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Jerry Whorebach wrote: Simulations tend to appeal to dudes with more money than sense who don't mind spend a shitload of additional money to get better hardware... 
...who want their investment to pay off in authenticity, whereas console gamers want to own and play games that their friends want to play and it makes more sense if everyone has the same rig. Remember: the first generation of PC gamers were rich white guys who all wanted to own 4-seater planes someday, and the first generation of console gamers were kids playing Combat on Atari. |
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Regional preferences in videogames by 01/03/2014, 7:28am PST  Good post. Question: Definition of gamist vs simulationist NT by 01/03/2014, 7:49am PST Simulationist games focus on lots of elements and authenticity, gamist ones are by 01/03/2014, 1:15pm PST How far can gamist go up the complexity curve before it wraps to simulationist? by 01/03/2014, 10:53am PST I think it's important to avoid conflating agenda with execution. by 01/04/2014, 4:13am PST I think there's a historical Roberta Williams factor at play by 01/03/2014, 6:46pm PST |
