Teeqoz said:
jlmurph2 said:
Well if install bases don't change much it makes me think these percentages they've been throwing don't have a lot of purpose. The whole "80% of players haven't played Uncharted" seems more of an excuse to make it than a reason.
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Ummm... Not sure how that's relevant to this dicsussion lol. But if you like, then the reason NDC exists is because Sony thinks it'll sell enough to make a nice slump of money, and will generate some hype for UC4. The amount of people that have migrated from the 360 and Wii (40% iirc) is of course relevant to the sales potential of NDC, and it's also relevant to the sales of UC4 (those 40% wouldn't want to play UC4 without having played UC1 and 2 and 3, right?). The reason is because they think it'll make them money. This shouldn't surprise anyone. That's the same reason MS are making Forzas annually, and why they made the MCC. It's why Nintendo have made at least one 2D Mario for the last 4 consoles they've made. etc.
Why would Sony need to excuse them making the NDC? Let's be real here, very few people are genuinely angry at Sony for remastering their most popular current franchise, and the sales impact from those few people are so miniscule Sony couldn't really give two shits about it. For Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, and any other big company out there, the money talks. Not the forums. It's not like Apple cares about all the flak they get for having overpriced phones, they make wads of cash and are the highest valued company in the world anyway.
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I brought it up because I was talking about install bases. They have all these new gamers (40%) and non-Uncharted players (40%) yet they don't jump on one of the biggest Sony franchises? Meanwhile, Xbox One has a majority of people who have already played Halo. Yet they still got MCC. There's gotta be another factor at play for the lower sales with the vastly larger install base.
