Quality =/= sales

[kain_kusanagi]

pezus said:

kain_kusanagi said:
Killzone 2 is not objectionably better than Halo 4. Halo 4 is being criticized more harshly that Killzone 2 was and is being held back on Metacritic by a few troll scores. If anything Halo 4 is a higher quality game than Killzone 2, but that's more of a taste thing since they both have good graphics and polished gameplay.

Perhaps Killzone as a franchise just doesn't appeal to people like Halo does. Maybe Killzone is too gray, brown, and gritty. Perhaps their enemies look to alike and the environments are too bleak. Maybe people like color and style and big open environments that let them attack from any angle. Maybe Halo sells so well because it just that good.

Killzone 2 has its fair share of troll scores as well. 

Why do you think GT5 sells more than any Forza?

Probably for the same reason that Madden outsold NFL2k before EA bought up the NFL liscense. Maddan had been around a lot longer and had an established loyal fanbase. NFL2k was a better game, but people were already in the habbit of buying Madden so they didn't even give NFL2k a chance.

Now with that said, Forza has actualy sold quite a lot. It has just done it with more games this gen than GT has. While GT has had 1 full game and one paid for demo, Forza has had 3 full games released this gen. I'm not going to count Forza Horrizon or GT PSP.

Forza 2 - 3.99m

Forza 3 - 5.13m

Forza 4 - 2.47m

GT 5P - 4.11m

GT 5 - 8.05m

Forza Total: 11.59m

GT Total: 12.16m

So when you look at it like that, GT has only outsold Forza this generation by 570,000 copies which could even be within the margin of error.