Slimebeast said:
Don't underestimate the impact of these particularly harsh reviews and the few percentages down on the Metascore will have on Halo 4.
I've already claimed it will have a significant effect on sales and that I'm pretty confident that even some of our own members here on VGC have canceled their plans to buy Halo 4 early and instead have taken a "wait and see" approach (to wait until other gamers have played it, or to wait until Black Ops is out, or to wait until Halo 4 drops in price).
(Please come forward and admit you are one of those so I get living proof to my claim lol)
That's how psychology works.
It has created doubt and it has totally shifted focus.
Just look at what's happening. We're having hundreds and hundreds of posts on this very site that all are discussing the bad reviews.
The whole focus is put on the potentially weak aspects of Halo 4 instead of the strong ones.
And the consequences of this will spread all the way to the developer itself, 343 Studios. I am sure that some of the 343 guys have just had a huge sigh of relief that their game was well received and that they've proved they are worthy to take over the Halo legacy from Bungie.
But at the same time I am also sure that the harsh criticisms and some of the impact from the internet meltdowns will be felt even by the designers at 343, that some of them will have this small ache in their stomach and think:
"oh damn, those harsh criticisms we got, could there be some truth to that?. It wasn't universal praise after all. Now the whole internet is aware that Halo has an image problem and is perceived as old compared to the competition."
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Effect sales?you should read the newest GT5 news,or AC3 first week sales in UK
Well,not really surprised,you always said Halo 4 sales will have big drop,i remember that
And you need to know,the "hundreds and hundreds" of post mostly by around 20 peoples with 100% buy it or won't buy it,no matter what score,do you really think normal gamers and kids will care some shitty review score form unknown site(from them)?Every time,the biggest part of effect game sales is:MARKETING
Or you think halo4 come with small budget marketing?
