Some might say that it started in 2007, but I would rather blame the recession on Killa. Killa was my first car, my first car purchase, and the reason I got into cars. However, I know better than to blame Killa.
Killa is the product of the time of the '80s. The recession of the '80s took a lot of people away from the car, and Killa ended up being one of those things. The recession that hit America in the '80s created a lot of cars that were simply too big for the economy to bear, like the Ford Mustang Cobra. The recession that hit America in the '80s also brought us the very concept of the "Big Bang Theory.
The recession did not make it as bad as the car industry.
The recession only made it worse. The recession created a lot of cars that were simply too big for the economy to bear, like the Ford Mustang Cobra. It also destroyed a lot of other cars that were not so big but were just as important to the economy as the Mustang Cobra.
Just when we thought this recession was over, here comes Killa, the latest in a long line of video games that make no sense whatsoever. Killa is a fighting game that has you using your hands and feet to swing giant fighting sticks with your feet and then swing them in your hands and use them to punch other dudes. It kind of reminds me of a lot of the old fighting games like Street Fighter II or Tekken.
It's only the last month that Killa has been out and about. It has only been out for a few days, but that's enough of a reason to blame Killa's slow development on the recession.
Now obviously, this is just a video game.
But even so, you have to be very careful when you blame the recession on a video game. If you are a game developer and you are trying to sell your game to a customer, then you have to say something about how it's making them feel. There is no room for sentimentality in the world of video games.
This is why I think Killa has struggled with sales. Many people who would never buy a game on their own have now bought it through Killa. This is the internet, people don't like to be told they are stupid, so they often buy from places like Killa. And even in the face of a recession, Killa has been pushing hard to try and reach as many people as possible.
I've been saying this for years, and it's not just my own personal opinion. People who play games all the time are often the same people who play games in a major recession. They are often people with the mentality of "We aren't going to buy this game for a long time. So let's make it look as good as we can". In the face of a recession, this is a really hard sell.
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