Comments on: Are You Making Your Players Feel Special? http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/09/05/are-you-making-your-players-feel-special/ I bake games. Indie style. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scurvy Lobster http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/09/05/are-you-making-your-players-feel-special/comment-page-1/#comment-136108 Scurvy Lobster Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:29:24 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3507#comment-136108 Games Workshop just released a very limited re-print of the cult classic Space Hulk game. Last print was 14 years ago and now the new run is already sold out online and they say they won't do another re-print for 30 years. If you want one you need to act fast and run to your local game store or get ready to pay big money on Ebay. So I feel lucky that I ordered and got my copy :) They could probably sell five times more copies if they wanted to but I think they want to keep it a cult hit instead of a mainstream game. Games Workshop just released a very limited re-print of the cult classic Space Hulk game. Last print was 14 years ago and now the new run is already sold out online and they say they won’t do another re-print for 30 years. If you want one you need to act fast and run to your local game store or get ready to pay big money on Ebay.

So I feel lucky that I ordered and got my copy :) They could probably sell five times more copies if they wanted to but I think they want to keep it a cult hit instead of a mainstream game.

]]> By: Sargon http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/09/05/are-you-making-your-players-feel-special/comment-page-1/#comment-136103 Sargon Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:35:07 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3507#comment-136103 Ahh, this is all part of the consumerist culture, I suppose. Or at least some part of it. People can be more patient and find other things to do, rather than get hyped about a specific game they want so bad, just because its not available. I read somewhere that nintendo intentionally didn't supply the demand for all the wii consoles, to create a big hype around it. Don't know how much is true. I guess people should work more on the throughput of having interesting things to do with their time, rather than waiting for the day everything will be better. Just being a bit philosophical here. I mean, you described something very simple, and I made it a bit complex and corporation consipracy theory out of it. Though, I myself know the feeling of "waiting for that new game", as if there are no good things to do until that game or those games come out. Ahh, this is all part of the consumerist culture, I suppose. Or at least some part of it.
People can be more patient and find other things to do, rather than get hyped about a specific game they want so bad, just because its not available.
I read somewhere that nintendo intentionally didn’t supply the demand for all the wii consoles, to create a big hype around it. Don’t know how much is true.
I guess people should work more on the throughput of having interesting things to do with their time, rather than waiting for the day everything will be better.
Just being a bit philosophical here.
I mean, you described something very simple, and I made it a bit complex and corporation consipracy theory out of it.

Though, I myself know the feeling of “waiting for that new game”, as if there are no good things to do until that game or those games come out.

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