Heavy Rain prediction fail

[LordTheNightKnight]

--OkeyDokey-- said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

--OkeyDokey-- said:
You're asking why it's selling better than Lair and The Conduit? Well, did you ever think that maybe Heavy Rain is a great game and those other games suck?

If it has legs, perhaps, but just the opening week alone doesn't show whether people like the game or they bought it because of the marketing.

And that is important. Call of Duty games since 4 have strong legs compared to other HD system games, showing people like those games. So the same would have to happen to prove the game has appeal. Otherwise we have another big opener flashpan.

Note I'm stating it could go either way, just that it's too soon to assume what most sold the game until it does.

How often are new IP's frontloaded though? A game like this you'd expect to have a modest opening and claw its way to respectable sales over time. But this is pretty impressive. It shows people are after something new.

You can't beg the question as though it was an answer. As in you have to actually show whether new IPs are often frontloaded or not. Just asking doesn't prove either way.

And I'm not denying people are interested in the promise of this game. The point is that if it doesnt' have legs, then it shows people didn't find this game fulfills that promise. If it has legs, it shows it does.