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Originally Posted by Micah Foehammer
No, clearly the stilted scenario you presented is NOT going to happen. Why? Because the "average punter" doesn't buy these games anyway.
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Do you really think that? These games certainly does attract many casual gamers. If they were just bought by the core nerd group they wouldn't be as successful as they are.
I see plenty of people buying rpgs without being informed when I go into shops. I've seen people buy NWN 2. I've also once seen two kids torn between buying Dark Messiah of Might and Magic or Gothic 3 (back when that game had no patch and could barely be described as playable) and they settled on Gothic 3 because they were 10$ short on Messiah. I was seriously considering telling them to hold off, but decided they wouldn't believe me the game was that bad so didn't bother.
There's a reason these games end up in the bestseller and top 10 games list, and that's because people buy them.