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Samus Aran on 02 May 2015
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Soundwave said:
Samus Aran said:

What on earth does TW101 have to do with a 3D platformer? That game got zero marketting on a failing console. Platinum's violent/dark action games also flopped.

The industry is driven by those games because the industry doesn't make anything else. They should make more variety.

You mean like Puppeteer, LittleBigPlanet Racing, Tearaway, Banjo-Kazooie Nuts N' Bolts, Sonic Colors, Pikmin 3, Codename S.T.E.A.M., Rayman Legends, LittleBigPlanet 3, etc? 

There is variety. Consumers choose not to buy those games. Kids don't even want those types of games by and large. 

In fact there's an entire platform that specializes in cartoony/mascoty/family fun type software overwhelmingly and the market is voting with their wallets saying they don't want it. Hell, people don't even seem to want violent action games that are too cartoony ... Sunset Overdrive had marketing but was largely snubbed in favor of things like another Calladooty and the mediocre Watch Dogs. 

The console industry is largely driven by hyper-violent action games or sports titles. And that's about it. 

Sonic Colors sold a lot.

And LBP3 is also sellng well and has good legs. Pikmin 3 could outsell Pikmin 2 if we include digital. Tearaway sold decently for a failing handheld, that's why it's being remastered on the PS4.

I didn't know the 3DS was failing btw, you know, the platform that has a very similar library to the Wii U.

Nuts N' Bolts is the game no one asked for and no one wanted, it wasn't a platformer. Codename STEAM looked like shit and had no marketing. LittleBigPlanet Karting was a pretty shitty karting game. I wouldn't buy it either and I love kart racing games.

I don't even want to know what Puppeteer is.

Should I list all the dark gritty games that failed?