zgamer5 said:
killswitch was fun, the games which copied halo were fun, but they werent popular. again sales doesnt equal to quality. gears copied other games, so killswitch did get copied, but people dont talk about it because 99% of gamers dont even know what that game is. like i said in my previous postthe element must be on a certain scale to redifine the genra, and a weight system does that. why because it has to do directly with the fundementals of the a fps games: the controls, the psychics and the gameplay. you cant turn past a 180 degree turn, you feel the weight of the gun, and it changes the strategy in the game, that is redifining the realism of fps games. i know its silly, i took the example from the top of my head. lbp should be able to hit 5 million units, if their were only a couple of genras, like i it selling 5 million would mean that the userbase 14% or more, platformer lovers, but their are always haters, hence its not going to sell like that. i know that the userbase is close to the one of the 360, but titles like lbp and heavy rain woudnt have performed as well if they were on the 360, a console which is mainly shooter oriented. by looking at titles such as mw2 about 25% of the ps3 userbase love shooters, if you look at gta4 you see that 18% of the ps3 userbase like sandbox games, if you look at lbp you see that 10% of ps3 owners like 2d platformers, if you look at gow3 you see that 8 % of its userbsae like hack n slash games, looking at gt5:P 14 % of its userbase like racing games. i can go on and on, but the point is this isnt the wii, its not platformer and wii ....... love. also with a 37 million userbase and lots of genras not every big hit will reach 5 million, lbp is reaching 4 million and thats great considering half of the ps3 userbase consider it a kid game. again like i said before if it wasnt for the level builder of lbp the game woudnt have the sales it has now, the level editor has an impact on the market, look at modnation racers not even 500k sales and it has more then a million user created content. |
Everyone copied everyone. Video games are just serious alterations of Pong. I mean what game lacks an opponent now?
My quick opinion, some games are first to the market (Flash Jumpin), but being first doesn't garentee sales. It's being the best that counts, and being the best for the longest. Kill-Switch was a joke game, have you two even played it? Why do you think Halo sells 5 times better then Killzone? Is it marketed that much more? Is it that much better? No! It's an old franchise, which has garenteed quality in the past, and Killzone does not prove to me that it's better. Not only must Killzone be a better game then Halo to take away some of it's game sales, but it has to be A LOT better. I am taking a risk getting Killzone, they need to show me several good reasons to do so, and by me I mean a typical Halo fan.
I mean why do you think Zelda sells so well compared to other adventure games? Shadow of the Colossus was just as good, but Zelda has established itself long before. Most people just stick with what they love.
LBP is an amazing game, but Mario is far better known, and it has been around for a long long time. New franchises often have trouble re-defining the genre, and LBP has to do A LOT more then be "as good" as Super Mario Bros to compete for sales.
I mean, I am more interested in Donkey Kong Country Returns then LBP 2, why? Donkey Kong Country was probably the best platformer ever made to me, and definatly a great game to most SNES owners. LBP is new, and hasn't proved anything. Why risk it when I know DKCR will be a great game that I know I like? I've played it before and have no reason to switch. LBP 2 has to offer A LOT more to convince me anything, and by me I mean DKC fans from the SNES era, and casual gamers who see Donkey Kong and the Nintendo logo on the back.
Just the idea, that a game I really love is having a sequel, even if it's bad, makes me want to play it. Why else did I buy Lost Planet 2? I was considering buying a Wii if Golden Sun was released onto the console because I love Golden Sun that much. People stick with what they love.
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