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Kresnik on 20 July 2015
binary solo said:

There's a very good reason for that, it's all about the demographics and how this is the wrong game to remaster. PS3 gamers who have PS4 either already played it or were never interested in playing it, and 360 gamers who've converted to PS4 will largely be uninterested in H'n'S as a genre. This is a game that appeals to the Sony core as a two generations old franchise, and if you want the series fans to re-buy this game there will need to be extra goodies as an incentive, just like what is being done with Gears of War. I love God of War but I'm never buying this remaster as it has no value for me. MS knows a straight remaster of Gears wouldn't sell very well (for Gears), because who's going to buy it? So they've put in new content and the game will sell better because people will re-buy it for that new content.


I'd imagine the thought process behind God of War 3 Remastered was that there was a generation of gamers who went PS2 -> 360 -> PS4, who probably played GoW 1 & 2 on the PS2 but didn't play anymore after that.

I can't really flaw that logic actually, but clearly it didn't pan out that way (at least in the UK).



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AFloatingDuck on 20 July 2015
ethomaz said:
AFloatingDuck said:
16 Xbox
19 PS (I think)
4 Nintendo
1 PC

Handhelds really have died here in the UK.

17 PS4 games alone.

Which just shows how redundant PS3 is and always has been.
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MoHasanie on 20 July 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
Teeqoz said:
Ka-pi96 said:

But... I bought it day 1


You bought it for the chievos, just admit it.

Nah, bought it because I love the Lego games and I love Jurassic Park

Is the game good?? 



    

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binary solo on 20 July 2015
Kresnik said:
binary solo said:

There's a very good reason for that, it's all about the demographics and how this is the wrong game to remaster. PS3 gamers who have PS4 either already played it or were never interested in playing it, and 360 gamers who've converted to PS4 will largely be uninterested in H'n'S as a genre. This is a game that appeals to the Sony core as a two generations old franchise, and if you want the series fans to re-buy this game there will need to be extra goodies as an incentive, just like what is being done with Gears of War. I love God of War but I'm never buying this remaster as it has no value for me. MS knows a straight remaster of Gears wouldn't sell very well (for Gears), because who's going to buy it? So they've put in new content and the game will sell better because people will re-buy it for that new content.


I'd imagine the thought process behind God of War 3 Remastered was that there was a generation of gamers who went PS2 -> 360 -> PS4, who probably played GoW 1 & 2 on the PS2 but didn't play anymore after that.

I can't really flaw that logic actually, but clearly it didn't pan out that way (at least in the UK).

I can flaw that logic. GoW III sold very well on PS3, best selling GoW game ever, so clearly the vast majority of GoW I & II players went PS3 last gen. And I don't think you can credit the GoW collection on PS3 as bringing in a whole lot of new people to GoW. Still the game is selling to someone, it's not exactly a bomb for a remaster, and you can't expect GoW to sell like MCC. The best selling GoW game ever sold almost 2 million less than the lowest selling Halo game, not counting Halo Wars.

The Uncharted collection should do much much better for a whole slew of reasons that appeal to former 360 owners, including the fact it's 3 whole games in one package.



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MoHasanie on 20 July 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
MoHasanie said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Nah, bought it because I love the Lego games and I love Jurassic Park

Is the game good?? 

If you like Jurassic Park then yeah it's really fun! All the best moments of the films played out in Lego is just brilliant and seeing the lego dinosaurs and everything is really cool

Awesome! Can't wait to play it. Have you experienced any glitches though? 



    

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WoodenPints on 20 July 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
MoHasanie said:
darkenergy said:


Why am I not surprised?

I wonder how it will do in the US but it get the feeling it won't do really well.

I hope Gears of War ultimate edition doesn't perform similarly. 

I'm hoping it does!

Rumours suggested it was going to be Gears 1-3, just 1 on it's own is pretty disappointing. Collections>Single games.

I feel at least 80% of fans want the remaster how it is and are hungry for the onlie side of it which was amazing during the beta and and treat the campaign as a bonus. at £27 its a bit on the high side of the £20-£25 I think should be the max for a remaster. Rare Replay on the other hand at £17 is what i'm interested in seeing how it sells.

Also I recently played through Gears of War in May and the 1st campaign felt "old" compared to 2 which is alot more polished gameplay wise and I think BC for 2-3 will be enough to please the fans.



Protendo on 22 July 2015

Glad to see GOW3 perform where it is. It's overpriced for the content provided.



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naruball on 23 July 2015

Loved God of War 3 on ps3 and plan on buying the ps4 version, but I agree with everyone else here. It is overpriced and this will hopefully teach Sony a lesson. I will wait till it goes sub £10 to buy it again. Just like with most games, I can wait.



denniz on 23 July 2015



uk software sales for h1


interesting tibit
ps4 only accounts for 56,5% of all next gen software with bloodborn and the order release

beside all the ps4 is leading game x and y by 65% or more first week sales talk, this shows how xbox is and always was a software beast.
h2 software with many shooter games and xbox exclusives like halo, gears, forza, rare replay and tomb rider, xb1 will lead total software for sure



ethomaz on 23 July 2015
denniz said:



uk software sales for h1


interesting tibit
ps4 only accounts for 56,5% of all next gen software with bloodborn and the order release

beside all the ps4 is leading game x and y by 65% or more first week sales talk, this shows how xbox is and always was a software beast.
h2 software with many shooter games and xbox exclusives like halo, gears, forza, rare replay and tomb rider, xb1 will lead total software for sure

Bold predicition and I doubt it.

CoD will sell more on PS4
Destiny will sell more on PS4
Battlefront will sell more on PS4
MGSV will sell more on PS4
Fallout 4 will sell more on PS4
Every multiplatform will sell more on PS4

Can Halo, Gears, Forza, etc make it sell more overall than PS4? I doubt.