SOCOM 4 releasing in April!

[iLi-JoE-iLi]

CGI-Quality said:

iLi-JoE-iLi said:

Well I guess it depends in some instances. The Move could help Socom push sales since the times I've seen the Move in action it has been when someone is playing Socom.  I'm not entirely sure, but didn't the Offical PS Headset release around the time Socom was released as well? That could be why it was bundled. In my opinion, Socom's sales will be reflected upon the initial sales rather than it having legs. I'm only basing this assumption on Confrontation though.

Another thing to keep in mind is that new comers to the Socom franchise that played Confrontation may pass up Socom 4 because Confrontation was seriously a horrible and broken game. Sony lives & dies from the "word of mouth" approach and I don't know many people that praised Confrontation at all. It was definitely the first Socom I've played & would never recommend it to anyone.

Confrontation wasn't made by the true Socom team, it was made by Slant Six. Despite that, the franchise made a pretty significant impact on PlayStation (Confrontation was the most played game on PSN at one point). Socom 4 will be fine.

OT: I have a lot of games to pick up as is, so this may have to wait a little bit. Still looks and sounds good, especially considering the campaign has been acted out (similar to the Uncharted series).

I know it wasn't made by Zipper because they were working on MAG at the time. That still doesn't justify the point in being that it had a bad impression on many gamers & reviewers alike. I'm not saying Socom 4 will be a bad game, but that it won't come close to achieving the sales of Killzone 3 ( imo of course). I think I read how this site doesn't keep track of downloadable sales, but how many hard copies did Confrontation sale? It was less than a million wasn't it?

Socom is truly like Ghost Recon where it has a core group. They don't sell in large numbers, but the community is really tight and just as competitive as bigger franchises like COD & such.