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Originally Posted by Richey79
Video gaming is an industry that accepts terrible voice acting and script-writing, both of which are major problems if you're looking to compete with books.
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We're truly of absolutely polar opposite opinions, but that's the interesting thing about forums. First off, saying that the video gaming industry accepts terrible anything is being extremely general. That's like saying the movie industry accepts terrible acting and scripts because Uwe Boll makes movies. Or the book industry accepts terrible writing because Joe Smith released yet another teen angst emo vampire book. It's not that the industries accept inferior products, but they happen.
Secondly, in what way is the games industry competing against anything? Financially it's won. It's done. It's the largest entertainment industry in the world. Or are you talking about quality-wise? But isn't quality defined by demand, the masses have already voted with the wallets and the games industry won. Or maybe you're talking about a private elite's definition of quality, not what the plebs like? But then who gets to decide what's good and what isn't? Not you or I, surely.
The reason I bring this up is because of our difference in opinion. My belief is that the games industry has simply outgrown the other industries, they see very little need to create simulacrums of products created for other mediums. They're far too busy creating simulacrums of their own products since those are the top dogs. To think that the video game industry is in any way competing with other mediums is bizarre (to me), they're already the victor by a massive margin.
You and I might not like that mindless shooters top the charts, but I don't like that the Twilight books do either.