>>14071089

>Why is there ammo? So we can limit the effectiveness of the weapon, or encourage the player to change weapons often and/or aim precisely, and punish the player for wasting it.

Anyone who's played a variety of shooters ask that question. However, you also have to play some games that the more autistic /v/irgins are very vocal about despising. Every game out there should be attempting to do something different or interesting (Even just slightly), and the people that fail to see this are why games are becoming more of the "same old, same old".

>>14072426

Isn't a good rule of thumb to always follow is to ask yourself, "Would I buy this if it was the exact same product, but someone else made it?"

>>14072463

>To a detached entrepreneur whose primary interest is profit, the only relevant question is whether or not there are people who will buy it, no matter what it is, or who the people are.

>>14072523

>would you enjoy a game completely identical - line for line - to your favorite Mario Kart game as much as the genuine item if all traces of Nintendo were replaced with generic characters/items/tracks/etc.?

Honestly, yes. However, this causes a problem for the company selling the game as they have to find a "way" to get the public interested in the title over the more well known series that has a history.

I think what you were trying to say is something like this:

>would you enjoy a game completely identical - line for line - to your favorite Mario Kart game as much as the genuine item if all traces of Nintendo were replaced with characters/items/tracks/etc. belonging to another series, but that series' previous titles played much different from your favorite ''Mario Kart''?

In which case, the answer would be no. I would go to both that series and Mario Kart for the unique gameplay differences between to two. To have both games become the same title would result in one or both series getting axed (The other series for copying too much and losing it's identity, and Mario Kart for competing with a series that could have a fanbase built that's just as dedicated as it's).

>>14072651

>Is there any other kart racer that matches Mario Kart's quality level?

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is the first to come to mind.

>Yet, Zelda's brand ensures reviewers give it scores that place it as one of the best games ever made. People will also purchase and play BotW over Mad Max.

That's called "brand recognition". Once again, it is because they go to that series because it has built up trust in it's name and what the series offers. Ultimately, it's just another form of advertising.

>>14072663

>that author doesn't know what the word pretentious means.

Read the file name

>>14072713

>32 and played NES Mario 1 during late 80's.

What are you doing here, oldfag?

>>14072831

>Think of it this way - if Nintendo never existed and then at some point Sony or Sega or Ubisoft or whoever released a game functionally identical in every way to your favorite Mario Kart game, do you think that you (or others) would have enjoyed said game as much as you enjoyed Mario Kart?

Probably

>>14072891

>If nintendo didn't exist then there would be no American games industry as we know it.

You're serious going to say that with a straight face? The "Gaming Crash" in the 80's wasn't the result of anti-consumer practices that ruined the entire medium. It was the result of companies releasing a bunch of shitty products. All Nintendo did was have a viral marketing campaign selling the NES as "Something different" and actually delivering on good games. And, it really was a viral campaign as Nintendo lost all steam once Sega hit the field hard with the Genesis (And, how they were only able to fend them off once the government got involved).