Why these hardcore games didn't sell.

[KungKras]

pacman91 said:

KungKras said:
Red Steel 2 Didn't sell becasue of the Samurai western theme.

If it would had a more familiar theme that spoke to more people, say like a classic fantasy theme, it would have sold tons regardless of its name.

That's probably 10th on the list behind:

piraters

Red Steel baggage

hardly any replay

WM+ still in toddler stage

lack of substantial advertising

not as 1:1 as people originally thought

lack of multiplayer/co-op as originally thought

not a nintendo product/distrust for 3rd parties

no online component

I don't think many people would avoid the game because of the setting. For a sword/gun weilding hero, western samurai makes sense.

 

This game will have legs at a discount price. As of now, it isn't valuable enough to most wii owners

 

 

 

 

No, a gun weilding Samurai would unly make sense if he had an actual samurai outfit and lived in feodal japan when guns were being introduced. For a sword/gun game, a similar setting to the original Red Seel would have made more sense than samurai cowboys.

Trust me, if they made the weapons into crossbow/sword. And made the theme about knights and dragons, it would have sold millions