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>>3801029
Pretty much this—and the divide resembles the vidya industry a bit.

In music today, it's mostly either bedroom laptop producers, or huge, thoroughly commercialized artists with Hollywood looks, who are complete products of market research, made up by teams of producers, songwriters, stylists, etc.

And what about games? Almost the same thing. You have your shit indie/mobile market, and you have your AAA titles with Hollywood budgets.

In both cases, if you're an author and you want control over your creation, the only road for you lies in the indie gutter (see industry bums like Yu Suzuki, Iga, etc). And the overall focus on looks has hit both music (after MTV and boy bands/Spice Girls) and gaming (thanks, 50 million budgets on graphics).

TFW you have a weak garrison hero at a town and you pray for the buff enemy hero to not attack you