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Originally Posted by Kubizo
Usual gamers are very young and young people only read because school forces them to. (I'm obviously talking averages - there are book-loving kids and gamers in their 30s, 40s and even some in their 50s or more, but they are exceptions)
So, a potential buyer of a video-game is likely to be familiar with the characters and plot of a recent movie, but he won't know anything about the most recent book.
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I imagine that if the game is good, and marketed well, it may get some of these younger gamers to actually read the book the game is based off of. Especially in the case of Keene's "City of the Dead" (or any of his zombie novels, since zombie games are still devoured anymore). The game could be great, and it may turn some of the players on to the books.
Of course, there was also a Call of Cthulu game that came out on PC and Xbox, and that was a pretty cool game (although there were some minor faults). It was nifty to see some of the Lovecraft stuff make it into a game.