woopah said:
jarrod said:
Doobie_wop said:
''I would argue there are also high-quality games that seem to be well marketed (that) aren't selling well on competitive platforms.''
I read it and honestly couldn't think of any high quality titles that have been well marketed and flopped on the HD console's.
The closest would be Too Human, but that was far from high quality or well marketed.
Otherwise everything else he said was fine, Reggie sure can keep on his toes in interviews. |
Virtua Fighter 5, Bayonetta, Mirror's Edge, nearly everything recently on PSP... I'm sure someone out there with the time can do a comprehensive list.
Nevermind that if Dead Space Extraction and GTA Chinatown Wars had launched on "competing platforms" they'd have still flopped, possibly worse.
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Chinatown did launch on a competitive platform and flopped there
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True, and it was a perfect example of the double standards and cognitive dissonance within the industry press, media and financial analysis.
CTW DS sells ~80k 1st NPD in Q1: Total flop and widely publicized, Nintendo platforms can't sell mature games, would've sold millions on PSP
CTW PSP sells ~8k 1st NPD in Q4: Virtually unmentioned, consumers just don't want 2D GTA, piracy is teh evol
