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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Do you think Splatoon can pull in CoD players/shooter fanatics?(to try the game)

 

What do you think?

Yes 51 21.52%
 
No 186 78.48%
 
Total:237
homer on 10 March 2015
Skullwaker said:
thedawghousev2 said:
i'm tired of this "anyone who doesn't play nintendo games is insecure about their masculinity" conspiracy. it's old now.

OT: no, there is zero chance of this happening.

Nice. 

But really, it's not just Nintendo games. You won't see a casual CoD player going around trying out LittleBigPlanet or Ori & The Blind Forest, and there's a reason for that. Many gamers are very insecure about what they play and how people perceive them, and they think that they will be accepted as long as they play generic kill sprees. 

You won't really see many players of any fanbases playing either of those games.



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DexInDaJungle on 10 March 2015
TiagoCosta said:
No.


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oniyide on 10 March 2015

OT of course not. Hell those COD players are barely picking up any other shooters on the systems they HAVE they are not going to get a Wii U for this. And before anyone says "but COD players also might have a WIi U" maybe but lets look at COD Wii U numbers dont support that.



o_O.Q on 10 March 2015
Skullwaker said:
No. They're too insecure about their masculinity.


or perhaps the game itself isn't that interesting? could that not be a valid reason also?

could it not be that the game mechanics appear to involve no actual strategy at all? that all the game involves is just spraying paint everywhere to cover surfaces?

might that not be reason enough to deter someone from bothering with the game? food for thought



DexInDaJungle on 10 March 2015
oniyide said:
Skullwaker said:

To be fair, that's the case with most games. Only super hyped games like Watch Dogs or Destiny are marketed/talked about outside of forums for months (sometimes years) before release. As long as they put out good commercials, display it at retailers, provide demos and maybe special deals, it should be fine. It seems like it's getting a pretty big push though, considering they're (probably) making a new line of amiibo specifically for it and they always have it available to play at gaming conventions.

This is one of the games this year that I really want to see succeed. I want developers to look at Splatoon and think "Hm, instead of making CoD Clone #458, we can try out something different like that one squid game." Not to say that realistic shooters don't have their place in the industry, but there needs to be more diversity than what we have at the moment.

how much COD clones are there really? Outside of Battlefiled alot of FPSs arent really tryiing to be COD nowadays, almost forgot Titanfall but even that has mechs.

Even Battlefield isn't exactly a clone, especially with Hardline. I think a lot of people look at military shooters and just assume they all play the same way.

There are a lot of shooters flooding the industry because of the potential competitive scene it can bring out. It's the reason people play Call of Duty and why games like Dota & League of Legends are so damn popular.



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Sunstrider on 10 March 2015
oniyide said:
OT of course not. Hell those COD players are barely picking up any other shooters on the systems they HAVE they are not going to get a Wii U for this. And before anyone says "but COD players also might have a WIi U" maybe but lets look at COD Wii U numbers dont support that.

True, but the point of the thread is if the game can pull in the players(as in would love to play or atleast try it), it's not talking about buying the console for one game, heck if that's the case I should have put this in the sales discussion.



             

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HylianYoshi on 10 March 2015

If they aren't straight-up biased against something that doesn't look extremely violent, sure, but going by the number of CoD fans that are like that, no.



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POE on 10 March 2015
Skullwaker said:
thedawghousev2 said:
i'm tired of this "anyone who doesn't play nintendo games is insecure about their masculinity" conspiracy. it's old now.

OT: no, there is zero chance of this happening.

Nice. 

But really, it's not just Nintendo games. You won't see a casual CoD player going around trying out LittleBigPlanet or Ori & The Blind Forest, and there's a reason for that. Many gamers are very insecure about what they play and how people perceive them, and they think that they will be accepted as long as they play generic kill sprees. 

And that is why the PS4 is winning in sales, because it´s "cool".



Skullwaker on 10 March 2015
oniyide said:
how much COD clones are there really? Outside of Battlefiled alot of FPSs arent really tryiing to be COD nowadays, almost forgot Titanfall but even that has mechs.

 

Maybe not clones, but it's no secret that most FPS games out there are trying to appeal to the COD crowd. Which is why the market is so saturated with them.



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Skullwaker on 10 March 2015
homer said:
You won't really see many players of any fanbases playing either of those games.

 

I can list other games. Dragon Age, Dark Souls, Zelda, etc.



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