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Jumpin on 09 May 2012
Turkish said:
Heavenly_King said:
Turkish said:
Heavenly_King said:
The reason is lack of advertisement.

mystery solved lol XD


Hello, I would like to congratulate you for stating the most obvious reason ^-^

I cant really tell if you are being sarcastic or not ...... ¬_¬

I'm for real -_-

anyway, I'm adding you on PSN if u dont mind, u have a high level, I'm lvl 18 :D

I think sarcastic: Sony advertises like 20 times more than everyone else combined.



I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

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d21lewis on 09 May 2012
S.T.A.G.E. said:
d21lewis said:

Own both LBP 1 and 2 at this very moment.  Bought Killzone 3.  Took it back and traded it in for Red Dead Redemption after that first stage where I piloted a mech in an abandoned city. Played Resistance 1 on a friends PS3 right at launch.  Didin't like it at all.  Cousin gave me Resistance 2 (made a thread about it called "The Mother Load"--his PS3 broke and I got a bunch of games from him temporarily).  Played the first stage.  Didn't like it. Got Infamous 1 the week it came out.  Still own it.  Never beat it because it was boring and repetitive.  I never said anything about the 360.  Where did that come from? 

Anyway, I guess I was wrong.  PS3 games are awesome and addictive and should have sold better by word of mouth.  360 sucks.


I am sorry that a company should be measured by how little it does for gamers, than how much it actually does.


explain.



Jay520 on 09 May 2012
VGKing said:
BenVTrigger said:
Jay520 said:
RolStoppable said:
BenVTrigger said:
Sony is known for its characters?

Yes, namely for Kratos and the guy from God of War whose name escapes me at the moment.


Reported for trolling


You can't be serious.

 

How on earth was I trolling when I simply asked if Sony is known for its characters.  They've created exactly 1 iconic character this entire generation and that is Nathan Drake.

I'm not knocking their games cause they are awesome, but if there is one thing sony is known for, characters are not it.  Franchises as a whole yes but not the characters in them.

Sackboy says hi.
(I would even say Cole McGrath from inFamous is iconic)

What iconic characters has Nintendo created this genertation? I can't think of ANY.



Nintendo doesn't need to create iconic characters this gen, because they already have a huge list of iconic characters.

But yeah, his concerns are valid. Sony is not known for their characters.

logic56 on 09 May 2012
pezus said:
Nsanity said:
I see more ass kissing then debate going on in this thread.

You see what you want to see of course

story of my life on this site



logic56 on 09 May 2012
Jay520 said:
VGKing said:
BenVTrigger said:
Jay520 said:
RolStoppable said:
BenVTrigger said:
Sony is known for its characters?

Yes, namely for Kratos and the guy from God of War whose name escapes me at the moment.


Reported for trolling


You can't be serious.

 

How on earth was I trolling when I simply asked if Sony is known for its characters.  They've created exactly 1 iconic character this entire generation and that is Nathan Drake.

I'm not knocking their games cause they are awesome, but if there is one thing sony is known for, characters are not it.  Franchises as a whole yes but not the characters in them.

Sackboy says hi.
(I would even say Cole McGrath from inFamous is iconic)

What iconic characters has Nintendo created this genertation? I can't think of ANY.


Nintendo doesn't need to create iconic characters this gen, because they already have a huge list of iconic characters.

But yeah, his concerns are valid. Sony is not known for their characters.

the true reason people have become tired of Nintendo

and Sony's never been know for thier characters.....EVER

which ironically is the reason most people like Sony



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BenVTrigger on 09 May 2012
VGKing said:
BenVTrigger said:
Jay520 said:
RolStoppable said:
BenVTrigger said:
Sony is known for its characters?

Yes, namely for Kratos and the guy from God of War whose name escapes me at the moment.


Reported for trolling


You can't be serious.

 

How on earth was I trolling when I simply asked if Sony is known for its characters.  They've created exactly 1 iconic character this entire generation and that is Nathan Drake.

I'm not knocking their games cause they are awesome, but if there is one thing sony is known for, characters are not it.  Franchises as a whole yes but not the characters in them.

Sackboy says hi.
(I would even say Cole McGrath from inFamous is iconic)

What iconic characters has Nintendo created this genertation? I can't think of ANY.

Sackboy is borderline there but he still isn't yet.  LBP is not a well known franchise tbh, LBP2 only sold 2.5 million copies.........that is no where near enough to be considered an iconic character. 

 

And calling Cole McGrath iconic is laughable.  Neither entry in the series has ever sold 3 million copies with the 2nd title only selling 1.1 million.

 

Iconic means you can go up to random gamer and say a character name and they will know who your talking about.  Mario, Sonic, Donkey Kong, Master Chief, Link, Zelda, Kirby, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Marcus Fenix, Kratos these are Iconic characters.  Nathan Drake is just starting to get there and become well known as a character.  I have people come in and ask me when the next Drake game comes out, that is a sign that he's getting there.  But Sackboy and Cole McGrath are nowhere near that.

Honestly Sony isn't known for its characters AT ALL outside of its small hardcore fanbase.  The 2-3 million consumers who go out and buy the Killzone's, Infamous's, and such.  Look at the consoles sales it has an install base of over 64 million and not even a fraction of that userbase is buying its exclusives outside of the few with iconic characters such as Uncharted and God of War.  This isn't a rip on Sony at all because they ARE known for their franchises, just like I said not because of the characters within them. 



Jay520 on 09 May 2012
logic56 said:

1. The true reason people have become tired of Nintendo

2. and Sony's never been know for thier characters.....EVER

3. which ironically is the reason most people like Sony



1. I didn't realize people have become tired of Nintendo. Okay, I guess.

2. So you agree with BenV?

Most people like Sony? Okay, I guess.

GameAnalyser on 09 May 2012

As long sales are consistent equally across all regions, it doesn't matter if exclusives didn't sell that much. It's pretty decent, GT5, FFXIII and UC series have good numbers though.



Jay520 on 09 May 2012
BenVTrigger said:
Jay520 said:
RolStoppable said:
BenVTrigger said:
Sony is known for its characters?

Yes, namely for Kratos and the guy from God of War whose name escapes me at the moment.


Reported for trolling


You can't be serious.

 

How on earth was I trolling when I simply asked if Sony is known for its characters.  They've created exactly 1 iconic character this entire generation and that is Nathan Drake.

I'm not knocking their games cause they are awesome, but if there is one thing sony is known for, characters are not it.  Franchises as a whole yes but not the characters in them.



You should know by now that whenever I post "Reported for Trolling" it's not serious.

logic56 on 09 May 2012
Jay520 said:
logic56 said:

1. The true reason people have become tired of Nintendo

2. and Sony's never been know for thier characters.....EVER

3. which ironically is the reason most people like Sony


1. I didn't realize people have become tired of Nintendo. Okay, I guess.

2. So you agree with BenV?

Most people like Sony? Okay, I guess.

1. not everyone but the people that don't that's why

2. yup pretty much spot on, it's always been about the franchises and IPs as a whole and never because the characters

3. not everyone but the people that do that's why