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That's a fallacy. Money is not the only marker of importance.

Here, marketing had a positive ROI, so they put as much money into it as they judged profitable.

But if Grand Theft Auto V was an awful game, then the marketing would have been largely wasted, no matter how much they spent.

Anything good still needs marketing, but marketing won't save a bad product. There's nothing inherently filthy about marketing.

It's very, very hard to get people to hear about the stuff you do, even if it's really good.




I dont agree. Proper marketing can sell you almost anything. Even so-so products. And its not rare to see not so good games make it to top 10 sales. The game quality can vary but to sell a lot you can be sure marketing is the decisive factor.


Do you recall all the marketing for "Duke Nukem Forever?" That was a huge steaming turd that no amount of marketing could fix.


Yes, and we have plenty of examples of successes that came naked, without marketing. Eg Minecraft.


Nice successes indeed, but not $1B in a few days successes ;))


Where did I say that word of mouth could no sell either? I'm making the case for the positive aspects of Marketing.




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