companies go woke and go broke,

Because they make the mistake that "What the audience complains about is Criticism, AND that they KNOW what they're talking about"

And they think that cuz they brand themselves as "We listen to our fans blabla" that the fans will somehow show loyalty and all go buy it

but these loud idiots wont buy it they'll just complain

Jeremies video about jim jeffries that he released yesterday hit the nail on the head about this

Other extreme is listening to your market researchers and investors though

But at least this strategy pays off in the end

Companies confuse outrage mobs with zero interest in their products with an actual target audience.

listening to market researches is a flop too

and investors will tell you to remake the same game

lesser flop

no, absolute flop 😄 look at that company uh

@Dr.Wol @I AM ERROR exactly the outrage mob are not customers they are just the outrage mob

Tale of Tales?

who made that shitty game about being a cleaner during some racist period in the 30's

So far the most surefire way is just being true to your craft

Genuine quality will always have a fanbase that will pay

they took advice from a "professional games critic" (the one who wrote the Gamers are Dead article)

@Uksio agree

i forgot her name

Staying apolitical may help too

Jessica Price lel

@Uksio depends

Make a product and make is as good as possible. Really hard concept to grasp.

no, its that annoying journalist that hate games

You mean the one that complained about black buffy?

@I AM ERROR this is tru but also stay away from politics and dont choose sides

no, that has-been

Lee something?

curly hair

wrote a book about her experiences as a games journalist

told people on twitter she was glad they lost their jobs etc

Don’t know who you mean but that sounds like a really lovely and upstanding member of society.

right Leigh Alexander

that was the name

had to look it up

anyhow

you guys are making the typical mistake though with "how to make video games"

Cuz what you guys said is basically:
"The key to making a good game, is to make a good game"

It starts with,
1. What game do you want to make in broad terms? (FPS? RPG? RTS? etc) doesn't have to fit the category but defined
2. What is a good sellable Idea? (Some unique gameplay things) that other games don't have so you stand out
3. What is the experience i want to give to people? (Good story? solid gameplay? amazing graphics?) something that makes the user get horny

Kek

Yeah. Just make a good game.

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https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Leigh_Alexander Eeeewwwww