Quote Originally Posted by Lux_Rayna View Post
Its called reality. I know hardcore gamers are slightly disconnected with it, but the real world operates on one thing alone: money. And for an RPG, money comes from pleasing as many ppl as possible to generate as many sales as possible. The master of this was WoW, there's a reason it had so many subscribers. Even ppl who thought RPG's were for losers were playing WoW. My college football team? All WoW players. Almost everyone in my dorm played WoW. Even girls who never played videogames played WoW. WoW took all of those traditional RPG niche elements and said "fuck em".

Video games are an industry, which means they are a business. Once one business sets a new sales standard, the old standard is unacceptable to potential investors. Investors make or break your company, without investors you are going nowhere, and you are going bankrupt. This is how capitalism works. Now that new standards have been set, that becomes the goal. You need to explain to your investors how your product can duplicate or surpass the success of a WoW. If you fail you lose your job quite possibly. You lose your job you lose your livelihood.

The reality check is that its not about gamers its about consumers. Gamers *were* the only consumers so it just seemed like it was all about them. Thats not the case anymore. Some smart guy realized you can sell video games to anyone, not just nerds and niche fanboys. Thats why we have Wii, XBOX Kinect, stupid exercise games, watered down RPGs, etc etc. Why? Cuz that makes money. You don't make money, you are out of a job. So what am I advocating? I'm advocating everyone get connected to the real world, outside of RPG land, and recognize that every industry is run by sales. And sales are achieved by reaching as many ppl as possible. News Flash: RPG fans are in the minority.


EDIT: Honestly Peptaru that wasn't even my intention. Sorry it came across that way.
Oh, you mean we lost video games to the jocks, eh? Some corporate bastards learned that if they made stupid games for stupid people, they'd play them too! Still don't understand why I have to accept this 'reality'.