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Re:“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in bus... by rootlocus on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:45AM (#15764233)
> It's quite difficult to see anything innovative or even remotely enjoyable from this genre anymore.

You probably haven't seen Undertale then http://store.steampowered.com/app/391540/Undertale/

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Re:“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in bus... by misnome on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:58AM (#15764284)
But surely this is part of the problem; Exceptions to the rules, that have succeeded due to an unpredictable combination of luck, timing AND developer inspiration.

Nobody should look at Undertale and say "Yes, this is definitely a good area/style/genre to go into to make easy success.

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