What do you trust more... Sales or Reviews?

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BMaker11 on 21 January 2011

MightyGeorge said:

BMaker11 said:

MightyGeorge said:

Sales. Absolutely sales. Not even a second thought about that. All the legendary games became legendary not through amazing reviews but through sales. If a game you don't like sells amazingly well, it's time to reassess why you don't like it. If a game you like flops, it's time to reassess why you like it. Sales are facts. Reviews are opinions from so-called "experts". Unless by reviews you also mean customer reviews which I tend to trust them more than publications' reviews.

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theRepublic on 21 January 2011

For me personally, it depends on what the genre for each game is.

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Mummelmann on 21 January 2011

None of the above since none of them are a strong indicators for whether I'll like it or not.

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Xen on 22 January 2011

Neither. Game footage FTW.

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Crystalchild on 22 January 2011

i couldnt care less for sales. GTA? RDR? COD? Dont like them anyway, so yeah..

i'd say Genre> Storyline> Own Opinion after Demo/Ingame Material in geleral > Recommended by Friends > Reviews > Sales

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Spedfrom on 22 January 2011

Neither. I trust my interest and gut feeling a lot more.

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TX109 on 22 January 2011

neither. I never trust reviews and if i trusted sales then would mean that i think Resident Evil 5 is a good game(OPINION). I generaly trust my own interests as well as what i think of gameplay footage and some previews.

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Scoobes on 22 January 2011

Sales are a horrible indicator of quality. As a general rule, people are stupid. They will buy whatever crap is marketed well. Not that reviews are a great indicator, but a few select sites and publications do have good reviewing processes. With reviews as well I can estimate whether I'll like a game or not based on the text (if the review is good) rather than purely on the score. For instance, I bought The Witcher based on a relatively negative review because the explanations given suggested it'd be something I'd enjoy.