| Carl2291 said:
If something sells more over the long term it generally means its a quality product, because it does its job right and has good word of mouth with the target audience. Demon's Souls to Dark Souls would be a great example in the videogame industry. As would Final Fantasy XIII to XIII-2 and Lightning Returns. Gran Turismo generally sells 10 Million plus over the long term because its a high quality product. Yeah, it opens to high numbers based on hype alone but you have to look at the legs and consistency. People genuinely dont care that some cars look like updated PS2 models because the core gameplay is the best available. People want to rally. People want to race in the rain at night in a Mini. People continue to jump onto GT in gigantic numbers because its the best on the market for the target audience. |
How could you not know who Kafka was?!
What you're proving here is that sales might be a factor that points out to the quality of the game, but it is not the necessary factor for it. I never argued against this, I merely said that sales =/= quality; just like score =/= quality. Besides, the Souls example isn't that good, since Dark went multiplatform. Are you telling me Gran Turismo wouldn't sell even more if it went multiplatform?
