Heavy Rain was talked about loads, everyone seemed to know about it. Something new and different for people to get their teeth into. I think it's been riding the success of crime dramas like CSI and Dexter. The amount of people I saw in shope buying HR on day one was suprising.
Also wasn't HR given some flak about the dodgy American accents and scenery, plus the poor American box art?
GoW 3 on the other hand has hardly been noticed here, no ones talking aobut it, few people knew or cared when it was getting released and I haven't seen any advertising for it.
I think it's mostly a problem with poor marketing.
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