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5 Bizarre Publicity Stunts - Part 2

Video game marketing departments reside in some twilight zone of crazy. We chronicle five (more) of their "what-were-they-thinking& quot; moments.

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deltagamer.com
HarryMonogenis5337d ago

Whoah, had no idea about that horrible PSP advert.

iamnsuperman5337d ago

The splinter cell one is just plain stupid

MiodragK5337d ago

Oh god, that Splinter Cell one was plain awful.

GunofthePatriots5337d ago

good idea, bad idea.

good idea: Having a catch with your grandpa
bad idea: Having a catch WITH your grandpa

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44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies

New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.

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gamesindustry.biz
Cockney29d ago

Well if that 44% left im sure there would be a lot less redundancies

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Stop Killing Games on the latest European Commission public hearing

It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.

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"Be creative 99% of the time" – Glen Schofield on how creativity can help fix AAA industry woes

The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI

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gamesindustry.biz
lodossrage30d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.

Scissorman29d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb29d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.