What's all this stuff on offer now?

[PatPion]

Im checking out the Gamers gat specials and shaking my head. Where do they find this stuff.
Fritz chess
My Boyfriend
my sim aquerium
Doggie daycare
show jumper
Katy and bob.

Who's making this stuff, and who's buying it. This is the kind of thing you expect with a new computer at Trade center, along with mavis beacon and an russian encyclopaedia. I mean last weak it was a farming simulator.

Don't talk rubbish about Fritz.

It's a brilliant chess engine and people have used it for years to improve their chess skills.

[FriedPet]

Don't talk rubbish about Fritz.

It's a brilliant chess engine and people have used it for years to improve their chess skills.

Indeed, but this version is 7 years old!

I never really had Fritz though, I used Chess Assistant. Wouldn't mind on getting Rybka but that might be overkill. Maybe I should just get Fritz 13 and start playing again!

[ave]

Okay but I'm late for work. Got to go shower. Will post more, with links to articles about who make and play these games sometime over the weekend.

Did you ever post these somewhere?

[Solitude]

Did you ever post these somewhere?

Oops no. Sorry, I completely forgot about it. And now I can't remember where I read the article. Will look for it.

[Solitude]

Worldwide sales of the Farming Simulator series (FS 2009, 2010, 2011) are 1.8 million units. Huge and expensive and celebrated PC role-playing game The Witcher 2 has only managed 1.7 million sales, including Xbox 360 numbers. It's different, of course, but it offers perspective.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ghty-simulator

That wasn't the one I read though. Will see if I can find it tonight.

[oltman]

You guys haven't lived until you played Street Cleaning Simulator. User score of 9.1 - so it must be good

[Bless the internet though, some of the user reviews are hilarious ]

i had a good laugh at the Farming Simulator game. thought it could not get any worse. then i saw this! hilarious.

back to Farming Sim, the guys from LAN Party / Node made this awesome tractor stacking video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5eRINyetms

[ave]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ghty-simulator

That wasn't the one I read though. Will see if I can find it tonight.

That quote makes my Jaw drop- seriously.

[Solitude]

That quote makes my Jaw drop- seriously.

Hehe well that's good to know. Those niche markets sell tons of games. I reckon if you are an indie developer now then try and go for a nice market. It may take a while to build a fan base but that base will grow and so will your sales.

There's one guy that makes a ton of money by making old school roleplaying games. Crappy graphics and everything. But he's got such a huge following: http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/

But yeah those simulator games are just amazing. I was so surprised when I saw how those things sell.

[ave]

Hehe well that's good to know. Those niche markets sell tons of games. I reckon if you are an indie developer now then try and go for a nice market. It may take a while to build a fan base but that base will grow and so will your sales.

There's one guy that makes a ton of money by making old school roleplaying games. Crappy graphics and everything. But he's got such a huge following: http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/

But yeah those simulator games are just amazing. I was so surprised when I saw how those things sell.

And it's not like those games are cheap- you know like angry birds- Oh that sold 20 million copies, but at 99c. Farming simulator is like $30!