leo-j said:
yea they are very dissapointing..
American sales, are just over 900K, that isn't bad, but that isn't amazing either.. World wide 2.7-2.9 million, is very good, but for the game that won GAME OF THE YEAR everywhere basically, claimed to be one of the best console experinces on the market, and add to that the fact that the game is said to be one of the most beautiful games ever made visually.. 2.7 million compared to 10 million from another MARIO game or any Wii (insert title) game.. really really makes me feel sorry for sony.
They try so hard, to have people ignore there efforts.. and just go with w.e everyone else is doing. |
Dude, the sales bashing on the Wii is getting old.
Yes, Uncharted won Game of the Year in many places, but the fact is, not everyone wants to buy it. It's on the lowest selling console in America, and as polished as it is, it's not as if it offers an experience you can't already find on competing consoles. Mario deserves its sales, I don't see people disappointed with it (see user reviews, those are what really counts), and it has virtually no competition.
Look at the Gamecube's sales. Metroid Prime has a higher metacritic than Uncharted 2, yet it couldn't even manage 3 million. Still, as long as these games meet (or exceed) expectations, we'll continue to get more, and that's really all that counts. Hell, Uncharted 2's sales are great, I don't even see why people are complaining about it.
These expectations of higher sales just because a niche group like us forumgoers or game reviewers enjoy it, needs to die. Nobody in any other industry expects similar results, why does it persist in videogames?
