Comments on: Do good stuff. Tell people about it http://www.chrisunitt.co.uk/2009/11/do-good-stuff-tell-people-about-it/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:05:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris http://www.chrisunitt.co.uk/2009/11/do-good-stuff-tell-people-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Chris Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:41:21 +0000 http://www.chrisunitt.co.uk/?p=582#comment-785 But those computer games don't need sustained long-term success. The lesson from that report is that next year you just bring out Bland Shooter 2 and spend big to push it to the top of the charts all over again. And yes, there is a marked difference between those two positions. Thing is, some people care about which side of the equation they're on, some don't. But those computer games don’t need sustained long-term success. The lesson from that report is that next year you just bring out Bland Shooter 2 and spend big to push it to the top of the charts all over again.

And yes, there is a marked difference between those two positions. Thing is, some people care about which side of the equation they’re on, some don’t.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://www.chrisunitt.co.uk/2009/11/do-good-stuff-tell-people-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Pete Ashton Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:21:35 +0000 http://www.chrisunitt.co.uk/?p=582#comment-780 Absurdly late to this, but I think you're misrepresenting the argument straw-man style. The point is that dross, no matter how well marketed, will not be sustainable in the long term. Quality stuff that people like will be more sustainable because, and here's the point, people like it. And there's a marked difference between your title "Do good stuff, tell people about it" and "produce lazy crap, trick people into buying it." Absurdly late to this, but I think you’re misrepresenting the argument straw-man style.

The point is that dross, no matter how well marketed, will not be sustainable in the long term. Quality stuff that people like will be more sustainable because, and here’s the point, people like it.

And there’s a marked difference between your title “Do good stuff, tell people about it” and “produce lazy crap, trick people into buying it.”

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