Grave Gamer News & Views — streets of rage

It’s a comfy, fuzzy thought to imagine the video game industry supported and propagated on creativity alone, but the truth is, like everything else in this mortal coil, game creation thrives on money.  More than reviews, more than fan feedback, more than the bucking bull barometer of success that is Metacritic, a video game’s performance is rated by how well it sells.  This will remain true until either our conquering alien overlords deem monetary concerns frivolous in light of our eternal slavery or the Earth simply nosedives into the sun.  Whichever comes first.  GRIN knows the vicissitudes of cash flow all too brutally well.