What do you trust more... Sales or Reviews?

[Michael-5]

Squilliam said:

Michael-5 said:

Squilliam said:

I hate niche games. The more a game sells under 2-3M the more my chances of disliking that game rise. Conversely the more a game sells over 2-3M the chances of my liking that game rise. That doesn't mean that I never really enjoy something which doesn't sell or will nearly always enjoy something which sells heaps.

My favourite shooter franchises are:

1. Half Life (10M plus)
2. Halo (10M plus)
3. Crysis (3M plus)
4. Gears of War (5M plus)
5. Call of duty (10M plus)

My favourite racing franchises are:

1. Mario Kart (20M plus?)

Well yeah, I don't see any reason to keep giving examples.

 

I am so oposite of you. RPG is my favorite platform, so let me give you examples.

Favorite RPG's

1. Mass Effect 2 (2.4 million)

2. Chrono Trigger (2.31 million)

3. Super Mario RPG (2.14 million)

4. Golden Sun (1.67 million)

5. Fallout 3: GOTY Ed in my case (360 - 3.48 million, combined - 5.93 million)

and this gen, Lost Odyssey, Too Human, and Tales of Vesperia have all been great hits for me, all selling under 1 million

Those aren't low sales. None under the median or even the upper quartile for that genre. Your favourite selling RPGs are only really eclipsed by less than half a dozen franchises from this generation at least.

See, you too really do like games which sell more, more typically. Though that doesn't mean that you won't find other smaller releases extremely enjoyable.

Yea, but I don't like some of the big titles like Fable, and I think games like Final Fantasy XIII and The Elder Scrolls are good, but nothing special. Also this generation, Lost Odyssey, Too Human, Tales of Vesperia, and Golden Sun DS all have lacking sales, none selling over 1 million, some only half.

I won't deny that generally high selling games tend to be well polished, and well good, but only about half my games fall into the high selling category. For example this fall I picked up Halo, Alan Wake, and Assassin's Creed, but I also picked up Vanquish, blur, and Front Mission Evolved. All of which I enjoy to about the same degree. How many units did Front Mission sell compared to Halo? Something like 130k, and Halo is approaching 8 million.