Prelim PS MOVE Sales IN! (140K Worldwide)!! Are you pleased?!!

[epicurean]

Metallicube said:

epicurean said:

Metallicube said:

If sales doesn't show quality in games, then what does? I challenge anyone to answer this. Every time I ask this, nobody answers, and it makes me sad :(

Is it reviews? All reviews are different, and just representative of one person's opinion.

Is it fun factor? This is relative, as some people find games a blast while others find the same game boring.

Is it graphics? LOL

So do you believe every game that sold more than another game is better?  No exceptions?  You do realize how ridiculous that list would look, right?

And as I expected, no answer to my question.

Here, I'll illustrate what I am trying to get across. If you named a game you believe to be of the highest quality, say MGS... But I guarentee you there are people out there that hate the game. So who is right? You could say, "well, more people love MGS than those that hate it, so that makes my opinion more valid."

...But then we're back to the majority rules argument, which is exactly what I've been trying to say.

My answer is there isn't a great way.  If I HAD to give a way, I'd go by something like metacritic or gamerankings, etc.  I think that would be very flawed, but would find it much, much better than going by sales.

If, say, a new dragon quest game came out that most critics panned, say it averaged a 30 on metacritic, yet it was priced at $5, do you think it would sell?  Yet by your measurement, it would be better than hundreds of games that deserved better.  There's just too many factors that go into sales for it to be a measure of quality.