MTV Multiplayer: Molyneux declares no foot fetishes in Fable 2; talks about “how dumb I’ve been as a games designer” (plus, on video, discusses how the game industry has "failed")
This entry was posted on 3/15/2007 5:22 PM and is filed under MTV News Multiplayer,Tearjerkers,Independent-minded.
Peter Molyneux, he's the man...
If a single pull-quote from
MTV Multiplayer doesn't entice people to read about him, nothing can.
"I've been in this industry a long time now and I've been lucky enough to make some games that have sold very well. And people have turned around to me and they've said, 'I really respect you. You've done some fantastic games.' My first emotion is feeling guilty and thinking, 'I haven't really, have I?'"
But maybe, maybe, there's some doubt ...
Come on, Peter, say something in the video matched with my story (also
mirrored at iFilm) to turn those doubters inside out!
"I'm going to say something I'll probably get in trouble with. We've failed in the games industry. We haven't sold a lot of copies. Not at all. We've made a lot of money. But, you know, by any measure -- the most successful game's measure, -- 25 million is not a lot."Thanks, Mr. Molyneux. You make my job a little bit easier. You've probably heard that the guy who makes
god games has flipped things and is making a
dog game.
Go read and watch at the links above to see what I got when I dug just a little bit deeper. It's not all sadness. He says some really positive things too! I think the guy is onto something.
(If you're reading this entry after the week I posted it, you'll have to flip through the multiplayer.mtv.com site back to the March 15 entry)