01-28-2010, 06:43 PM
(01-28-2010 05:51 PM)Lost Requiem Wrote: Nintendo found a way to regulate their market back then, because before that, people were releasing content on the Atari and Commodore without the companies' acknowledgment or even knowing. Not only that, but a lot of games were mere copies of other games.
Basically, Nintendo governs their console with an iron-fisted rule and decides what can go on it and what can't. It helped regulate the market and bring things back to a more stabilized level. It was due to over-saturation that led to the market crash of 1983.
Nowadays, it's a little harder to over-saturate the market because the cost to make games is so high. However, most non-game companies and people still see games as little more than an elaborate Scooby Doo lunchbox. The movie industry still follows this mentality and doesn't put much effort into making the plan for a movie-based video game to be released at the same time as the movie, which generally ends up ranging from mediocre to being E.T. Why? The producers of the movie generally hope the game will sail on the coattails of the movie, and as I said before, they, along with half of the world, shit on the collective heads of the video game industry, as they still follow an old-school mentality and believe they're little more than an elaborate Scooby Doo lunchbox.
Eh, it really depends if the company making the movie actually wants to spend money to have a decent game made. Yes, most movie license games are mediocre to just plain terrible, but then you get some real gems that really are great.
Aladdin on the Sega Genesis gave us some fun action platforming while providing really good sprite animation. The Super Star Wars games and Batman on the NES are pretty damn fun too. They're hard, but fun.
Oh, and that's a low blow against the Scooby Doo lunchbox. At least there would be a reason to reuse it, unlike a Scooby Doo game. :P
Hmmm, I wonder, what would be the worst games console of all time? Sure the Virtual Boy and Sega CD sucked, but they at least had a few good games on them. What system out there was a true abomination?
