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Marketing tips…

April 17th, 2005 Posted in general

It’s fun how people waste huge amount of money asking continuously for advice on marketing.
“How can I make a good game” - “How to get into Real top 10″ - “Could this idea work” and so on :) My friend Gabriel today on forums said the truth “Make a good game and it will sell”. Easy answer, for a very hard task, but it’s all you need to know, really…!
It’s also fun how people start making a game and think only about the revenues. I know, everyone neeed money, including me, but so far I made the game I wanted to make, and not the one that the market asked me to do!
For me making games is a pleasure, complete freedom. The only game I made thinking about profits, Spin Around, ended in being my worst selling game ever.
My theory is that if you love your job (in this case, the kind of game you’re making) there are much higher chances that you’ll have success.

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