Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'?

simoniker writes "Midway CMO Steve Allison has been talking about why he thinks the urban game genre isn't worth entering, suggesting of the cancelled Snoop Dogg/John Singleton collaboration Fear & Respect, which was in development at Midway: 'We killed Fear and Respect... because we have enough data-points to know the hood thing is basically dead. It would be dead before it came out. And you don't want to come out on a dead vibe.' Do people really not care about GTA-style urban shooters any more?"

Careful there, Busta Rhymes

[hal9000(jr)]

You're getting a bunch of 35 year-old, predominantly-white, middle-class geeks to develop your "hip" urban game!

I am a 35 year-old, predominantly-white, middle-class geek, and I like my urban combat set to the preconceived sounds and images pumped out by Hollywood.

Werd. :)

Re:Urban-themed?

[Anonymous Coward]

The joke ---> .

Your head --> O
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Re:I agree

[grub]

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