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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
Galaki said:

So, in other words, video games = cheap fast food? That's new to me, LOL.


Of course. Wii sports, halo, Cod, Final Fantasy are gaming equvalents of hamburger.

 

Arguing that sales=quality leads us to saying that Twilight series is one of best books ever ;)



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I think it's the type of sales that counts too.. for example:

A halo game will always be frontloaded and sell 4-5 millions first week, same as CoD. That first 5 million doesnt come from the quality of the title but from hype. However legs for example develop when a game gets a good word of mouth equating to quality at least to a respective group of  people.

Wii fit for example is a quality exercise game which is why it had ginormous legs. also the legs of CoD: MW is another example of a game that legged out on contrary to GTA4 which was much more front-loaded(and that's not considering how CoD had sequels to hinder MW's sales). And before you attack, I AM NOT SAYING GTA4 WAS A BAD GAME,  just that the reception of Call of duty was higher this gen.

So the question really cant be answered the way you panned it out to be



Anything above 2 million sold I would say is a top quality game, regardless of review scores.

There are plenty of quality games that fail to sell even 500,000, but we are not talking about them.

So yes, if Game Party 5 sells more than 2 million, then I consider it top quality.



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KBG29 said:

Sales =/= Quality


You are right. Sales=/=Quality, Sales>Quality. Seriously though, can you honestly say Wii Play is more fun than DKCR,Halo Reach, God of War, etc.? If not, that answers your question.



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Zlejedi said:
Galaki said:

So, in other words, video games = cheap fast food? That's new to me, LOL.


Of course. Wii sports, halo, Cod, Final Fantasy are gaming equvalents of hamburger.

 

Arguing that sales=quality leads us to saying that Twilight series is one of best books ever ;)


There is another way to look at it though ...

In most creative mediums, you can focus on certain elements of a work an objectively evaluate a work in a very particular way; but this is not the only way to evaluate a creative work (or anything for that matter). At times it makes more sense to evaluate a work based on the audience it is targeting and based on what it was intended to be.

When you start to look at quality in a less ridgid way, it becomes clear that (while these products may not have much merit when judged from an artistic perspective) these very popular products are high quality in their own way. This doesn't mean that Twilight is one of the best books of all time, but it is (probably) one of the best teenage harlequin romance novels ever written.



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Galaki said:

So, you're saying, if a game sell 20M, it could very well be 20M idiots buying a shitty game?


look at mw2 21 million sales. yes it is 21 million idiots buying a shitty game.



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Zlejedi said:
Galaki said:

So, in other words, video games = cheap fast food? That's new to me, LOL.


Of course. Wii sports, halo, Cod, Final Fantasy are gaming equvalents of hamburger.

 

Arguing that sales=quality leads us to saying that Twilight series is one of best books ever ;)

Shoot me if i ever see that book again >_>



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zgamer5 said:
Galaki said:

So, you're saying, if a game sell 20M, it could very well be 20M idiots buying a shitty game?


look at mw2 21 million sales. yes it is 21 million idiots buying a shitty game.


haha agreed ^^



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Chibi.V.29 said:
zgamer5 said:
Galaki said:

So, you're saying, if a game sell 20M, it could very well be 20M idiots buying a shitty game?


look at mw2 21 million sales. yes it is 21 million idiots buying a shitty game.


haha agreed ^^

also considering most of them never played a console shooter other then cod they are more "misguided" then idiots.



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Galaki said:

So, you're saying, if a game sell 20M, it could very well be 20M idiots buying a shitty game?


*inserts Wii Fit joke*