis on the back and you buy it.

When the "you buy it" doesn't happen, you should go back and trace the =
chain of events for a "bug". :)

I don't know if people is willing to "pay for experiments".
True, they've paid for animal experiments when they buy a body =
lotion...but they don't *really* know it, in the end. :))))



Best,

Emanuele Salvucci
Maya|Lightwave
Game Technical Artist
Lscript developer

www.forwardgames.com
ema...@fo...

"#3. He causes things to look different so it would appear time has =
passed."

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