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.
How in the world can you have one of the world's best and most popular chess programs on that list? Sheesh, when Fritz 13 was released I pre-ordered it from Kalahari.
As for the other games, hardcore gamers seem to forget that there are children out there and that there are people with a more casual taste in gaming. What makes Gamers Gate special is that it's a lot easier for an indie developer to have their games accepted and sold at Gamers Gate than at many of the other online retailers.
This weekend I'm going to find an article that I read about Farming Simulator that will blow your mind. If a developer can find a niche market that people are passionate about then that developer is making a living doing something that he loves.
Just because something doesn't appeal to you, doesn't mean that it doesn't appeal to someone else.
For instance, look at Big Fish Games. Their hidden object games make millions of dollars.
These games aren't shovelware. That's discriminatory in my eyes. It's niche games. It's not AAA games that all follow the same gameplay elements because they are too afraid to experiment. If AAA games are too far from the norm then they lose a lot of their shee... I mean players.
Indie developers should be commended for making games for niche markets, using niche ideas.
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.
