Dno said:
Games that arent FPS that sold million(s) on HD consoles 1. Gran Turismo 5 Pro First Party game, and okay, I change my previous statement, maybe they should make Sould Calibur an FPS or Luxury Car Racer, lol. 2. Heavenly Sword First Party game, and even then unless it has broken the 1,300,000 mark in sales its safe to assume its not made its money back yet, and even if it were to, it would be a very slim margin of profit. 3. Devil May Cry The game barely sold as much as its previous iterations and for all the advertising and development put into the title, its sales are still somewhat dissapointing. 4. Assassins Creed Yes, because that's the kind of game you want to use as a testament to the quality taste of HD gaming. I guess competing realistically means making Prince of Persia clones. 5. Mass effect Since EA is $95 million dollars in debt as of the first quarter I think its safe to assume we can discount any of their games as competing realistically in any market. 6. Motorstorm Again, first party support, and bundled in some regions. Nice try. 7. Guitar hero Which sells far better on the PS2 and Wii than either of the HD consoles. 8. Forza Again, First Party support, and a racer, so we have FPSs and Racers, congrats. 9. Uncharted A First party game and one that's only barely broken the 1,300,000 barrier of making its money back. There is some realism for you. 10. madden 06, 07,08 Since EA is $95 million dollars in debt as of the first quarter I think its safe to assume we can discount any of their games as competing realistically in any market. 11.All Fifa's Since EA is $95 million dollars in debt as of the first quarter I think its safe to assume we can discount any of their games as competing realistically in any market. 12. MGS4 Yeah, it only took 70 million dollars, four years of development, being hyped more than any game ever in existence, BUNDLED WITH THE DAMN CONSOLE AT A BARGAIN DEAL to sell as well as it has. I sure hope all developers can afford to put this much money and effort into one game per generation to compete realistically on the HD consoles. 13. GTA4 Yeah, it only took 100 million dollars and years of development to make a game that could hope to muscle its money back. 14. Pro Evolution Again, sports games, congrats, you've definitly reached for the higher ground here, these still sell better on the PS2 consoles. I'm sure Soccer Games are why you choose HD gaming. 15. Ratchet & Clank First Party support. The Game that is just beneath the barrier of 1,300,000 units that is typically assumed to be the mark by which a game breaks even with development costs. Even if it has the profit, the margin must be pretty damn bleak. 16. Elder Scrolls (well u can play in FP mode but its not a FPS) All hail PC ports. What are you going to try and use the Orange Box and Unreal Tournament III as examples now? 17. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance The Game was Bundled and is multiplatform 18. Saints Row At least it broke even with development costs. Still not much in the ways of profit. 19. Fight Night Round 3 Since EA is $95 million dollars in debt as of the first quarter I think its safe to assume we can discount any of their games as competing realistically in any market. 20. Dead Rising Because that didn't just barely make its money back. 21. Rock band Really, because its not selling nearly as well as Guitar Hero is. 22. Crack down First Party Game and still only barely made its money back. 23. PGR3 Whatever that is 24. Both Need For Speeds Since EA is $95 million dollars in debt as of the first quarter I think its safe to assume we can discount any of their games as competing realistically in any market. And oh boy, another racing game. 25. Viva Pinata First Party support and fairly unremarkable sales, way to be. 26. WWE smackdown Another game that sold the best on the PS2. 27. Splinter Cell An FPS, I thought you were avoiding those. 28. Kane & Lynch Because that's a game you want to use as a bench mark. 29. DEAD OR ALIVE (and this one is a fighting game) You mean the games that are selling less and less with each iteration of the series? Im not even gonna talk about up and coming games that will (and i quote) "compete realistically on the HD consoles" Fail |
So basically we have by and large sports games, racing games and shooting games. And pay no mind to the games in the list that are bundled with consoles, first party titles or haven't or just have barely made their money back. And no matter how good any of them do they're still making less money back than previous generations.
If these games really were competing realistically, then why are most of their publishers barely keeping their heads above water financially? I think we can assume any game published by EA isn't competeing realistically in the market, lol.
