Henadic Theologian
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Dragon Age lead says Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur prove publishers wrong as games can crush market trends is they’re “given time to cook”
Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider explains that Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur prove publishers wrong if games can have "time to cook".
"The Dragon Age lead explained that both Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur do appeal “very, very strongly to that one audience” but that appeal is so strong and so high quality that it ends up expanding the core audience."
I've been saying for years that your hardcore fans are engine of the hype machine that draws in the semicasuals who draw in the casuals, expanding your audience. You make your hardcore audience happy, that builds hype that gets others excited and wanting to try it.