forethought14 said:
Which is why I said "should". If there truly was a ton of hype, then the sales should have been good from the start. If not, then the hype wasn't real and the level of it was exaggerated. ZombiU sold fairly well (with respect to the console sales), only to fall short due to the lack of selling consoles and reviews (which likely stirred some people away right before launch, you know that there are a lot of people who buy stuff based on reviews, which in my view is somewhat dumb). Conduit didn't have real hype (very little from your general FPS lovers which for the most part played shooters on the PS3/360), and Other M was slightly criticized from the start due to the fact that some people didn't like Samus' voice or the direction they took the series (and reviews). If hype levels were high, then why shouldn't a game sell well at launch? If there's excitement from a lot of people (hence, being a lot of hype), then what stops a game from selling well? Nothing aside from the fact that this apparent "hype" level wasn't real to begin with. There was hype for Wii Sports Resort? |
Conduit didn't have hype? You weren't in touch with the Nintendo side of console gaming in 2008-2009 clearly. ;)
And Wii Sports Resort had no hype yet went on to sell 30 million plus, that's the point, hype doesn't always match sales.
Lost World is currently getting as much hype as 3D World, easily. Mario's a bigger brand so he'll still sell more, but that doesn't change the hype levels. After all, many of Mario's buyers are casuals who don't get "hyped".
