S.T.A.G.E. said:
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I think that just had more to do with hack and slash games in general kind of taking a dive genre wise. So the inane fan complaints looked like a bigger issue then it really was.
Or just in general people being sick of prequels. DMC's sales compaired to DMC 4 look a LOT like GOW:A sales compaired to GOW
They even both have the same HUGE drop in Europeon sales first week interestingly. (DMC actually fared a little bit better here.)
Sure DMC scored a lot better... but metacritic ratings and sales don't really go hand in hand unless the ratings are REALLYbad.
I think Europe might just be sick of Hack and Slash games. (Or just buying less PS3 games? I haven't actually looked at the total software numbers.)
Links so you don't have to bother to search.
http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70705/god-of-war-ascension/Europe/
http://www.vgchartz.com/game/12533/god-of-war-iii/Europe/
http://www.vgchartz.com/game/44652/dmc/Europe/
http://www.vgchartz.com/game/7683/devil-may-cry-4/Europe/
Really DMC argueably has performed better then GOW:A in regards to their respective franchises








