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As interesting as this is, I don't know how much of this is applicable to anyone else. Goat Simulator was a fluke which gained popularity just by the idea being
by ebbv 12y ago
As interesting as this is, I don't know how much of this is applicable to anyone else. Goat Simulator was a fluke which gained popularity just by the idea being funny on its own. The game itself really didn't matter. It was supposed to be bad. For 99% of products, game or not, that's not going to fly.
- estefan 12y agoYeah. Survival bias I suspect.
- abricot 12y agoI think the same thing could be said about Flappy Bird. That game were also considered a joke but gained a following. The fact that the developer pulled it out of the market oddly enough skyrocketed it's popularity. I also remember the Beavis & Butthead game becoming pupular, even though it was a joke game too.
- codeulike 12y agoFlappy Bird was not a joke as such, it was a proper game that just happened to be simple but very hard. Somehow Gears hit a sweet spot that was 'hard' but also 'addictive'.
- david-given 12y agoI also think it's actually a pretty good game. There's a surprising amount of stuff to do, and things to discover, and puzzles you need to solve, but you have to go look for them --- unless you're the type of person who likes poking into corners you're unlikely to find them (like that famous review from someone who said they'd finished all the content in an hour... uh huh). Also, the MMORPG simulator is great.