Why PSABR, Twisted Metal and Starhawk flopped

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tbone51 on 09 February 2013

MARCUSDJACKSON said:
flops are based on expectations, and my expectations were just about what these games sold. all managed over 200k with twisted Metal doing 250k first wk i think.

i only saw advertisement for Twisted Metal, so Sony failed to advertise Starhawk and Sony All Starz.

game is selling good especially since they dropped the price.

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J_Allard on 09 February 2013

PSABR flopped because it sucks.

Starhawk is a good game but not for everyone and Sony marketing failed it.

Twisted Metal died because Sony rushed it out broken and unplayable online and then took forever to fix it. By the time it was good to go online, its time had passed.

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babuks on 09 February 2013

Advertisement of not, there is no excuse for PSABR to sell that low. Why not Sony fans buying it?

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Deyon on 09 February 2013

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

EspadaGrim said:

Dude that is a low number for a AAA title and there was no excuse for a Sony die hard to not buy that game really.

AAA! more like AA

More like -A

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EspadaGrim on 09 February 2013

babuks said:
Advertisement of not, there is no excuse for PSABR to sell that low. Why not Sony fans buying it?

Thats what i said.

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JoeTheBro on 09 February 2013

J_Allard said:
PSABR flopped because it sucks.

Starhawk is a good game but not for everyone and Sony marketing failed it.

Twisted Metal died because Sony rushed it out broken and unplayable online and then took forever to fix it. By the time it was good to go online, its time had passed.

I guess I'll just have to post that it was the best fighting game of the year again.

http://gamerant.com/dice-awards-winners-journey-walking-dead/

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MARCUSDJACKSON on 09 February 2013

tbone51 said:

MARCUSDJACKSON said:
flops are based on expectations, and my expectations were just about what these games sold. all managed over 200k with twisted Metal doing 250k first wk i think.

i only saw advertisement for Twisted Metal, so Sony failed to advertise Starhawk and Sony All Starz.

game is selling good especially since they dropped the price.

tb plz name the game you speak of next time. i saw Sony All Starz discounted when i went to the store for the first time in 2 months. is starhawk discounted to?

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osed125 on 09 February 2013

JoeTheBro said:

osed125 said:

JoeTheBro said:
PSASBR was amazing and has sold over half a million copies. Nuff said.

You know 500k units is pretty low for a AAA game right?

You know PSASBR is the best fighting game of the year?

http://gamerant.com/dice-awards-winners-journey-walking-dead/

Based on one website? No other gaming website has it as the best fighting game (from the quick google search I did). Heck it wasn't even nominated on the VGA. It also has a Metacritic of 74, lower than some other fighters like Persona 4 Arena, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Virtual Fighter 5 and some others...

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