The general consumer isn't smart enough to research the products they want to purchase, so instead of picking up a good game like Enslaved, they'd pick up three copies of Hannah Montana: Cow girl poke around, mainly because that's one of the few games they know anything about. It also doesn't help that it was marketed poorly and that it's a short experience.
I still believe that Enslaved should of been an exclusive title to either the PS3 or the 360. It would have built up a fair bit more interest, it would have been thrown around in these console comparison things that happen every year and it could have at least had legs as new consumers bought consoles and are looking for any of the new exclusive titles on the system (similar to Valykria Chronicles, Uncharted 1 and Demon's Souls).
Ninja Theory are great developers, but they don't seem to be able to catch a break. I think the best option would be to try and sell themselves to a publisher like Sony or Microsoft and work with them to build games. I doubt it'd happen, but it's a nice thought.
I also like the direction DMC is going in. DMC4 was boring as fuck and I welcome a sudden change to the franchise.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.
