That's a great question. With Universal, it was mostly gamers, but they had separate sessions with people that indicated they played games in the same genre and people who favored other genres. I do remember a few people that looked like they had never played a game before.
In that regard with focus testing making decisions, I guess video games are no different than movies these days. Certainly have some budgets on the bigger titles that compare with movies.
I liked that game a lot. Stuff really ramps up when you have to start taking out hordes. I really had a lot of fun at the lumbermill.
It's amazing to me how much the game industry has grown, to the point where video games make more money than movies now.
I think Fallout 4 made 750 million in profit and Skyrim over 1.5 billion
Had to look that up and if I read it right steams cut from Skyrim was around 30 million. That's insane
People wonder why Rockstar hasn't released a new Grand Theft Auto and it's because they're still printing money with the last one. My wife turned down a job offer to work at Rockstar back before they released GTA 3. She would likely be very wealthy if she had taken that job. I wouldn't have met her though, so I hope I'm worth more than their royalty payouts. Now that I think about it, I won't ask her that question.
I cant imagine how much GTA5 has madePeople wonder why Rockstar hasn't released a new Grand Theft Auto and it's because they're still printing money with the last one. My wife turned down a job offer to work at Rockstar back before they released GTA 3. She would likely be very wealthy if she had taken that job. I wouldn't have met her though, so I hope I'm worth more than their royalty payouts. Now that I think about it, I won't ask her that question.
I've told people that before whenever someone "dissed" me playing video games at my age. Usually they don't believe video games are so big and many times the story is better what we're getting in the movies today.
Narrative on some games have gotten so good its almost like an interactive movie
Yeah the social stigma behind adults playing video games is funny to me. Some people act like you should be too old to do that, but then they turn around and will zombie sit in front of Netflix for 8 hours a day, as if that's better. At least I can be interactive with what's on my screen. Plus what I'm doing is challenging with quick decision making or critical thinking with puzzles.
Should surprise now one. The Video Game Generation is middle aged now and the industry has evolved with them.
Wouldn't it be funny if she watches Witcher or Last of Us. Although Witcher is more based on the books
Or Fallout, Super Mario Brothers, Borderlands….. Tons of movies/TV coming out. I remember for a long time no film studio could make a half-decent movie or TV show based on a video game but as the technology got better and the games bigger, I guess the games had to show the movie studio how to make stories. LOL
I actually thought the OG Mortal Combat movie was pretty good for what it was. But I was like 13 lol
