Gran Turismo 5 will fail to sell...

[Michael-5]

Jay520 said:

Michael-5 said:

Ping_ii said:

Michael-5 said:

mr_capello said:

do you think you can see the difference in sales with a score of 8.5 in comparison to a score of 9.5 ?

I don't think so

only real hardcore nerds get angry over some bad shadows

atleast you wont see a difference of 700k

Tell Metroid: Other M that scores don't matter. Tell that to GT PSP, Lost Planet 2, and many other established franchises.

If GT5 is more poorly rated then compeditors, then it will no longer have the crowning achievment of "best" simulator, and that will hurt sales because media attention and hype will switch onto compeditor franchises.

SO why is Call of duty black ops trashing Halo reach sales wise then despite having less score? I know because your point is bullshit.

So many wrong things you said there...just soo many.

First of all, I said not being the best will hurt sales, not kill them.

Second MW2 generally got higher ratings then Halo 3 and Reach, which hurt Reach's image. This is one reason why Reach is only selling 7% better then Halo 3 despite over double the userbase.

Third Black Ops meta score is 88/100, Halo Reach is 91/100, the difference is only 3%, thats not much, by no means as big as Forza 3 to GT5 will eventually grow to (currently it's 6%, but like I said after a couple weeks metascores go down).

Forth, it's stupid to judge games by metascores, I generally try to stick with established websites. IGN gave Forza 3 a 9.4/10, and GT5 an 8.5/10. Hence my dissapointment. I expected GT5 to score higher then Forza 3, but scoring a full 9% lower? That not only makes Forza 3 a better game, but of another league in quality. I'm going to play GT5 later today, so I'll judge if that review isn't overly critical, but for now I am not expecting much.

Finally Black Ops sales are not trashing Halo Reach sales, but it is selling better. Black Ops was released during the Holiday season, and just like MW2 it will have a strong sales early on. They will level off though, eventually BOs will outsell Halo Reach, but both games will top 10 million, probably even 12 million. The difference between the two will be at best 2-3 million, which by no means is trashing

So :P meanie

So Forza is in another league of quality than GT5 because... IGN said so.

IGN is one website and I doubt many GT fans are gonna skip on GT5 because of one website.

 

Modern Warfare 2 scored a 9.5 on IGN

Black Ops scored  an 8.5 in IGN

WOW Black Ops scored A FULL TEN POINTS lower than the previous iteration. I guess that hurt it's sales. didn't it?

Completly awesome point!

BTW I only said Forza is of another league to overegagerate my point, I'm sure GT5 quality is good, I will see in a few hours.

However in the long term, reviews affect sales. NFS's popularity dropped severly in the transition to new gen consoles, mainly becaue they wanted to discourage street racing, and it made the games crappier. Hence sales fell.

GT5 having a low score might not hurt GT5 sales too much, but if GT6 continues the trend, Polyphony will give Turn 10 the opportunity to overtake them as "best simulator."