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It's all about the money, ati2d. It always is. Creating an overwhelming
demand by advertising and short supply, the gamemakers are selling competition through competition.
posted by
saul_relative
on December 28, 2006 at 11:20 PM
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I refuse to play this game ...
A simple marketing strategy, gone awry or not?
This craziness started a few years back and it disgusts me.
Before I start a big "Christmas is this ..." , let me just say - to each his own on the holiday interpretation, I will be using this statement an example of this opinion and do not wish to debate every individual meaning :)
Christmas should be a time when a child can be filled with anticipation, for that one thing ... they feel they cannot live without. They put their faith in Santa to deliver the goods if they hold up their part of the bargain. And we as parents hope to fulfill every special Christmas wish.
Then a few years back ... the big boys at Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo with the thread bare pockets, decided on this fantastic marketing strategy to capitalize on the parents wanting to simply meet this once a year request.
Or perhaps they got bored with competing with one another, and decided to put humans into play ... teams are chosen by product, and the competition unfolds. The most ruthless act depicting the winner, I suppose?
Whatever reason ... it is wrong. It's a horrible marketing strategy, a pitiful manipulation tactic, and a terrific example of greed ... morally speaking. It is also a game, I refuse to play. (ha)
If it motivates ugly it should not be rewarded ... yet, it won't stop until we do. Moreover, as long as there are people with more money than brains, it will get much worse - before it gets better.
If they know people kill, and children are dissapointed ... if they are aware of all of this ugly they create and power they hold, is it finally enough do you suppose, for them to feel their success?
posted by
ati2d
on December 28, 2006 at 11:07 PM
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There are plenty of factors as to why any given individual or group turns
violent, Blanche. We must, as a species, figure out where the saturation point is for individuals and make sure there is no trigger.
posted by
saul_relative
on November 19, 2006 at 9:21 PM
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Killing sells, fourcats. Look at the cult following of "Goodfellas" and
"New Jack City", not to mention that franchise "Scarface". We're a violent, warlike species and Sony and other game manufacturers simply exploit our worst traits for profit.
posted by
saul_relative
on November 19, 2006 at 9:16 PM
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That sounds like Twain, Blanche, but it could be Wilde or even Mencken.
When self-centered materialists without consciences are reared by neglectful permissivists, you get wanton reckless behavior.
posted by
saul_relative
on November 19, 2006 at 9:13 PM
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Especially, the "Car Jacking" game,Saul. I don't hold heavy metal
responsible for things like Columbine, but it's a factor. The complete amorality, ala Lord of the Flies, only cynically encourages the most lawless behavior. Sony executives must be guffawing over this mess, they created a "buzz". Nice buzz.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 19, 2006 at 8:11 PM
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especially when said machines show up hours later on ebay for outrageous
sums of money, $5-$6,000 dollars. in these days of mass-production, i fail to understand why sony is incapable of withholding the release date until they have a reasonable amount of stock for sale.
yes, i understand it's all about marketing but i hold sony solely responsible for the mayhem they created. and excuse me, but do the games have to be about war and death? can we please stop celebrating the killing of others?
posted by
fourcats
on November 19, 2006 at 12:49 AM
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"I love humanity, it's people I can't stand", who said that, Saul? cause it
sums up my feeling about this incident. Someone's priorities are seriously f-ed up.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 18, 2006 at 11:06 PM
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