Godot said:
A lot of people on this site. |
Isn't it crazy how ppl on here were saying it had a great launch after all the absurd predictions they were making and then were saying it's 3rd week (well 2nd, because of course we have to add 0 week and the 1st week together) was proof of it's guaranteed never-ending legs? All the while, those same ppl were saying Wii Music bombed hard and had no legs, yet it looks like Wii Music could end up distancing itself from LBP. All of sudden, it's something amazing, that a new IP could reach 1 mil, as fast as it did. It's not like there haven't been countless original ips in the past, that have done the same, with less attention drawn to them.
Pay no attention to the intense PR work on Sony's behalf, the ridiciulous critical acclaim, unrepresented stark raving mad fanboy hype, giant ad campaign months in advance, the bundles, or the fact that Sony made the Sackboys their new mascot. Kind of underwhelming upfront sales for a mascot game, so far. Wii Music was in the exact opposite situation, being universally critically panned (even by some, before getting their hands on it), epic anti-hype by what seemed like almost everyone (ppl that didn't own the system, core gamers that did, and even casuals that love mini-games), and multiple 1st/2nd party games to compete against, that never stop selling. LBP may not of had the biggest budget for a HD game, but I'm pretty certain Wii Music's was much smaller and the ad campaign was slightly smaller, too. Ninty didn't even start advertising, right up until when the game was out. No one expected Wii Music to be anywhere nearly as successful as other 1st party titles, but come on. If some ppl are saying their still impressed with LBP sales, can't they at least respect Wii Music's sales, too. That's some really impressive hypocracy.
There's nothing wrong with hyping a game, that has gameplay or concepts, that interest you, or trying to encourage development of an underrepresented genre/style of game on your system, but ranting for months on end, non-stop about the crazy sales, it's going to have and then acting like it's still doing phenomenal, when it doesn't come close to living up to your sales expectations, is b3yond childish and ruins any credibility you might of had. Given, I know this was the only site where this happened. In fact, I'm sure it was going on half the game forums, but here we have #'s.
Anyways, I'm sure it well do ok, just not anywhere close, to not what so many where expecting from it.
