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to: STEVE IGREJAS
from: TOM ARKHIT
date: 1998-04-18 22:46:00
subject: Comercials

 -=> On The 12 Apr 98  20:27:04 Steve screamed Re: No. of Jag titles? at 
Jonathan <=-
 JF> I don't think the commercial means all that much.  A good game will
 JF> sell regardless of advertising skills (or rather, the lack thereof).
 JF> Few PC games ever get advertised on TV, for example!
 SI> Ads make a big difference.  It shows you the game in motion. 
 SI> It gets 
you to see the actual game.  I thought Castleania: Symphony
 SI> of the Night was 
gonna be stupid.  I saw a commercial and I saw how
 SI> many frames of animation 
there was on just who ever it is running. 
 SI> It was amazing. 
You can't tell how many FPS a game runs in off a TV commercial..
 SI> I don't know of 2 people owning the same PC game.  One person
 SI> gets it, 
he installs the game and lets everybody use the CD to
 SI> install.  You can get 
TR2 off the net without the FMV and music
 SI> (which will make the game suck).
No it makes the game better..  No annoying FMV..  What versions of games do 
you think you get on Warez CD's..  "CD-Rips"..  Games with the FMV taken 
out..  And not many pir8's complain about that..
L8r
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