Video Game Marketing

[the dark side]

I quess starcraft 2 is the 1% that you cant really tell its gameplay from its trailer. From the trailer, i would say it was a Sci-Fi, 3rd Person cover shooter, a Gears Of War clone, yet according to Wiki, it is an RTS! the cinematic trailer gives a totally inaccurate impression, another flaw of the cinematic trailer. it can put people who overwise WOULD have baught the game OFF (hardcore gamers like me who thaught theyd commited the unpardonable and tied the starcraft name to a GOW clone, something i would not put past activision, who own blizzard, in fact, id expect a bunch of sell out like them to do just that) and attracts the sort of gamer who can kill a game flat in 5 seconds because "itz 2 hurd!!11!!1" (the casuals, who think its gonna be a GOW style game) resulting in forum anger, a loss of sales, and an axed franchise. they are not a good idea. i really cannot work out why they are so darn popular. i really cant.