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If you go on over to Gamasutra’s site (and no, that is not some kinky sex site. They talk about game development stuff! Duh!) , you’ll find this article explaining why FPS games are “more attractive” to game publishers… It’s because game publishers are primarily men and they like to blow stuff up. And that’s cool.

Well, I don’t know if that’s true or not. The article doesn’t actually SAY that, but from a woman’s point of view, I’m confident in my analysis. Heh.

They also say that sports is unattractive for most publishers and that EA Games has balls of steel for continuing to put out one Madden game after another. Those guys are just crazy. Actually, they don’t say that either. I’m just paraphrasing.

Here’s what they actually say about what genre is better to publish:

According to the report, sports games are “an unattractive genre for most publishers” (excluding license holders, such as Electronic Arts), the first-person shooter is “a growing and highly attractive genre,” the racing genre is “healthy in absolute percentage terms” (that is, it’s neither growing nor shrinking significantly), and the crime-based action genre is “unattractive” and “grim,” unless the game is within the Grand Theft Auto franchise itself.

Oh, so that’s why that 50 Cent: Bulletproof sucked so much.

I hope he doesn’t cap me for saying that. I’d better join the Witness Protection Program. Damn!

So, the moral of zee story… if you’re looking into the game development bizness, make sure you start out with some FPS games. They’re the ones publishers are lookin’ at.

YO!

Oh and look. My buddies over at Re:Retro AND FPS Rantings have also mentioned this. This must be ARTICLE GOLD. SWEET!

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