Gogogic CEO Says Single-Player is a "Gimmick"

[MiriaJiyuu]

I am sorry but I really can't take this seriously. I play Singleplayer all the time and never once thought "Man... This is so retarded. Why did the Developers make this shitty single player campaign?"

If I am thinking anything remotely close to that I am thinking Why did they make this shitty game at all?

You know the first thing I thought when I read this was 'I need to go find the link to that one video... oh hey first guy who commented who already did it', so thanks!

Also... seriously? Single-player is the gimmick? wow... just wow... this guy needs to get his head out of the social-gaming market and realize that not everyone wants to play with friends.

We should put this guy and Yahtzee in the same room.

 

[DragonStorm247]

Single-Player and Multi-Player. Both are equally valid experiences.

But what really irks me, is when developers/publishers fanatically push Multi-Player (I'm looking at you, EA) and then DON'T support split-screen on any level whatsoever. It seems deliberate, to force Multi-Player and thennot support it.

 

[Knight Templar]

That makes almost no sense.
I mean at the most basic, he doesn't know what a gimmick is.

 

[lunavixen]

wow, does he have a few screws loose? Single player a gimmick? I hate playing multiplayer for the most part as most multiplayer games I have have had the MP tacked on and it has detracted from the single player game, this guy needs to get off his high horse and come back to reality

 

[V8 Ninja]

Ignoring the whole "Unknown Social Game Company CEO Criticizes Traditional Game Design" aspect of this story, there is one thing I would like to say;

Mr. Antonsson, you might want to be aware that within the next few weeks, a Bethesda employee WILL punch you in the face.

 

[taciturnCandid]

In my opinion sometimes multiplayer is just a gimmick. There are a few games that are really built for multiplayer, but most games out there multiplayer is just an add on to extend gameplay time

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

Playing Solitaire alone is all just a gimmick. My dad should be playing Texas Hold 'Em or Go Fish with all the other cool dads who aren't suckered in by Solitaire's single-player trappings!

And the Yo-Yo? Why if you're wasting your time walking the dog by yourself instead of with your classmates? Well, my friend, you've been suckered in by a gimmick.

...even if you look at games as just... just that, as games, as toys - and not what they've evolved into, which is another facet of media and entertainment - his argument is falsified. I'm sure he loved Tic Tac Toe and Twister and Connect 4, but there were kids playing by themselves back before videogames were invented, yeah? Games that pre-date videogaming were invented that are intended to be played on oneself. He does know that, right?

Like, he understands the crucial flaw in his argument? ...wait no, yeah, I guess he doesn't.

 

[Vault101]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....WHHAAT?

listen jerk, you don't get to dictate how I play games..end of story

 

[Robot Number V]

Reykjavik-based Gogogic specializes in casual and social gaming

Wow, it's almost like this guy has an incredibly heavy bias and no qualifications to talk on how video games are "meant" to be played!

Actually, in this case, that's called an "opinion". And there's nothing wrong with having one. Did it even occur to you that maybe, just MAYBE, he specializes in "social gaming" BECAUSE he thinks that's the way games were meant to be played, not the other way around?

Christ, people on this thread are so..defensive. The man is entitled to his opinion. It happens to be one that I (among many others, apparently) strongly disagree with, but he didn't say anything that was provably untrue so...What exactly is wrong with just agreeing to disagree?

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

No.

Shut up.

Stop saying stupid shit.

 

[Vault101]

Ignore the introvert market, ignore 30-40% of humanity. Way to go!

being an introverts got nothing do to with it

its notly only abour wanting to avoid dickheads but mabye (just mabye) a good single player experice gives somthing that multiplayer can't

I mean for fucks sake since when did things become interchangable?

 

[thesilentman]

"Cue arguments about Yahtzee, Silent Hill 2, Amnesia, Just Cause 2 and just about every damn fine and fun single-player experience since gaming began."

That, Mr. Antonsson, is a recipe for a shitstorm on this forums. Hello? Yahtzee lives here. You're welcome, Mr. Antonsson.

 

[viranimus]

Yet another sterling example of why we need to pull the plug from gaming.

 

[soren7550]

Welp, he's delusional. Or just plain stupid, hard to tell sometimes.

Better go off and tell the folks at Bethesda and BioWare[footnote]Yes, I'm aware ME3 has multiplayer, but hush you.[/footnote] that their games are only gimmicky fads.

*cough* TOR *cough* Dragon Age Facebook game *cough* Mass Effect social games integration for war readiness *cough* Elder Scrolls Online *cough*

S-shut up, you're making me look stupid! *tries to hid underneath sheets*

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Buuuuuuuuuullsh*t.

Single player and multiplayer games are pretty much seperate experiences. To say that one is inherently the proper game and the other is just a stick-on is not true in most cases. Sometimes multiplayer is a stick-on, if anything, but single player is where the game is almost always more immersive and amply better at thematic exploration and storytelling, amongst a bag of other things.

 

[duchaked]

I see a lot of gimmicky tacked-on multiplayer modes in games these days...though that's more due to publishers forcing companies to divert resources to make a MP mode even when it's not in the game's best interesting :[ more local co-op would be good though

 

[MrGalactus]

This must be why everyone totally agrees that everything pre-2005 is terrible.

 

[mysecondlife]

Makes you wonder what's in his drink...

 

[Royas]

Who's this guy again? What company is this again? Not exactly a household name there, is it? I suppose he's entitled to his opinion, but if single player is a gimmick, it's a gimmick that has lasted decades now. So, just a bit more substantial than a fad by this point, I think.

This is a guy who is a non-entity working from the old idea that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Problem is, he's wrong, there really is such a thing, and saying stupid stuff like this is a great way to get it.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Company unknown, CEO unknown, make outrageous statement publicly....get media attention.

Lather balls, rinse, and repeat.

I hate all these leeches that have latched on to the "gaming" industry.

That's a good point. Why are we paying attention to this guy? Who is he, relatively speaking? Nobody. And why do we care why he thinks?

However I don't know how he can say that the first games were designed as multiplayer experiences when, except for maybe Pong, no they weren't. I mean Space Invaders wasn't multiplayer, Pac-man wasn't mutliplayer, Asteroids wasn't multiplayer...