> That might sound silly to a lot of players, because "if the game's not fun, why bother", right? Games are no different in this regard to books or movies. The

> That might sound silly to a lot of players, because "if the game's not fun, why bother", right? Games are no different in this regard to books or movies. The bulk of the market is looking for escapist entertainment generally associated with positive emotions, but there are many others that are looking for other things like learning something new or exploring darker emotions. Video games have a unique challenge though in that it's very difficult for those niches to be served with games of the scale and quality of AAA. Movies have that to some extent, but not nearly as extreme.