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I completely disagree. Angry Birds, quite possibly the most successful mobile game to date, is a completely unoriginal title that just looks prettier than most
by debacle 14y ago
I completely disagree. Angry Birds, quite possibly the most successful mobile game to date, is a completely unoriginal title that just looks prettier than most of its competitors.
You cannot simply attribute your success to originality, without looking at the other 650,000 apps and ranking them by originality as well, and then correlating that with success.
I would predict that originality falls behind a large handful of other factors when it comes to calculating the success of a mobile game. I would not be surprised if originality was not a statistically significant factor in a game's success.
- adrianhon 14y agoOf course I think that other factors such as marketing, quality, and brand also matter a lot, but I think that smaller game studios would do better to see how they can differentiate themselves from the competition. Originality is one metric that doesn't need to cost a lot of money.
- jcromartie 14y agoAngry Birds was the first game of its kind that tons of people actually played. The fact that it looks prettier than the competitors is the reason why people actually played it. They pulled an Apple. If there is an original game out there that is not catching on, it's likely that you can take it and do it better, and finally get traction. This still means it's an original game to the players.