So I was on youtube today, looking at the videos there when I came upon this video of Robert Palloni, the developer of Bob's Game ( a self-made game that he tried to get published) pretty much going through the Nintendo Store in New York and plastering posters of his game up, and essentially defacing the store with his stuff. Now, whether this is just a viral marketing campaign, or he really is miffed about Nintendo not speaking with him is unknown, but if it is the latter, then I have a few comments for Mr. Palloni.

First of all, why are you going to go to the Nintendo store to raise your complaints? Regular people do not decide what games are published, the executives of Nintendo do. That's not smart business sense. One is going to go into a company's store, cause a scene, and then expect said company to take them seriously? That is lunacy. Furthermore, if people remember you and Nintendo does overlook the scene, the people will not buy your game, for they will think you are deranged. Secondly, there are other publishing companies out there besides Nintendo. If he couldn't get Nintendo to publish him, he could have gotten Atlus, Capcom, etc. Nintendo is not the only gaming company that publishes games for the NDS. Nintendo DS has lots of publishers, so it is not the end of the world.

To be honest, I was one of the people who looked forward to Bob's game, if and when it would be produced. It seem fun, charming, and a quirky game. However, I am somewhat put off by the developer's tactics to raise support for his game. If it works for him, so be it. But I don't think I could buy a game from someone that uses advertising tactics like this.... What are your thoughts on this?

VIDEO OF BOB'S Game Developer and his tactics...




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