are titles like Madworld and The Conduit going to actually sell?

[Resident_Hazard]

Reasonable said:

Resident_Hazard said:

RolStoppable said:

Smash_Brother said:
I'm telling you, people: it depends entirely upon how well hyped/advertised they are.

So quality is a non issue?

 

 

Lair still sold 340,000 copies, so sometimes, yes.  Quality is a non-issue.

 

Poor quality will definately sell in the right circumstances.  I reckon if Lair has released with the choice of switching off motion controls and manual targeting it would have sold more like 450 to 500 K easy with the hype even allowing for poor review scores.

 

Another good example is Carnival Games. That's a really low-quality collection of trite gameplay and archaic graphics. But it's a big hit. Carnival Games is proof that sometimes, all you need is a concept and a solid advertising budget. Aside from Mario & Sonic at the Olympics, it's about the most heavily advertised (at least on TV) Wii game.