{"id":11380,"date":"2024-07-01T10:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11380"},"modified":"2024-05-14T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:58:41","slug":"the-importance-of-genre-to-game-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11380","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Genre to game success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone always wins the lottery every day &#8211; but the reality is when you decide what kind of game you&#8217;re going to make you&#8217;ve already decided how much money you&#8217;re going to make.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love how Chris Zukowski from &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/howtomarketagame.com\/\">How to Market Your Game<\/a>&#8216; gives very realistic and honest evaluations of the game industry using data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8386\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8386\">Regardless of the effect of marketing<\/a>, in this video he shows that the financial success of your game is dependent on a bunch of different factors that are determined LONG before you even write the first line of code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Importance of Genre on Steam \u2013 with Chris Zukowski\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cj5QFdP1YY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10905\">https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10905<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8386\">https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8386<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone always wins the lottery every day &#8211; but the reality is when you decide what kind of game you&#8217;re going to make you&#8217;ve already decided how much money you&#8217;re going to make. 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