Livingstone sees "no room for mediocrity" Comments by Robert Purchese
"Roast duck or no dinner" for Eidos this year.
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It's always good to hear how publishers are striving to make good games but sadly they still let the odd stinker slip through the net but as long as it's on the Wii - the home of mediocrity IMO - then I'm happy to let it pass! ;)
Batman Arkham Asylum is looking exceptionally good from what I've seen of it so I'm really hyped up for that game. Hope it actually delivers! Just Cause 2 is looking good too. Not too many games coming from Eidos this year but I'll happily take quality over quantity any day. |
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Publishers and developers just need to know when to give up.
"Generic Shooter 3" is obviously gonna flop and sell like shit if you release it in November alongside Modern Warfare 2, but if they release it halfway Juli, it'll suddenly be the summer/sleeper hit everyone buys since there ain't many other games. |
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the_dudefather
01/07/09 @ 15:35
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just make the reviewers give higher scores for your games, that should do it
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kangarootoo
01/07/09 @ 21:32
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What a massive load of stating the obvious, with no small sprinking of self evangelising.
Translation... "Gamers (thats you out there) don't like crap games and they shouldn't buy crap games. Here at Eidos we make great games, so gamers (that is you good people) should buy our games, 'cos we make the games you like, 'cos you are smart and discerning (yes, you)".
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Darkjinxter
01/07/09 @ 22:08
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No room for mediocrity he says, this coming from the gob of a man who excelled in mediocrity.
No...I'm not going to expand on that by listing the mediocre games he oversaw, work it out for yourself. |
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clockworkzombie
01/07/09 @ 22:11
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I like mucking about with flawed games like Turning point: Fall of Liberty.
The ideas were good certainly a much better game than its demo would suggest. Pick it up cheap or rent it for a weekend of fun. I do hope they make a sequel. Sometimes aiming for perfection and failing can produce interesting results that lead to greater things. |
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Kirly_Wombat
02/07/09 @ 08:43
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"Eidos life president Ian Livingstone reckons publishers will need to go big this year or be forced to go home, as there is "no room for mediocrity" at the table."
Strange, I see plenty of mediocre games doing well in the charts, just because of the film/brand etc that they are affiliated with. Someone is making money somewhere. |
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Games will have to be increasingly impressive to get me to part with my hard earned (and seriously reduced) cash. €50 for a mediocre PC game? €60-70 for a mediocre console game? Not likely these days, I stood in GAME for 10 or so minutes weighing up the pros and cons of buying Overlord II then and there, or waiting a few weeks for the price drop. That's the first time I've done that in years.
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