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 Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 13:57 Post subject: Back in 1999 Roberta Williams said: |
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| Quote: | | Back when I got started, which sounds like ancient history, back then the demographics of people who were into computer games, was totally different, in my opinion, than they are today. Back then, computers were more expensive, which made them more exclusive to people who were maybe at a certain income level, or education level. So the people that played computer games 15 years ago were that type of person. They probably didn't watch television as much, and the instant gratification era hadn't quite grown the way it has lately. I think in the last 5 or 6 years, the demographics have really changed, now this is my opinion, because computers are less expensive so more people can afford them. More "average" people now feel they should own one. |
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garus
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 14:00 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 14:08 Post subject: |
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money talks, though she is right.
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 14:50 Post subject: |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 14:51 Post subject: |
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Her last game was in 1998, she probably needed fast money, perfect choice  
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 15:09 Post subject: |
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I don't see where she said gaming sucks and that she won't make any more games.
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 16:30 Post subject: |
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average games for average people
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Apr 2012 18:28 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 6th Apr 2012 15:35 Post subject: |
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haha softporn the first text based porn adventure haha you can say this invented LARRY
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| Posted: Fri, 6th Apr 2012 19:23 Post subject: |
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It's a shame she didn't expand on her comment
Looking back, games were often action based back then, FPS was king
There's definite parallels between her statment then and the state of gaming nowadays, but back then we still had variety, look at the FPS from the time, all done it differently, they felt different, played different
Now it's as if every FPS wants to be CoD, every TPS wants to be GoW, hell Mass Effect 2 & 3 tried to be GoW
Her statement at the time is definitely being played out now, as I said, back in 1999 we still had variety across the board, I think Point n Click had died by then but that's because companies stopped making them
Here's some of the big games from around that time (96-99)
C&C Red Alert & Tiberian Sun
Diablo
Elder Scrolls Dagerfall
Quake 1-3
Duke Nukem 3D
Fallout 1&2
GTA 1&2
Jedi Knight
Age of Empires
Unreal
Rainbow Six
Grim Fandango
Thief
System Shock 2
Half Life
Counter Strike
Unreal Tournament
Medal of Honor
Planescape Torment
I wonder what Roberta would have to say about the situation these days
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