Random 2 a.m. Musings
The end begins,
Looks like Sony is in some hot water over their European God of War 2 launch party. Honestly, was this necessary? Apart from the goat and the topless women, since when do games need gaudy premieres? It seems like nothing but a massive waste of money in a misguided attempt to emulate the movie industry. Do publishers really think they will sell more copies of a game if they hold these events? It is not as though gamers read about them and decide they need to own the game because it had a lavish release shindig. Maybe more money should be put into development and less into holding pointless galas. Just a thought. Unfortunately, this isn't the first big-budget title to receive such treatment and it almost certainly is not the last. Such seems to be the course of the industry.
You must defeat my dragon punch to stand a chance,
Ken Kutagari
2 comments:
While the idea of a launch party for a game is pretty dumb, the simulated slaughtering of a goat (for food) and offering its entrails (simulated) to PR jerks...is AWESOME.
ya. And topless women, can't go wrong there. I think dkaufman's totally wrong, more money should be spent providing gamers topless women at parties.
But seriously, the "the movie industry did it, so therefore it's a good idea" logic seems totally silly to me.
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