We must reach an agreement on the meaning of "flop"

[kumagawa]

scottie said:

kumagawa said:

Resident evil 6 has sold over 3 million copies it is as far from a financial flop as you can get. Rating and expections it's a huge disappoinment but it still made money.

 

game is a flop = franchise dies

game is not a flop = sequel

So RE is not a flop because it sold 3 million

Therefore Guitar Hero 5, which sold ~5 million copies, at a higher price is presumably not a flop.

But GH 5 was the last in the franchise, so it is a flop?

 

You have 2, very inconsistent definitions.

 

Face it, if Black Ops 2 and Sony Smash Bros both sold 5 million accross all platforms, they would both make a profit, both would have sequels, but one would be a flop and one wouldn't.

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock was the last game in the Guitar Hero franchise which was released in 2010 (http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Guitar+Hero%3A+Warriors+of+Rock&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200) and sold less 800,000 copies or less per version.

 

A CoD game would be a flop only through analyst expectations which just goes to show how stupid the market is.

 

My favourite is Apple (http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-made-more-than-Microsoft-Google-eBay-Yahoo-Amazon-and-Facebook-combined-in-fiscal-2012_id37040) it makes more money than Microsoft , Google, eBay, Amazon, Yahoo and Facebook profits all together yet it's share price dropped because it was below expectations!