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Developers find marketing 'immersive sim' challenging for games like Gloomwood
- New Blood CEO Dave Oshry discusses the challenges of marketing games as 'immersive sims'.
- Fans of games like Deus Ex and Dishonored enjoy the term 'immersive sim', but it is not effective for marketing.
- There is emerging consensus among developers that the term 'immersive sim' is not a good marketing term.
- Gloomwood and Fallen Aces are examples of games that are considered immersive sims but are difficult to market under this label.
- The debate over what defines an immersive sim continues, with no clear resolution in sight.
Articles (2)
Rock Paper Shotgun·
"System Shock and Deus Ex, they were RPGs. People called them RPGs": Gloomwood's publisher isn't too keen on using the term immersive sim despite it being one
PC Gamer·
New Blood CEO confirms it: the worst way to sell immersive sims like Gloomwood and Fallen Aces is to call them immersive sims