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RolStoppable said:
DaHuuuuuudge said:
It seems that Nintendo fans define "huge" as sales, rather than review scores.
It seems that Sony fans define "huge" as review scores, rather than sales.
Which one effects the average gamer more?

Sales, because the more a game sells, the more likely it is that the average gamer gets exposed to the game and learns about its existence.

reviews have something to do with games's quality, sales dont



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STEKSTAV said:
Squilliam said: ... without diluting my point.

What was your point actually? PS3 games dont sell as well as Wii games?


Close.

Huge PS3 exclusives are huge only when compared to other Playstation titles. Huge being market impact of course as percieved quality doesn't register on a size scale.



Tease.

OT- Really, sales are not everything. They are a piece of the pie but they are not everything. Sure some people do make Sony games out to be the second coming, however others do the same. Sony is on top right now with some gorgous and great games come out, in times things can change another company can be on top. And after it having such a horrible start with the games it is great that they got this momentum going and i hope it doesn't stop. BTW this is like some MikeB post with some sort of ulterior motive what exactly are you trying to get at?Stop beating around the bush dude, if you dont like playstation just say that.

@RolStop- "Sales, because the more a game sells, the more likely it is that the average gamer gets exposed to the game and learns about its existence"
I disagree. Example. Shadow of Colossus is loved by many but in the US and JP it only has sold 980k. There are lots of games like this word of mouth and reviews can help get a game exposure aswell.



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Why are Fanboys of the other Consoles so loud?!

Its called Bias*.

At first I was thinking maybe a malicious forum software made all the Opposition-Fanboy drivel appear larger than reality when read. However that doesn't quite make sense. What does make sense is that if you shrink the gaming world down to just your Console(s) and then only compare postings relative to the ones that match your viewpoint then obviously the opposing ones would appear more annoying than they actually were. I like to call this effect Severely Misguided Gullibility or SMG** for short.

Its bothered me for years. I have wanted to come up with a term to categorise why other Fanboys always seem to be in larger numbers than they actually are, especially in comparison to my platform(s) with much more reasonable people. See for instance Playstation 3***. Its got a great many Fanboys and thats certain. But is it that bad? Look at the Nintendo Fanboys by comparison. They will allways brag with their huge(ererer) sales, when they know perfectly well that a lot of their games are aimed at a complete different and much larger audience but, with a handful exceptions per year, don't matter to a discussion between hardcore gamers.

So now I humbly propose that perhaps Fanboys have succeeded even more grandly than anyone had anticipated. They have sucked people into their very own worlds, brainwashed them into believing their propaganda and declared all who would care to Oppose their viewpoint to be particularly ANNOOOYYYYIIINNNNNGGGGG****.

*Im not meaning for any offense, this is merely in jest. Feel free to come up with your own discriptions so long as you make an attempt to not be offensive.

**No breach of copyright intended or implied.

***Playstation 3 was used merely as an example, there are other Consoles which can be used but I limited it to one viewpoint to limit possible offense.

****Disclaimer relative to the confederate Fanboys.

 

 

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I'm a gamer, to me sales means crap...for me as long as the games I have to play are of high quality I couldn't care less....it's sad how some Ninty fanboys are trolling the sony threads just cuz they had almost no high quality highly reviewed game so far this year, such behavior is kinda pitiful

SO yes games like UC2 that won over 100 GOTY awards all over the place are HUGE to me...



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RolStoppable said:
pizzahut451 said:
RolStoppable said:
DaHuuuuuudge said:
It seems that Nintendo fans define "huge" as sales, rather than review scores.
It seems that Sony fans define "huge" as review scores, rather than sales.
Which one effects the average gamer more?

Sales, because the more a game sells, the more likely it is that the average gamer gets exposed to the game and learns about its existence.

reviews have something to do with games's quality, sales dont

What a narrow minded point of view.

Of course sales can be a testimony to a game's quality. If a game keeps on selling for months or years, then that is proof that the game is doing something right. Otherwise bad word of mouth would have killed its sales by that point. Strong legs are a better indicator for quality than review scores.


Not all games that sell well are quality. Mw2 is garbage and its selling like hot cakes.  Sales can be influenced by advertising, hype, ect. Popularity is not always a good indicator of qualitly. If it was always then Avatar would be the greatest movie ever.



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RolStoppable said:
pizzahut451 said:
RolStoppable said:
DaHuuuuuudge said:
It seems that Nintendo fans define "huge" as sales, rather than review scores.
It seems that Sony fans define "huge" as review scores, rather than sales.
Which one effects the average gamer more?

Sales, because the more a game sells, the more likely it is that the average gamer gets exposed to the game and learns about its existence.

reviews have something to do with games's quality, sales dont

What a narrow minded point of view.

Of course sales can be a testimony to a game's quality. If a game keeps on selling for months or years, then that is proof that the game is doing something right. Otherwise bad word of mouth would have killed its sales by that point. Strong legs are a better indicator for quality than review scores.

I think your the one with the narrow minded pov here..sorry

Games sales can also mean marketing, advertising, promotional efforts, creating hype or featuring characters that have been around for decades so ppl know them and expect quality from them are milked over and over, played a part in it...MW2 comes to mind, so yes, for me reviews by media (credible) and user feedback is what matters, cuz I am not a stock holder or anything



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M.U.G.E.N said:
I'm a gamer, to me sales means crap...for me as long as the games I have to play are of high quality I couldn't care less....

SO yes games like UC2 that won over 100 GOTY awards all over the place are HUGE to me...


I deleted inciteful comment...

White is the 5 letter P word.

Anyhoo does this mean that if my penis wins 100+ awards, I have a huge one? I always think about my penis' awards whenever people say that.



Tease.

I really dislike any form of fanboys debate, regardless Nintendo, Microsoft or SONY....I enjoy games as it is....i might not a big fan of Wii.....but Zelda and new FF & Last Story is definitely on my hit list. I love my games (J RPGs mainly) despite whiever platforms or whoever is bigger or better....none of my business..



Squilliam said:

M.U.G.E.N said:
I'm a gamer, to me sales means crap...for me as long as the games I have to play are of high quality I couldn't care less....

SO yes games like UC2 that won over 100 GOTY awards all over the place are HUGE to me...


I deleted inciteful comment...

White is the 5 letter P word.

Anyhoo does this mean that if my penis wins 100+ awards, I have a huge one? I always think about my penis' awards whenever people say that.

Dunno, if your thinking about your penise so much that's a different problem...

For me media and user reviews/feedback matter, cuz I'm a gamer..what matters to you is something you decide...if sales = quality to YOU then by all means go buy them and enjoy, but making threads to question other people? A bit immature if you don't mind me saying and please feel free to delete the inciteful (whatever that means) comment next time as well cuz I'm done here

 



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