top 2 flops this gen

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Username2324 said:

gebx said:
- Lair (350,000 sold according to VGC)
- Haze (390,000 sold according to VGC)

How long has Haze been out? How about all the other games with less than 400,000? You'll find alot for all 3 systems, but of course you being a 360 fanboy pick out the two PS3 titles.

 

Well the fact that there are tons of games that have sold less than 400,000 is irrelevant. Flop has to be considered taking into account the circumstances of the game such as development costs, expectations of the developer, hype.  Using football as an example if Brazil finished 3rd in their group in the world cup and went out in the 1st round while Saudi Arabia finished last in that same group and lost 4-0 to Brazil you would still consider Brazil to have been a much much bigger flop than Saudi Arabia who they finished ahead of because Brazil would have been expected to get to the Semi Finals or at least Quarters while no one would have given Saudi a chance of making it past the group stage.

I don't know much about Haze but if it cost like $20 million to make and advertise and the developer expected it to a few million and so did vg forum users and it ends up selling 500,000 then it is a much much bigger flop than a game like say Harvest Moon that sells 100,000.