Halo or Resistance ??

[MikeB]

DirtyP2002 said:

MikeB said:
@ DirtyP2002

Halo 3 was massively hyped, great marketing, so you can't compare sales directly as a measure for quality.

I also think Halo 3 was overrated.

 

 Resistance 2 was hyped, too. Resistance2 had good marketing (it was a great part of the E3 for example and there were TV spots on German TV, don't know about US TV). And Nobody cares what you think. You have been proven wrong too many times.

Maybe in your opinion. I think my right/wrong ratio is better than most here.

An example:

"The last major advertising campaign before and during Halo 3's release was a series of videos marketed with the tagline "Believe", beginning September 11, 2007. These videos, with an estimated cost of $10 million".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_for_Halo_3

That's more money than some high profile games costed to make.

Not every hyped game sells well. Check Haze. LBP had a great hype but it did not sell as outstanding as Halo did (Nobody with a IQ greater than toast expected this, i know. LBP sells decent, though.) But hype =/= great sales.

Haze didn't have a lot of hype behind it. I even think the game was treated a little unfairly by the media.

LBP performed very well considering the PS3 demographics. Halo 3 is a shooter on a console with many shooter fans. Sales in this regard mean little to determine actual quality.