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It's interesting you bring up Cyberpunk 2077, probably the most hotly anticipated work in the genre, and this guy has nothing positive to say about it at all.

It's interesting you bring up Cyberpunk 2077, probably the most hotly anticipated work in the genre, and this guy has nothing positive to say about it at all. Cyberpunk 2077 is designed for 12 year olds, they are the #1 customer of these single player console games. They will not have read any Gibson by that point (maybe Hunger Games). If you think about what has been successful with that audience, looking at Grand Theft Auto for example, it has to feel like parents wouldn't like it. And it has little to do with genre, because there is no genre to GTA. CD Projekt Red was incredibly clever with a particular piece of art it marketed which specifically invoked something in the zeitgeist that makes parents angry and uncomfortable in 2019-2020. This is what GTA did, what South Park did, Modern Warfare, and long before that, Ren and Stimpy did, what Spongebob did, etc. - do something that pisses off parents. When making a product for 12 year old boys, which is what these books and games are, pissing off parents such an integral part of the product's success. Gibson pissed off parents then, he just doesn't really piss them off now. Anything commie or anti-authoritarian in that period was anti-parent. It just goes to show that the article is way off the mark when it comes to understanding what is actually novel in contemporary work, and how tough it is that kids, especially boys, don't read anymore.

Havoc 6y ago
>Cyberpunk 2077 is designed for 12 year olds, they are the #1 customer of these single player console games. Pretty sure the 12 year olds are all on call of duty & fortnite. I suspect single player games are in a slightly older age bracket these days
Grimm1 6y ago
I respectfully disagree. If you look at the history of CD Projekt red they tend to do a great job of translating a source story and world into a compelling video game setting and story. Witcher 3 was critically acclaimed for a reason. As I was made aware of today Cyberpunk 2077 is being adapted from source material that is a tabletop RPG that's been around for like 30 years. With that thought in mind I expect the story to be much less vacant and more adult focused with compelling narrative. I think your suggestion is off the mark for this work knowing who is producing it. That said only time will tell.
robenkleene 6y ago
The average age of a gamer in the US is 35 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_Stat...): > The average age of a U.S. gamer is 35, the average number of years a U.S. gamer has been playing games is 13, and only 29% of the gamer population is under 18 years old. Given you’re listing some of the most popular games, I think it’s fair to assume those games are targeting the average age?
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Havoc 6y ago

>Cyberpunk 2077 is designed for 12 year olds, they are the #1 customer of these single player console games. Pretty sure the 12 year olds are all on call of duty & fortnite. I suspect single player games are in a slightly older age bracket these days

Grimm1 6y ago

I respectfully disagree. If you look at the history of CD Projekt red they tend to do a great job of translating a source story and world into a compelling video game setting and story. Witcher 3 was critically acclaimed for a reason. As I was made aware of today Cyberpunk 2077 is being adapted from source material that is a tabletop RPG that's been around for like 30 years. With that thought in mind I expect the story to be much less vacant and more adult focused with compelling narrative. I think your suggestion is off the mark for this work knowing who is producing it. That said only time will tell.

robenkleene 6y ago

The average age of a gamer in the US is 35 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_Stat...): > The average age of a U.S. gamer is 35, the average number of years a U.S. gamer has been playing games is 13, and only 29% of the gamer population is under 18 years old. Given you’re listing some of the most popular games, I think it’s fair to assume those games are targeting the average age?

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