Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Arg here we go, another pointless 10 post debate back and forth that just comes down to someones ego being bruised. Region differences, as in the two points I brought up. Sales are the EFFECTS of a region difference. Not the cause. In the same way, because sales is one of the EFFECT of popularity, it is not the overall CAUSE. Media infulences, do I really have to explain this? Commercials, marketing, in-store ads, promotional plugs, word of mouth.... One game can have massive advertising for a game and sell TONS, while another game in another region can have no advertising and sell lackluster or horribly. People can't buy a game if they don't know its out there. But both regions can have an active market for the game (aka, another term for popularity). [Insert cause and effect here]. Genre Differences. What one game sells well from one genre (say FPS) in one market (say America) sells horribly in another (say Japan). And I beg to differ. Looking at the genre difference between Metroid and Zelda can show you very little, but the sales difference in Japan is MASSIVE. You didn't take into account all the factors with your absolutism statement of 'sales = popularity 1:1'. |
Of course it's not the cause. When you measure popularity you don't measure the cause of it, you measure the effect. Very simple. And to nit-pick a little, sales aren't the effects of a region difference. The reason some games sell better in some regions is an effect of region differences. But never mind that. You seem to have misunderstood my point again, I'll tell you why:
Sure, there are factors that in some ways affect sales, but what I've been saying from the start is not "sales = popularity". It's getting fairly annoying how you constantly misunderstand me. What I'm saying is that "The only way to effectively measure popularity is by looking at sales". Do you get that? I asked you twice to suggest another method, not because my "ego was bruised", but rather because I wanted to know. The first time you referred to points that had nothing to do with measuring popularity, and the second time you explained those points further.
Sure, if you can point at a better measuring stick than sales here, I'll be glad to pipe down and accept that I was wrong. Instead you just assume that I'm saying that sales equals popularity (a case, btw, that could very well be made, but I won't go into it here, because of reasons that would probably offend you and hurt your ego) and go on and on missing the entire point. At least you've got it right - the posts are pointless. It would be much faster if you just reread what I said and did not misunderstand it.
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