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radha on 11 May 2010

The thing is on one extreme we have games like Shadow of the colossus*, hi quality and critical acclaim but low sells, a great game that people dont buy and most dont know it exist, but still one of the best games of a generation. On the other side we have games that get a 5/10 on some magazines but sell millions, even if they are not AAA games at all. This generation has made clear that
sell =/= quality.


*Honorable mentions: Valkirya chronicles and Psiconauts.



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noname2200 on 11 May 2010
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
noname2200 said:

Japanese games routinely drop their prices just a few weeks after release. Four months is much more than I expected, especially at that price point.

Yes, but they don't routinely drop the price for their most anticipated games.  Hence why I made the comparison to Dragon Quest IX, which took over 9 months to get a price drop.  Final Fantasy XIII being a game that was suppose to be on the a similar level of hype and, according to SquareEnix itself, expected sales as Dragon Quest IX.  Hence why the game has bottomed out so early.  Its a classic case of a compny who's eyes were bigger than their stomach.

And this is a little more drastic than a price drop.  This is going from full price to bargain bin without a gradual decline.

I disagree.  If my memory is correct, previous mainline Final Fantasys dropped in price at about the same pace, maybe a bit later.  For that matter, most Dragon Quests don't hold on to their price point as long as IX did.  Dragon Quest IX is an outlier; comparisons to that game are not warranted.



perpride on 11 May 2010
radha said:
The thing is on one extreme we have games like Shadow of the colossus*, hi quality and critical acclaim but low sells, a great game that people dont buy and most dont know it exist, but still one of the best games of a generation. On the other side we have games that get a 5/10 on some magazines but sell millions, even if they are not AAA games at all. This generation has made clear that
sell =/= quality.


*Honorable mentions: Valkirya chronicles and Psiconauts.

FFXIII >>>>>>>>> ICO, Shadow of The Collosuss and The Last Gaurdian combined

 

 

 

 

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