Crytek executive Cevat Yerli has said that Europeans view first-person shooter games as "evil," according to Forbes.
The developer was cited in an article addressing the differences between American and European gamer habits.
According to the piece, Europeans prefer racing and 'soccer' games to blockbuster action, adventure and shooters.
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A look into the sad trajectory of indie games from high successful releases to complete irrelevancy in just a few weeks or months.
That's the thing with gaming there's always new experiences to have why spend months or years playing a single game when there's a new experience right around the corner.
Indie or AAA if your building your game expecting long term player counts you'll probably be disappointed as gamers often enjoy something for a few weeks and move on only to return if it's truely a classic.
Out of all the generations I've experienced there's games from 30 plus years ago I still dust off and play like super Mario bros, earthbound, vice city and san Andreas being games I treasure and revisit every few years but I'm not going back to play a game designed to keep me engaged for months on end because it's also designed to milk my wallet in most cases.
Build a great game that people love make it playable offline and ask does it matter if the concurrent player count is under 100 a year post launch more often that not it doesn't
The price of entry is too high to take chances like I used to. Was looking at V Rising and that ranges from $50-$130 CAD. That’s a lot for an indie imo. By the time it goes on sale, the player count might be dwindling. But that’s the trade-off, I guess.
Hmmm, sounds like a load of crap to me, maybe an excuse as to why something didn't sell great somewhere.
Sports games have always seemed redundant to me, and racign games are great admittedly, but only Gran Turismo will make me buy one.
call of duty. Nuff said.
I think most of them are Dumb :D
and by most I mean everything released the last 2 years that isnt bioshock
"Crytek executive Cevat Yerli has said that Europeans view first-person shooter games as "evil," according to Forbes."
Only sentient beings are capable of being "evil"; I am not superstitious enough to believe that inanimate objects are are capable of malevolence.
Although I personally don't find shooters interesting, it is primarily because I don't care for First Person perspective. I consider this a matter of personal preference. I do not feel that I have any right to inflict my tastes on anyone else under the guise of moral evaluation.
They game up after they realized they weren't as bad ass a Americans :)