Ben Fritz on the difference between public and critical opinion when it comes to what makes a good game: “Apparently the people who make games do not agree with the public about who’s leading the industry. (Which, I think, adds credence to my arguments that Sony is getting too artsy for its own good and Nintendo games are like “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”).”
GDC Awards shut out Nintendo, celebrate Sony – The Cut Scene – Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com
– February 11, 2009
Ben Fritz on the difference between public and critical opinion when it comes to what makes a good game: “Apparently the people who make games do not agree with the public about who’s leading the industry. (Which, I think, adds credence to my arguments that...
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Fitz is so obviously comparing apples to oranges here that someone should demand him turn in his game-journalism badge. The Game Developers Choice Awards are clearly meant to reward quality and innovation over sales. Otherwise, the winners would just be the best-selling games in any given year.
And since when is it news that the populous prefers the most easily accessible of any given product whereas the more discriminating consumers of culture-product seek out and find more valuable and innovative work. Case-in-point: the people loooooved them some Transformers: The Movie, while those with taste found it to be a a cinematic shell, hollowed entirely of anything resembling either soul or life.
The lesson here is: the mob is dumb. The other lesson is: fear democracy.
A third lesson is such that I won’t be going out of my way to read Ben Fritz articles anytime soon.
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