Highest on Metacritic vs. Game with most GOTY awards

[Alkibiádēs]

Mr_No said:

Alkibiádēs said:

Then why do so many people prefer Minecraft over TLOU? Then why are there so many Minecraft clones yet no one copied TLOU? Why didn't it sell more on PS3? I mean Super Mario Galaxy sold more than double of what TLOU sold. I mean if it was hands down the best game of last gen then why didn't it perform better or have a bigger impact on the gaming industry?

Without a doubt Minecraft is the game of the last generation. It became a worldwide phenomenon like Pokémon before it. It came out of nowhere, just like Pokémon. It did new innovative things, just like Pokémon. It inspired countless of clones, just like Pokémon.

Not saying Minecraft is a bad game, but maybe it was cloned because it made a lot of money and it required less resources to replicate with guaranteed profit. Doesn't mean it's the best game of all time just because it sold a lot of copies, which is a misconception some people still have. Why no one copied The Last of Us? Firstly, a game that complex requires a lot of money, money to hire artists, programmers, testers, voice actors, mo-cap actors, marketing, etc. And you need to make back that money you spent developing it, with profits. Was it worth it? GOTY awards and gamers thought so. Even if you try to make a clone of it, directly cloning a game like that will get you a nasty copyright lawsuit, not to mention media outlets and gamers alike will despise this game and the developers for the plagiarism.

Sales is just one parameter I mentioned. TLOU also had an enormous marketing budget while Minecraft's (marketing) budget was modest at first and only started increasing because of its success. Why would a TLOU clone get you nasty lawsuits and a Minecraft clone not? As if TLOU was such an original game...