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Sales vs. quality

1M 37 40.22%
 
2M 14 15.22%
 
3M 13 14.13%
 
5M 14 15.22%
 
10M 4 4.35%
 
20M 10 10.87%
 
Total:92
Chibi.V.29 on 03 January 2011

Unlike a certain few tried to argue to be in regards to games such as Wii sports a games sales do NOT matter. Bayonetta was one of the best games of the entire of last year adn it barley reach 1 million ps33/xbox combined :P I loved Xenoblade but i supposes because its sales where not very good its a bad game then? Of course its not. Sales never have and never will determine the quality of a game >_>



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haxxiy on 03 January 2011

5-8 million for me, so I'm safe from implying Carnival Parties or whatthefuckever are quality titles. Above that number, I have to assume even brainless titles have their appeal to some in a certain mood in certain occasions.



 

 

 

 

 

Chibi.V.29 on 03 January 2011
haxxiy said:

5 million for me, so I'm safe from saying Carnival Parties or whatthefuckever are quality titles.


You know Persona 4 sold less than a 10th of that :P



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haxxiy on 03 January 2011
Chibi.V.29 said:
haxxiy said:

5 million for me, so I'm safe from saying Carnival Parties or whatthefuckever are quality titles.


You know Persona 4 sold less than a 10th of that :P


I meant the number above which even I have to admit a title I hate have it's appeal instead of selling to idiots.

Hey, I edited it and the post was kinda clear from my beary mind!



 

 

 

 

 

HappySqurriel on 03 January 2011

High sales are driven by broad appeal not by a game being high quality ...

With that said, few games that sell modestly well (500,000 or more) are really bad quality, and a lot of the negative reviews and bashing these games receive is because many core gamers have difficulty accepting that not every game has to be designed to appeal to them.



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Reasonable on 03 January 2011

None.  While quality can help sales it can also clearly be irrelivent in the face of brand or marketing or circumstances.  Plenty of low quality games (and films) sell lots.  A fair number of clearly better quality (if by quality you mean better made based on the accepted standards of the medium) titles don't sell lots.

Therefore, sales quite clearly don't directly equate with quality.



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Galaki on 03 January 2011
Pineapple said:

Now, that's not to say that a game that sells little can't be quality, and that's not what Galaki is saying. Games such as Okami can be brilliant to the people who play them, but they could never have universal appraise, because they're so unusual.

I guess people just assume I implied it or something?

I never even mentioned games that sell less aren't quality. A lot of quality titles sell less because they are either ninch or simply have things go wrong, mostly through marketing and/or launch execution. But that's not what this thread is about.



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Chibi.V.29 on 03 January 2011
haxxiy said:
Chibi.V.29 said:
haxxiy said:

5 million for me, so I'm safe from saying Carnival Parties or whatthefuckever are quality titles.


You know Persona 4 sold less than a 10th of that :P


I meant the number above which even I have to admit a title I hate have it's appeal instead of selling to idiots.

Hey, I edited it and the post was kinda clear from my beary mind!


Ah ok sorry ^^ That pic made me lol though :P i love persona 4 xD



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4k1x3r on 03 January 2011

Several games that are awesome didn't even break 500k/1M marf, so quality = sales...



snfr on 03 January 2011

Zero.

A good game is a good game, it doesn't matter if it sold 10m or just 10k.



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