Oh, “Game Industry”, I love this. You are making yourself so transparent to everyone now. It is amazing seeing perfect score following perfect score and the user score be like 5. hahahaha
The reviews on the PC version are hilarious on Amazon. Average of one stars! hahahaha
What I also find interesting is how analysts and “brilliant commentators” are panting over themselves in ragged breathing over Modern Warfare 2 pre-orders and launch. I haven’t seen our friends, the analysts, this excited since… Grand Theft Auto 4. Now, you know that Mario Kart Wii outsold Grand Theft Auto 4. But none of these guys ever mentioned Mario Kart Wii. It is like Nintendo games do not exist in their constellation of analysis.
A 2d Mario game is set to release very soon on the Wii. The track record for this type of game far surpasses any game ever made with the exception of, perhaps, Wii Sports. You would think “Game Industry” analysts and ‘brilliant commentators’ would talk about it. Yet, the game doesn’t exist for them! Incredible! All they see is Modern Warfare 2!
Is there any further proof to illustrate that the people who hold the business levers of this industry are not gamers? Is there any further proof to illustrate that these businessmen are, in fact, foreigners to gaming and its ways? (What I mean by this is that they are coming from other industries and, in zombie fashion, just applying The Typical Formula to games. Now, that Typical Formula is breaking down.)
I share the anger of the PC gamers over Modern Warfare 2. Infinity Ward chose the “Industry” over gamers, and this is their just reward.