Bjoern
worst developer ever
Oh the memories...
Me, a Trabant and lots of AI on the roads. A scripting nightmare but soooo rewarding!
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Oh the memories...
Me, a Trabant and lots of AI on the roads. A scripting nightmare but soooo rewarding!
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Ken Stallings
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Feng,
You are, of course, correct on both points you made. We are not the target audience of those games, and for those whom are, nearly all would consider FSX and the entire Flight Simulator series boring.
However, mega profits should not be the sole objective of a company. There should still be room for solid, if not spectacular, profits. Further, marketing must exist across the age and gender spectrum. Eventually, the kids buying these adventure games are going to mature. If there isn't a market designed for them, they will morph completely out of the genre.
Putting your business model on the acceptance that target market comes in the front door and exits out the back door long before their purchase powers diminish does not strike me as a cogent business model. In short, come about 2012 there is going to be a lucrative and unsatisfied market for a PC-based flight simulator and the clamor will be loud and clear. Someone is likely to fill the niche and make Microsoft one very sorry company that it turned its back on the money.
Cheers,
Ken
You are, of course, correct on both points you made. We are not the target audience of those games, and for those whom are, nearly all would consider FSX and the entire Flight Simulator series boring.
However, mega profits should not be the sole objective of a company. There should still be room for solid, if not spectacular, profits. Further, marketing must exist across the age and gender spectrum. Eventually, the kids buying these adventure games are going to mature. If there isn't a market designed for them, they will morph completely out of the genre.
Putting your business model on the acceptance that target market comes in the front door and exits out the back door long before their purchase powers diminish does not strike me as a cogent business model. In short, come about 2012 there is going to be a lucrative and unsatisfied market for a PC-based flight simulator and the clamor will be loud and clear. Someone is likely to fill the niche and make Microsoft one very sorry company that it turned its back on the money.
Cheers,
Ken
Feng didn't mean they were marketed to kids, just a different demographic. Statistics show that the average American gamer is 35 years old.
http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp
http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp
That what the hype dose. I don't follow it. So no let down.