Wookaroo on 22 March 2009
| bugrimmar said: shadow of the colossus is an action/adventure game. it's not a niche. ico, however, is a real niche, and it took a long ass time before it got where it is now. heavy rain is just like ico. sure, it might reach like 800k or something. but it'll take a long, long time. don't forget, the ps3's userbase is also very small at the moment. |
Ico was a game that featured a boy with horns and somewhat barren gameworld. I can see how the casual and mainstream gamer might be turned off by the small amount of info they get from the box.
I think heavy Rain has a higher chance of snagging the casual and mainstream gamer with it's modern day 'catch a serial killer' theme. Add the gorgeous lead character to that mix. :P
It just seems too early to doom the game to a certain fate right now. It could grab a million, or it could be as you predict, or even worse!
Person 1: Does Valkyria Chronicles have trophies?
Person 2: No.
Person 1: Forget it. I'm not buying it.
Person 2: Wait! It's amazing! Unique, charming, drop dead gorgeous... Hello?
