rudedog
06-13-2007, 08:10 AM
NextGen has a very interesting article regarding the plethora of WWII games in the market place.
"World War 2 is the greatest war," maintains Pitchford. "It's arguably the most important and certainly the largest scale war the Earth has ever known." Consequently, a large majority of games involving conflict and soldiering are thereby centered around the Second World War.
At some point, however, World War II games are sure to become less popular. What shall we do to get our conflict fix then?
But the makings of a good conflict aside, World War II backdrops aren't exclusive to gaming. Other forms of entertainment are just as likely to retell the story. "Another reason [why we see so many WWII games] has to do with the popularity of the war, particularly if there are other movies and television shows currently out on the subject," says Sony Computer Entertainment America's Dave Karraker. "Naturally, it also helps if we actually won the war, which is why you probably don't see many Korean War games," he continues.
While they say, in 2006 alone there was 23 World War II-themed games, I'll say there where many more Sci Fi or medieval themed games released.
- Read the full article here (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5728&Itemid=2)
"World War 2 is the greatest war," maintains Pitchford. "It's arguably the most important and certainly the largest scale war the Earth has ever known." Consequently, a large majority of games involving conflict and soldiering are thereby centered around the Second World War.
At some point, however, World War II games are sure to become less popular. What shall we do to get our conflict fix then?
But the makings of a good conflict aside, World War II backdrops aren't exclusive to gaming. Other forms of entertainment are just as likely to retell the story. "Another reason [why we see so many WWII games] has to do with the popularity of the war, particularly if there are other movies and television shows currently out on the subject," says Sony Computer Entertainment America's Dave Karraker. "Naturally, it also helps if we actually won the war, which is why you probably don't see many Korean War games," he continues.
While they say, in 2006 alone there was 23 World War II-themed games, I'll say there where many more Sci Fi or medieval themed games released.
- Read the full article here (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5728&Itemid=2)