Riachu said:
That's a great way to hype up a game. A lot of the huge games are hyped that way.
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Smash had a perfect way to get hyped. I was teeming with anxious excitement before that game's release. If you only give me two weeks to hype up a game (Disaster) I have to scramble to find out what the heck it is about. I didn't find that out until less than a week before release, and by that time I wasn't excited for what its sales could be or the game itself. The common attitude towards the game was Nintendo didn't give a pimple on a rat's ass what happened to it.
Releasing such a WESTERN game in Japan, watching it "underperform", and then not considering releasing it in a WESTERN territory is a big waste of Monolith's time, and a blemish on the face of Nintendo marketing. You can argue that this holds no weight, but hype is almost all you have. No hype, no sales.
How can people buy a game they don't know exists?
Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. " thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."