I think it's plenty fair to say that GTA is very appealing to teenage gamers but I'd guess that's because they targeted the "casual gamer" audience, I'm not sure (though I wouldn't be in the least surprised, M is appealing to many teenagers) that it was targeted at teenagers.Ausdoerrt said:
While gaming companies are perfectly happy to have teenagers play they're game the targeted demographic for M-rated games is usually late twenties and early thirties. Why? Well, they can easily buy the game, they have a fair amount of disposable income, and they are just beginning the soul crushing part of life we call 'employment' so they're just looking for an escape. Teenagers really can't compete. They have less money depend on unreliable parents or siblings to get them games and have a lot of other things competing for their attentions.UncannyGarlic said:
That would be the smart thing to do but I really don't see many M-rated games that seem to be targeting that demographic and GTA is no exception. GTA has always seemed like a game targeted at late teens, early twenties to me but who knows.M-26-7 said:
Baldur's Gate isn't TB. Still, I think his description of the niche is too small, I think the niche is more PnP emulating RPGs, which is also a small number but not as small. NWN2 MotB is really the only good one I can think of since Troika went bust.Corvin said:
I don't have my Baldur's Gate manual right now, but it is turn-based "under the hood" with a real-time-with-pause combat system. Regardless, I would put Fallout and Baldur's Gate in the same category of RPGs.UncannyGarlic said:
