| getsallad said:
The only way to objectively determine the quality of a game is to judge by its popularity, i.e. it's sales. |
That's completely wrong. You are not accounting for such things as region differences, media influences, genre differences, etc. Just because a game such as Drago nQuest isn't popular or well marketed in America and only sells 10,000 units, doesn't mean its comparatively 100 times worse than a Final Fantasy game just because it sold 100 times worse. Especially since it sold BETTER in another region (Japan).
Likewise, a game such as Mass Effect or Fallout 3 would be deemed better at face value by your example, but only in America. In other regions, such as Europe or Japan, it would have mixed results, as it didn't sell as well as other RPGs or do as well as it did in America.
In other words, your statement is completely watered down and doesn't work. Sales are only a part of how you measure a games popularity.
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