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Zipper on 06 May 2010

I seriousy wonder why they bought them

They never made an AAA game, their highest scoring game on any Playstation platform is SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs with 87 on Metacritic

Their other SOCOM games on PS2 got 82, 82 and 72. Their SOCOM games on PSP scored 82 and 81. MAG scored 76 on Metacritic.

They don't seem to have any special technical abilities like other first party Sony studios such as Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games or Polyphony Digital. 256 online game is indeed impressive but it more of an evolution than a revolution since games like Resistance 2 raised the bar before to 60 players online. I'm sure some of Sony's studios could pull off even more players in an online game.

I know we saw very little of SOCOM 4 but seriously.. I doubt it will be anything more than a game in the low 80's on Metacritic

I know you could argue that a lot of the arguments here would apply to Guerrilla Games as well but they proved they can make an AAA game with Killzone 2 which is 91 on Metacritic



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Hus on 06 May 2010

lol

maybe casue they sold millions and are really good with online.



zarx on 06 May 2010

because no one other than fanboys care about metacritic. how much money they bring in and how many gamers they bring to Sony is far more important than any review score?

just a guess



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radiantshadow92 on 06 May 2010
zarx said:
because no one other than fanboys care about metacritic and how much money they bring in and how many gamers they bring to Sony is far more important than any review score?

just a guess

 I dont see where you are going this.



iWarMachine on 06 May 2010

quality=/=sales

zipper interactive can make really good games in no time and no high budget.



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zarx on 06 May 2010
radiantshadow92 said:
zarx said:
because no one other than fanboys care about metacritic and how much money they bring in and how many gamers they bring to Sony is far more important than any review score?

just a guess

 I dont see where you are going this.

well I don't really know I was going anywhere with it. I did edit my post so it has less engrish tho.



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ssj12 on 07 May 2010
Zipper said:

I seriousy wonder why they bought them

They never made an AAA game, their highest scoring game on any Playstation platform is SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs with 87 on Metacritic

Their other SOCOM games on PS2 got 82, 82 and 72. Their SOCOM games on PSP scored 82 and 81. MAG scored 76 on Metacritic.

They don't seem to have any special technical abilities like other first party Sony studios such as Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games or Polyphony Digital. 256 online game is indeed impressive but it more of an evolution than a revolution since games like Resistance 2 raised the bar before to 60 players online. I'm sure some of Sony's studios could pull off even more players in an online game.

I know we saw very little of SOCOM 4 but seriously.. I doubt it will be anything more than a game in the low 80's on Metacritic

I know you could argue that a lot of the arguments here would apply to Guerrilla Games as well but they proved they can make an AAA game with Killzone 2 which is 91 on Metacritic

Socom has a massive fanbase.



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HKN on 07 May 2010

SOCOM II was the sex.

MAG is the best FPS of the gen.



sabestar on 07 May 2010
CGI-Quality said:
A better question would be why did you name yourself after a company you seem to frown upon and then make a thread asking about something that seems to be of little concern to Zipper's true fans, or of little to no consequence in the grand scheme of things?

Just a thought.

I second that lol, I'd rather ask this question too.



Ravage27 on 07 May 2010

1. They have a sizable fanbase
2. They have proven themselves with the 256 player online MAG, that speaks alot about their technical abilities, especially when some 5v5 games struggle to maintain a stable connection and matchmaking