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naruball on 04 October 2014
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Guitarguy said:
naruball said:
KLAMarine said:
bubblegamer said:

I did. MC is not how you tell which game is better. People vote with their wallets.

So a game that is purchased more is a better game than a game that is not purchased as much? Okay...

 Many people didn't like The Last of US and there is nothing wrong with that.


"Many" is a very vague term. The game sold something like 7 million copies so even if 200,000 or 1,000,000 people(most would consider that number 'many') disliked the game, it is still in the vast minority. I'm not saying 100% of people loved the game, just that the word 'many' has a very vague implication. I'm sure there are people out there who disliked(or didn't care for) MK8, Gears of war, Halo 3/4, Mario Galaxy, Uncharted, GT5, Forza 5 etc but the general consensus is that the majority of people who played them, did like them.


I fail to see your point. My point was not about the general consensus, but about whether good sales/good reviews/good user scores instantly make a game good for everyone just because the majority likes it. My problem is with everyone attacking Ka-pi as if Mk8 is without a doubt the better game for everyone. It's not. Yes, perhaps the vast majority of people who played it, loved it, but not every single person does so he should feel free to say that he didn't think it was a good game.

As for sales alone, the examples you listed are mainly of games that sold well and were well received by critics and gamers. There are games like Dead Island that sold well due to a great trailer, games like wii play that sold well due to the bundle and the list goes on. Sales are not proof of quality, 

I used a vague term intentionally. Saying most/only a few is just wrong, though not as bad as making up your own percentages. We simply don't know whether most people who played it liked it and the posts you see on forums are incredibly misleading. Going by posts alone one would think that the vita was the most popular device two years ago and that Gravity Rush have been played and enjoyed by millions. Out of all my friends who play video games, only one scores games and doen't even posts on forums. Hence why Fifa and COD mainly getting hate or people being indifferent to them online.