Shovelware - The Causes and Consequences of Bad Licensed Games - Extra Credits
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 Published On Sep 24, 2014

Games based on popular movies or books often turn out to be disappointing for fans of the original material. These poorly made cash-in games often spend most of their budget buying a brand license and then rush through development in order to match release deadlines. Especially now when they are moving to the growing mobile and handheld markets, their poor quality leaves a potential new base of consumers with a bad impression of games.
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