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| kaepora
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|  "It's not the first time this has happened..."
, posted Fri 13 Sep 00:32
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...I really think its a trick name and I'm getting sick of Microsoft's "play by our own rules" mentality. When it comes to competing in a capitalist market, there are rules and there are no rules. But just cause you can do something, does mean you do it. Uhhh.
Maybe I'm just being a little pessimistic about the whole thing, but that seems to be the norm. Part of success nowadays is to cash in on whatever is currently successfull.
You know, like going from Netscape 4.9x straight to Netscape 6 (when IE was at version 6), or AMD/Cyrix using estimated speed ratings instead of the actual CPU clock speed, or the way Serious Sam is really similar to Duke Nukem (who is really similar to Evil Dead's Ash).
Ryu and Ryo? Dance, Dance, Revolution and Beatmania? Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy?
Remember the glut of first-person shooters that came out when DOOM and Quake were really popular? Or sports hunting games for Windows that tried to cash in on the Deer Hunter success?
You could probably see more shocking things by walking down the cereal isle of the local grocery store. Compare Frosted Shreaded Mini-Wheats and Froot Loops to Shreadded Mini Spooners and Tooty Frooties. Heck, half the cereals have the same style mascot and font as the originals.
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| OmegaDog
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| "Re(1):It's not the first time this has happen" , posted Fri 13 Sep 06:01
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Maybe I'm just being a little pessimistic about the whole thing, but that seems to be the norm. Part of success nowadays is to cash in on whatever is currently successfull.
You know, like going from Netscape 4.9x straight to Netscape 6 (when IE was at version 6), or AMD/Cyrix using estimated speed ratings instead of the actual CPU clock speed, or the way Serious Sam is really similar to Duke Nukem (who is really similar to Evil Dead's Ash).
Ryu and Ryo? Dance, Dance, Revolution and Beatmania? Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy?
Remember the glut of first-person shooters that came out when DOOM and Quake were really popular? Or sports hunting games for Windows that tried to cash in on the Deer Hunter success?
You could probably see more shocking things by walking down the cereal isle of the local grocery store. Compare Frosted Shreaded Mini-Wheats and Froot Loops to Shreadded Mini Spooners and Tooty Frooties. Heck, half the cereals have the same style mascot and font as the originals.
The thing we often forget here, though, is that these game companies are businesses. I.E., they do need a source of income -- a way to get money for their projects so that they can continue to be a going concern. I'm certain no one here would prefer that our artists and programmers starve... And that means having to take an occasionally safe path that's been proven in the market to be a good method of income.
Besides, imitation isn't always a bad thing; sometimes it provides more of what we want, and sometimes developers can actually be original with their imitations, coming up with innovative ideas to improve upon the original idea.
Oh, and by the way -- I believe Dance Dance Revolution is a subset of the Beatmania (Bemani) series. :)
(The preview screen is showing this text to be really small, for some odd reason. Sorry if it turns out that way in the actual post...)
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