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Saturday, June 30, 2007

What Makes a Good Product?

Is it because of its supreme aesthetic value? Is it because of its ability to satisfy you on the specific thing that you currently need? Is it all of the above or is it none.

Let’s take DOTA for example. The challenge of leveling your character and conquering others in real time play is what interests players the most. The graphics are very good and game style is flexible. It may look easy for an amateur, yet it is highly complicated for the pro. Balance is achieved. The interest is retained… and thus, Dota is one of the most played games here in the country and even abroad.

A point to take into consideration though, I’m not sure that everybody knows this fact. DOTA is actually just a Map version of Warcraft. It is supposed to be an external mini-mission that was developed as an additive to Warcraft 3. It was actually supposed to be nothing but a sideshow. But it was recognized, appreciated… even loved and addicted.

Surprising? Yes… an absolutely astonishing piece of discovery. The game as captured the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of players worldwide. Good job! This needs a follow-up question. Was DOTA able to retain the players’ interests? There is no doubt that they did.

They upgraded… they developed patches. Newer versions of the game was created and installed to enhance the game style. Almost every month something, new came up. The ideas of the players as well as their imagination and creativity were further aroused. Because of this, DOTA has been played for more than a year now.

Think about it. A product that was almost considered as trash turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened in the gaming industry.

In light of everything mentioned above, let us see if our abilities of deduction are considerable.

A man is born with a stupid and arrogant father who loves alcohol more than he loves himself. He is so angry at the world and he takes it out on his wife.

This man is born with a mother who loves herself more than her children - an excuse of a woman who is fixated in winning the hearts of her rich neighbors.

But the man grows up to become the owner of a multinational company, earning 8 digits a month. He has a wife whom he loves more than anything in this world. And by God his wife loves him just as well. He has three very happy kids who look up to him as the best father one could ever have.

What makes a good product? What makes a good man?

Is it because of its supreme aesthetic value? Does its history have something to do with it?

Is it because of its ability to satisfy you on the specific thing that you currently need?

Or is it because of the capacity to be recognized and appreciated for the good things that you do… the ability to improve, develop, and be better than ever. To be something/somebody that will capture the hearts and minds of everybody…forever.

You be the judge.

**wala lang… napaisip lang bigla habang nagyoyosi sa labas.

poisoned_____12:20 AM

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