gabzjmm23 said:
you would say a game (Rocket League) is a sleeper hit due to 5m million downloads, but it is essentially free for PS+ members. I would say it is fun and a contender as well. But Splatoon is also a sleeper hit this year. nobody wanted that game to be successful and even several wii u owners doesn't seem to buy this game. multiplayer demo is a common thing for shooters, so what do expect, they needed info about the stats on the game. how the servers would handle it, optimize this and that. Rocket League, Splatoon would really be contenders for the sleeper hit of the year. Until Dawn, I don't know, maybe for some and i believe the sales are good in US and EU to merit it as a sleeper success. |
well, if Rocket league wasn't free for ps plus members, that doesn't mean that it wouldnt have sold great either, it sold good on steam alone even without being free, I'm sure it would have sold good on ps4 regardless because the game was getting a lot of exposure on twitch anyway. Although ps plus games don't get even a quarter of what Rocket league got so being free doesn't translate into a lot of downloads. if ps plus owners don't want a game, they don't download it. The problem that I have with splatoon being the sleeper hit winner is that it got a demo which turn a lot of Skeptical wii u owners into buying the game. Also a lot of people were worried about splatoon sales because they were worried it was going to get the W101 marketing treatment which change a lot once nintendo announced their marketing plan for the game.
Splatoon can be a sleeper hit contender, but the winner, I completely disagree. the game got the push needed to make the sales be to where it's right now.
