You're right, that was kind of a poor example. And I agree: for a game, first to market with a great idea plus at least PASSABLE execution will probably beat second to market with that idea and great execution. Probably.
This has existed at several major companies, but in every case when the group gets a game to release stage and it fails as experimental games often do , they shut down the group. In one case, the game didn't even fail by normal metrics, but comparing it to their ...
Ben, I disagree with you. I love the story in DX1 but without the gameplay I think it would've been completely forgettable. And vice-versa: the story and gameplay tied together very well. That's one of the things that makes DX1 one of the greatest games of all time.
Tyrone, I would imagine that Google's hiring process takes somewhat longer than a week In other words, this has to have been in the works many months before the OS4 announcement.
Reid: that is a great question that I don't have an answer for It's easier in a game like Crayon Physics where you can literally say to the player that the game is about expression. Getting it across in a game like AC2 is much more difficult.
