Dead Space Extraction is a MAJOR flop - we need to talk about it

[johnsobas]

themanwithnoname said:

mortono said:
A lot of people are saying the reason this isn't selling is due to the fact that it is "on-rails".

However, there has been decent success with on-rails shooters on the Wii. Ghost Squad was the first that sold half a million, and it was considerably shorter and more shallow than Extraction.

Then of course there was Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles which sold over 1 million, and then HOTD: Overkill which did pretty good at a half million.

So is it really the "on-rails" factor that's keeping this game from selling?

I'll add a big "no" to this. It's more of to do with Dead Space not being a big franchise, but even that can't explain these pathetically low numbers. I'm not buying that people are "tired of on rails shooters." Are 360 owners tired of FPSs? Are DS owners tired of RPGs? I don't think so! People can and do buy many games of the same genre, so that excuse makes no sense.

so RPG and FPS are just as big of genres as rail shooters?  You want to go ahead and calculate for me how many more FPS games 360 has sold over rail shooters?  How about how many more RPGs the SNES and PS1 sold over rail shooters.  It is really easy to get sick of rail shooters, it's a one trick pony no matter how good the game is.  You think people are gonna buy 4-5 rail shooters on the same system?  That's insane, for most people buying more than 1 is insane.  However it is common for people to own 5+ FPS on the same system.