Can a bad box cover art hurt game sales?

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gurglesletch on 30 April 2011

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miz1q2w3e said:

radiantshadow92 said:

God of War III only sold half of its potential sales with that terrible boxart. The worst i have seen in a while

I thought GoW's boxart looked great! Very eye-catching, vibrant and unique imo

Hah, was that intentional?

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Hephaestos on 30 April 2011

there's been much worse boxarts than these... and yes it harms a game... but not as much as a good boxart helps a game sell.

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AussieGecko on 30 April 2011

pezus said:

The Saboteur boxart looks very cool imo

yeah a strange one to use as an example. It deserved more sales but the Box Art didnt affect this one, but to the OP I do believe it can affect sales tbh

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dsister on 30 April 2011

It does for me actually. No way I'm going into a store and buying this...

and this boxart stopped me from buying this game for the longest time:

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miz1q2w3e on 30 April 2011

Xen said:

miz1q2w3e said:

radiantshadow92 said:

God of War III only sold half of its potential sales with that terrible boxart. The worst i have seen in a while

I thought GoW's boxart looked great! Very eye-catching, vibrant and unique imo

Hah, was that intentional?

nope, I'm not that funny or witty :(

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ocean-1984 on 30 April 2011

There is only one cover i thought: WTF and WHY?

Why not this?!

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Dahum said:

for me it does work even tho i go to game sites &read about games first b4 i buy them.......for example:when i see a cool box art for a game that i dont know i immediately search the game & see how much score it got & see video reviews for it then i decide if i want to buy it or not.

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miz1q2w3e on 30 April 2011

ocean-1984 said:

There is only one cover i thought: WTF and WHY?

Why not this?!

hmm... I can't decide which one I like better

The red one feels more artistic and unique

The second one is way cooler but feels a bit more generic imo

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