EGM September Issue Review Scores- Lair and Blue Dragon Disappoint

[sieanr]

Nonquihote said:

sieanr said:

Nonquihote said:

sieanr said:
Yeah guys, a preview is always an accurate portrayl of a game. They would never paint a game in a positive light regardless of merit - especially IGN. Did you ever wonder why Sony didnt hype lair at e3? Or why they haven't been having a marketing push for a game a few weeks away? Too bad washimule will not see how Lair = Megaflop

Your thinking is a mega flop.

I saw Lair adds in mags two months ago, Tv adds will come the week of release. Since when do reviews impact sales so much? Look how well crap like mario party is selling. (IGN gave it 5.2)

 

 

If you had been around when washimule was here you would know his love of the word megaflop, as well as his fondness of Lair. Maybe I was using his choice phrase mockingly. The ad campaign for Lair has been a joke for a title of its budget and supposed calibur. It may move nubers close to motorstorm and sigma. But since this genre of game isn't as popular as racing or action, and given the Triples install base, I'd say it does sales very similar to RS2 on the GC. Furthermore this isnt a casual title, and the sort of people who will buy it are much more likely to read reviews, especially those from a magazine. Plus its a new ip, so it has that working against it as well. All in all, I'll buy it used eventually. RE Mario Party: Thats Apples and Oranges, but really no different than the shovelware on the PS double.

 Motorstorm is 20k from Selling a million, would a million be bad for Lair ? 

Not a caual title, the 4 million Ps3 owners are NOt causal gamers not a chance in hell. 

Lair is the first new fresh Ip in months, people will eat it up like crazy.  While i don't think its gonna have a long sales life like Resistance.  It will do very well right away and then drop fast.

WTF? I said it could sell like MS, as in a best case scenario, althouth I don't expect it to do that well. However, I never said it would sell poorly. Then again, I measure a games sucess by its quality, not its sales - hence the term megaflop for a game that was supposed to be the second comming. No shit that the Triples user base is devoid of casuals. Why do you think I mentioned that "hardcore" gamers are more decerning when it comes to their purchases? Thats something that wouldnt be relevant if it was mostly casuals. Yeah, most original games are runnaway hits, especially when they get mediocre reviews. Oh wait.... Not to mention Lair is going to be released the same day as madden. Do you really think people will "eat up" lair instead of the newest release in one of the best selling franchises in videogames? Speaking of which, does madden remind you of mario party as much as it does to me? Just for fun, I'll make myself perfectly clear. Lair will sell ok, but fall short of most fanboy dreams - both in sales and actual quality.