| Alterego-X said: Read my sig. Using sales number is a good way of turning subjective preference into an almost fully objective scale of OVERALL PREFERENCE, a.k.a. the most popular sells the best, and the most popular is considered the "best" by most people. |
Ever hear the term "follow the crowd"? Humans are highly subject to this concept as social animals. This makes life easier because our brains don't have to process every bit of info that comes our way. However, many people end up unsatisfied with the choices they make because adverts and other peoples opinions hardly ever give us the right info we need to make our own choices.
With that said (using the ps3 only to avoid flames), take a look at a game like Valkyria chronicles, not many have even heard of it not to talk of actually purchasing it. But for the few who have, the satisfaction rate is very high. Compare this to a best selling game like mgs4 (great game IMO) but the satisfaction rate isn't as high. For proof, look at amazon reviews for mgs4 vs VC. Would the sales only automatically make mgs4 a better game? I think satisfaction would be a better metric because it about people appreciating what they paid for.
"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)
"WAR is a racket. It always has been.
It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler
