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What is the title refering to?
Sequals of course! Quite possibly one of the most annoying types of games around...
Ok, so maybe that was a bit harsh, but how many sequals/licenced games just sell on the merrits of their predicessor/name-sake. Too many is the answer!
But even more worryingly is the use of name-sakes in CONSOLE tittles... I do, of course, refer to the PS2.
Now, let's face it, the console was named in such a way that people would buy it on its name alone. Think no one is that stupid? Well, 99% of gamers are the casual type who pick up a copy of Simpson Wrestling just because the box has a nice picture on it. Most of these gamers don't read the gaming press, nor do they much care about the, as yet unadvertised, GC and Xbox.
So, was Sony's console naming an act of brand-stretching, or was it, in actuality, to show gamers that this new console had all the quality of the last?
Discuss.
Sonic
Sequals of course! Quite possibly one of the most annoying types of games around...
Ok, so maybe that was a bit harsh, but how many sequals/licenced games just sell on the merrits of their predicessor/name-sake. Too many is the answer!
But even more worryingly is the use of name-sakes in CONSOLE tittles... I do, of course, refer to the PS2.
Now, let's face it, the console was named in such a way that people would buy it on its name alone. Think no one is that stupid? Well, 99% of gamers are the casual type who pick up a copy of Simpson Wrestling just because the box has a nice picture on it. Most of these gamers don't read the gaming press, nor do they much care about the, as yet unadvertised, GC and Xbox.
So, was Sony's console naming an act of brand-stretching, or was it, in actuality, to show gamers that this new console had all the quality of the last?
Discuss.
Sonic
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What is the title refering to?
Sequals of course! Quite possibly one of the most annoying types of games around...
Ok, so maybe that was a bit harsh, but how many sequals/licenced games just sell on the merrits of their predicessor/name-sake. Too many is the answer!
But even more worryingly is the use of name-sakes in CONSOLE tittles... I do, of course, refer to the PS2.
Now, let's face it, the console was named in such a way that people would buy it on its name alone. Think no one is that stupid? Well, 99% of gamers are the casual type who pick up a copy of Simpson Wrestling just because the box has a nice picture on it. Most of these gamers don't read the gaming press, nor do they much care about the, as yet unadvertised, GC and Xbox.
So, was Sony's console naming an act of brand-stretching, or was it, in actuality, to show gamers that this new console had all the quality of the last?
Discuss.
Sonic
Sequals of course! Quite possibly one of the most annoying types of games around...
Ok, so maybe that was a bit harsh, but how many sequals/licenced games just sell on the merrits of their predicessor/name-sake. Too many is the answer!
But even more worryingly is the use of name-sakes in CONSOLE tittles... I do, of course, refer to the PS2.
Now, let's face it, the console was named in such a way that people would buy it on its name alone. Think no one is that stupid? Well, 99% of gamers are the casual type who pick up a copy of Simpson Wrestling just because the box has a nice picture on it. Most of these gamers don't read the gaming press, nor do they much care about the, as yet unadvertised, GC and Xbox.
So, was Sony's console naming an act of brand-stretching, or was it, in actuality, to show gamers that this new console had all the quality of the last?
Discuss.
Sonic
Page: