| shanbcn said: After looking at best selling PS2 games, i reliased how happy companies must have been last gen because they didn't need 90+ on metacritic to sell games. Here is some facts. Need for Speed 1 and 2 sold 6.5 million each, can you imagine NFS selling this amount even on both 360 and PS3? Crash Bandicoot sold 5 million despite horrible reviews, and now many people didn't know when it released this gen. Spiderman sold 4.33 million. Simpsons: Hit and Run sold 4.24 million. And the list is huge with 200+ million sellers.
I think metacritic and gamerankings have become to important this gen and with rising cost many dev just don't want to take risks with new IPs.
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Reasons the PS2 sold well:
- Came out a year ahead of the Xbox
- Was $100 cheaper straight out of the gate
- Was cheaper to develop for
- Had the best 3rd party games under heavy lockdown.
- Had timed exclusivity under heavy lockdown.
Hmmm....Sounds very similar to the Xbox 360 wouldn't you think? Except the Xbox 360 came out $200 cheaper than the PS3. The gameplan sounds strikingly similar.
