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Hear’Say are one of the most manufactured bands there is these days. They were shot to fame simply because they all were all chosen from a talent contest that happened to be aired on TV. Steps *were* (Yessssss, They’ve split, WAHOO!) another manufactured band. Both of these two bands music is made to appeal directly to 14 year old hormonally charged girls. And it works. Steps had a stupid amount of number 1’s while they were still a group.
But what if this kind of thing was transferred to the games industry? What kind of games would we see being produced?
We’d see games that were intentionally aimed to go straight to number 1 in the charts and only to appeal to casual gamers. What kind of games would these be? Well, Considering that the largest player base for games consoles are males aged from 14 – 21 year olds, it would have to be them.
Obviously research would be done to see exactly what kind of game they like – But I’m pretty sure I can guess what they’d want – Shoot em-ups and beat em-ups. Why? Because these two genres are the two that that age group play most. Consequences? A market flood of Pop Games. Only games that are manufactured to go straight to number 1 in the games charts would be produced. Well, not only, but a huge majority of them would be made, leaving room for only a few titles of a different genre.
So what if this kind of thing started being implemented, what if developers started along this road?
It would mean a domination of casual gamers practically ruling the games market with their Pop Games, while the gamers who AREN’T Pop Games fans would be left out in the wild with only a few games arriving now and again to satisfy their lust.
The nasty part of all this is, it’s beginning to happen. We are beginning to see more games of the Shoot ‘em-up and Beat em-up variety. Most of which are quick re-hashes of previous games stuck together to keep people happy while the companies work on a new one.
Really, Pop Games began to appear a hell of a lot on the PS1. Count up the number of Shoot ‘em-up games compared to any other genre.
I’m not having a dig at Sony or anything because they were only trying to sell their console, but it is very apparent that the PS1 had a lot of games geared solely towards casual gamers.
If we do carry on in this way though, Pop Games will soon dominate the gaming world leaving gamers who want alternative genre’s caught with their trousers down and wearing a dumb expression.
We’ll be frozen out more or less.
It’s not all doom and gloom though, both Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideo Kojima are seeing to that. But I’m sure things are going to get worse before they get better. Pop Games will soon be common place in the market. Let’s hope Shiggy and Koji can do something about it before it gets too bad. Roll on GameCube and PS3!
RBS
But what if this kind of thing was transferred to the games industry? What kind of games would we see being produced?
We’d see games that were intentionally aimed to go straight to number 1 in the charts and only to appeal to casual gamers. What kind of games would these be? Well, Considering that the largest player base for games consoles are males aged from 14 – 21 year olds, it would have to be them.
Obviously research would be done to see exactly what kind of game they like – But I’m pretty sure I can guess what they’d want – Shoot em-ups and beat em-ups. Why? Because these two genres are the two that that age group play most. Consequences? A market flood of Pop Games. Only games that are manufactured to go straight to number 1 in the games charts would be produced. Well, not only, but a huge majority of them would be made, leaving room for only a few titles of a different genre.
So what if this kind of thing started being implemented, what if developers started along this road?
It would mean a domination of casual gamers practically ruling the games market with their Pop Games, while the gamers who AREN’T Pop Games fans would be left out in the wild with only a few games arriving now and again to satisfy their lust.
The nasty part of all this is, it’s beginning to happen. We are beginning to see more games of the Shoot ‘em-up and Beat em-up variety. Most of which are quick re-hashes of previous games stuck together to keep people happy while the companies work on a new one.
Really, Pop Games began to appear a hell of a lot on the PS1. Count up the number of Shoot ‘em-up games compared to any other genre.
I’m not having a dig at Sony or anything because they were only trying to sell their console, but it is very apparent that the PS1 had a lot of games geared solely towards casual gamers.
If we do carry on in this way though, Pop Games will soon dominate the gaming world leaving gamers who want alternative genre’s caught with their trousers down and wearing a dumb expression.
We’ll be frozen out more or less.
It’s not all doom and gloom though, both Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideo Kojima are seeing to that. But I’m sure things are going to get worse before they get better. Pop Games will soon be common place in the market. Let’s hope Shiggy and Koji can do something about it before it gets too bad. Roll on GameCube and PS3!
RBS
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> Hmmm... I'd argue with that. Pokemon is a great little time obsorbing game, that
> many enjoy not because it's kiddy, but because it's fun. The multi-releases are
> justified, because you're not supposed to buy them all, you're supposed to buy
> them seperatly with a friend. It was a great idea, and it worked.
Im not saying that Pokemon is a bad game as I really like Pokemon Blue and Red, its all the other stuff that I cant stand like Pokemon puzzle, Pokemon Trading Card game and spin off games like that, it's popularity made it a pop game.
> Hmmm... I'd argue with that. Pokemon is a great little time obsorbing game, that
> many enjoy not because it's kiddy, but because it's fun. The multi-releases are
> justified, because you're not supposed to buy them all, you're supposed to buy
> them seperatly with a friend. It was a great idea, and it worked.
Im not saying that Pokemon is a bad game as I really like Pokemon Blue and Red, its all the other stuff that I cant stand like Pokemon puzzle, Pokemon Trading Card game and spin off games like that, it's popularity made it a pop game.
Fifa still sells alot due to the licence and the advertising. I think The pro evo games have actually started to outsell the Fifa series now though. A great step in the right direction, just hope the developers dont get lazy after this success!
Fifa
You saying Championship Manager is a pop game?
Sure, they milk it a bit by relesing the same game with a few tweaks, but every 3-4 seasons they do actually release a game with a completly new engine. Champ man 01/02 is the last in the CM3 series. Championship Manager 4 may feature a new 3D game system. Although I Believe the current system is quite fine.
Sure, they milk it a bit by relesing the same game with a few tweaks, but every 3-4 seasons they do actually release a game with a completly new engine. Champ man 01/02 is the last in the CM3 series. Championship Manager 4 may feature a new 3D game system. Although I Believe the current system is quite fine.
Hmmm... I'd argue with that. Pokemon is a great little time obsorbing game, that many enjoy not because it's kiddy, but because it's fun. The multi-releases are justified, because you're not supposed to buy them all, you're supposed to buy them seperatly with a friend. It was a great idea, and it worked.
Pokemon is a pop game #
Championship Manager. :0)
Great topic.
Great topic.
Hear’Say are one of the most manufactured bands there is these days. They were shot to fame simply because they all were all chosen from a talent contest that happened to be aired on TV. Steps *were* (Yessssss, They’ve split, WAHOO!) another manufactured band. Both of these two bands music is made to appeal directly to 14 year old hormonally charged girls. And it works. Steps had a stupid amount of number 1’s while they were still a group.
But what if this kind of thing was transferred to the games industry? What kind of games would we see being produced?
We’d see games that were intentionally aimed to go straight to number 1 in the charts and only to appeal to casual gamers. What kind of games would these be? Well, Considering that the largest player base for games consoles are males aged from 14 – 21 year olds, it would have to be them.
Obviously research would be done to see exactly what kind of game they like – But I’m pretty sure I can guess what they’d want – Shoot em-ups and beat em-ups. Why? Because these two genres are the two that that age group play most. Consequences? A market flood of Pop Games. Only games that are manufactured to go straight to number 1 in the games charts would be produced. Well, not only, but a huge majority of them would be made, leaving room for only a few titles of a different genre.
So what if this kind of thing started being implemented, what if developers started along this road?
It would mean a domination of casual gamers practically ruling the games market with their Pop Games, while the gamers who AREN’T Pop Games fans would be left out in the wild with only a few games arriving now and again to satisfy their lust.
The nasty part of all this is, it’s beginning to happen. We are beginning to see more games of the Shoot ‘em-up and Beat em-up variety. Most of which are quick re-hashes of previous games stuck together to keep people happy while the companies work on a new one.
Really, Pop Games began to appear a hell of a lot on the PS1. Count up the number of Shoot ‘em-up games compared to any other genre.
I’m not having a dig at Sony or anything because they were only trying to sell their console, but it is very apparent that the PS1 had a lot of games geared solely towards casual gamers.
If we do carry on in this way though, Pop Games will soon dominate the gaming world leaving gamers who want alternative genre’s caught with their trousers down and wearing a dumb expression.
We’ll be frozen out more or less.
It’s not all doom and gloom though, both Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideo Kojima are seeing to that. But I’m sure things are going to get worse before they get better. Pop Games will soon be common place in the market. Let’s hope Shiggy and Koji can do something about it before it gets too bad. Roll on GameCube and PS3!
RBS
But what if this kind of thing was transferred to the games industry? What kind of games would we see being produced?
We’d see games that were intentionally aimed to go straight to number 1 in the charts and only to appeal to casual gamers. What kind of games would these be? Well, Considering that the largest player base for games consoles are males aged from 14 – 21 year olds, it would have to be them.
Obviously research would be done to see exactly what kind of game they like – But I’m pretty sure I can guess what they’d want – Shoot em-ups and beat em-ups. Why? Because these two genres are the two that that age group play most. Consequences? A market flood of Pop Games. Only games that are manufactured to go straight to number 1 in the games charts would be produced. Well, not only, but a huge majority of them would be made, leaving room for only a few titles of a different genre.
So what if this kind of thing started being implemented, what if developers started along this road?
It would mean a domination of casual gamers practically ruling the games market with their Pop Games, while the gamers who AREN’T Pop Games fans would be left out in the wild with only a few games arriving now and again to satisfy their lust.
The nasty part of all this is, it’s beginning to happen. We are beginning to see more games of the Shoot ‘em-up and Beat em-up variety. Most of which are quick re-hashes of previous games stuck together to keep people happy while the companies work on a new one.
Really, Pop Games began to appear a hell of a lot on the PS1. Count up the number of Shoot ‘em-up games compared to any other genre.
I’m not having a dig at Sony or anything because they were only trying to sell their console, but it is very apparent that the PS1 had a lot of games geared solely towards casual gamers.
If we do carry on in this way though, Pop Games will soon dominate the gaming world leaving gamers who want alternative genre’s caught with their trousers down and wearing a dumb expression.
We’ll be frozen out more or less.
It’s not all doom and gloom though, both Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideo Kojima are seeing to that. But I’m sure things are going to get worse before they get better. Pop Games will soon be common place in the market. Let’s hope Shiggy and Koji can do something about it before it gets too bad. Roll on GameCube and PS3!
RBS
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