What was their projection? From what I know of game sales ( and to fair it is not much) this is pretty average.

@Kevin-V @TKH258 @SPUDIRL3 Kevin you are one of the few intelligent and thoughtful people with some real insight into gaming in todays industry. If that makes some people perceive you as negative than so be it, but keep it up. Great Interview

I understand why people people don't like David Cage, he appears condescending and often sounds as if he is belittling the medium. However he is completely right. Currently games have such a narrow focus that it is mind boggling

. I also know why he constantly compares games to film. Film is the newest artistic medium (besides games) to emerge, and as such it is going through many of the same growing pains that took the film industry approximately 50 years to work through. Initially film makers treated film like it was a play and even went so far as to shoot a curtain going up and down at the start and end of the film. We have come so far since then that the very idea seems comical. Games are similar. Studios are trying to make more cinematic experiences but really they need to try an make experiences that are truly unique to games.

I also understand why people are upset about his tech demo, " you don't need more polygons to get emotion out of a game" which is true, and Cage even acknowledges this when he mentions journey as stated in the article above. However being able to realistically and convincingly convey emotion is another tool, and a very important one, in the game makers tool belt.

Finally and most importantly he is dead on about writers. Quite frankly game writing sucks, because very rarely is it done by anyone who is a good writer. Not a person who can write well, but a GOOD Cohen brothers, level writer.

I have my own personal view about where I think games should go in the future and the best way to elicit emotion from a player, and I don't think that Cage is quite on the mark with all of his ideas, but that doesn't really matter. What matters is that he is someone that is trying to do something new in different and we gamers should keep an open mind.

@Teddy_Bear123 It's still better than the Spike VGA's

@Suikogaiden Dude they have brand new games for %50-%80 off. I got my copy of Borderlands 2 a couple weeks after launch for $30

@okassar Steambox is going to be Linux based because Gabe Hates Windows 7 or 8 whatever version they're on

I trust Gabe, virtually nothing on the steambox has been confirmed, just what the hardware is LOOSELY based off of. I trust Gabe.

@banana23man @moncealyo Not to mention the number of people who are too intimidated by the concept to try and learn

@ShadowofSonic Care to elaborate? That's some pretty vague and broad criticism.

That's so much cooler than Feudal Japan or WWII.