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krafty89 on 19 November 2012
Turkish said:
ps3-sales! said:

It's a bit odd that a series so critically acclaimed as the Infamous series has not sold up to the same standard of the games. I realize that quality doesn't equal sales, but I thought Sony actually did a good job with marketing Infamous 1/2 to the mainstream.

The first game is at 2.3 million, while the superior second game is just at a little above 1 million.

While games such as prototype outsell it. A little odd.

Thoughts?

HAHAHA

Prototype outsells inFamous? You kiddin me?

Total infamous series: 3.57m

Prototype 3.49m

 

I'd think most people on here assume Infamous 2 is undertracked as well, (As sony Bought them after Infamous 2 came out) and im pretty sure Infamous Festival of Blood sild quite well. Lets hope Bend are doing Infamous on Vita. 



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Turkish on 19 November 2012
Jay520 said:
Turkish said:
ps3-sales! said:

It's a bit odd that a series so critically acclaimed as the Infamous series has not sold up to the same standard of the games. I realize that quality doesn't equal sales, but I thought Sony actually did a good job with marketing Infamous 1/2 to the mainstream.

The first game is at 2.3 million, while the superior second game is just at a little above 1 million.

While games such as prototype outsell it. A little odd.

Thoughts?

HAHAHA

Prototype outsells inFamous? You kiddin me?

Total infamous series: 3.57m

Prototype 3.49m

 

Looks like he's comparing inFamous 2 with Prototype 1.

That doesn't make sense. Both inFamous games outsold their respective rivals.



miz1q2w3e on 19 November 2012
Turkish said:

HAHAHA

Prototype outsells inFamous? You kiddin me?

Total infamous series: 3.57m

Prototype 3.49m

lol @that reaction

They're really close, statistical tie! :p



Chark on 19 November 2012

Most say that there was a lack of advertisement for InFamous but there is also strong competition to consider and a game often compared to it, prototype, that is multi-platform. It also released in a lower point of the year than plenty of other titles. Aside from that it was quickly placed on PS Plus so its legs were pretty well cut off. Because of Plus, InFamous 2 probably has a lot of players, despite low retail sales.



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Proclus on 19 November 2012

While I can't speak for other games or franchises here, personally I found Infamous so rubbish and boring that I didn't care to get the sequel which didn't look much better anyway.



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kaneada on 19 November 2012
ps3-sales! said:

It's a bit odd that a series so critically acclaimed as the Infamous series has not sold up to the same standard of the games. I realize that quality doesn't equal sales, but I thought Sony actually did a good job with marketing Infamous 1/2 to the mainstream.

The first game is at 2.3 million, while the superior second game is just at a little above 1 million.

While games such as prototype outsell it. A little odd.

Thoughts?

Eh Overall I thought that Infamous was a little boring...riddled with too much side content which hampers the main game progression...I get the whole sandbox concept, but a little focused linearity never hurt...



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S.T.A.G.E. on 19 November 2012
JayWood2010 said:
A lot of it has to do with the market. Sony has a lot of games that are just not popular to the mass market because of how it is played or looks. InFamous is a good/average game but beyond that it isn't something that is going to be great or amazing. Sony had plenty of games this generation to have a chance of hitting the mass market and only one succeeded which would be the Uncharted series. Why is because of how good of a job they did. Casuals and hardcore players can pick up this game whether you like story/cinimatics or gameplay/shooting. Get rid of your opinion about InFamous. Can you see someone who doesn't play games that much playing it? That is the question. Remember your opinion is only just that.

InFamous is not an average game and the quality is immense. It is setting standards for what a super hero game should be like outside of Batman Arkham City which takes its cues from Assassins Creed. InFamous is riding off of its own mechanics. If Sony picked up the marketing Cole Macgrath would be huge. Not that many people that I know have ever played InFamous and those whom I've let borrow my InFamous 2 game love cole. Again, you don't have to like anything that Sony does or makes, but the fact of the matter is you know Sony is keeping cole around because there is something about InFamous that is just awesome. IGN, themselves had to do a speculation of the ending of part two because the end of the game kept them wondering.



S.T.A.G.E. on 19 November 2012
krafty89 said:
Turkish said:
ps3-sales! said:

It's a bit odd that a series so critically acclaimed as the Infamous series has not sold up to the same standard of the games. I realize that quality doesn't equal sales, but I thought Sony actually did a good job with marketing Infamous 1/2 to the mainstream.

The first game is at 2.3 million, while the superior second game is just at a little above 1 million.

While games such as prototype outsell it. A little odd.

Thoughts?

HAHAHA

Prototype outsells inFamous? You kiddin me?

Total infamous series: 3.57m

Prototype 3.49m

 

I'd think most people on here assume Infamous 2 is undertracked as well, (As sony Bought them after Infamous 2 came out) and im pretty sure Infamous Festival of Blood sild quite well. Lets hope Bend are doing Infamous on Vita. 


Sony has always owned the InFamous IP. They just bought SuckerPunch after part two came out.



S.T.A.G.E. on 19 November 2012
kaneada said:
ps3-sales! said:

It's a bit odd that a series so critically acclaimed as the Infamous series has not sold up to the same standard of the games. I realize that quality doesn't equal sales, but I thought Sony actually did a good job with marketing Infamous 1/2 to the mainstream.

The first game is at 2.3 million, while the superior second game is just at a little above 1 million.

While games such as prototype outsell it. A little odd.

Thoughts?

Eh Overall I thought that Infamous was a little boring...riddled with too much side content which hampers the main game progression...I get the whole sandbox concept, but a little focused linearity never hurt...


Do you get on GTA's case for that?



Jaywood2010 on 19 November 2012
S.T.A.G.E. said:
JayWood2010 said:
A lot of it has to do with the market. Sony has a lot of games that are just not popular to the mass market because of how it is played or looks. InFamous is a good/average game but beyond that it isn't something that is going to be great or amazing. Sony had plenty of games this generation to have a chance of hitting the mass market and only one succeeded which would be the Uncharted series. Why is because of how good of a job they did. Casuals and hardcore players can pick up this game whether you like story/cinimatics or gameplay/shooting. Get rid of your opinion about InFamous. Can you see someone who doesn't play games that much playing it? That is the question. Remember your opinion is only just that.

InFamous is not an average game and the quality is immense. It is setting standards for what a super hero game should be like outside of Batman Arkham City which takes its cues from Assassins Creed. InFamous is riding off of its own mechanics. If Sony picked up the marketing Cole Macgrath would be huge. Not that many people that I know have ever played InFamous and those whom I've let borrow my InFamous 2 game love cole. Again, you don't have to like anything that Sony does or makes, but the fact of the matter is you know Sony is keeping cole around because there is something about InFamous that is just awesome. IGN, themselves had to do a speculation of the ending of part two because the end of the game kept them wondering.


I said average/good.  I own both so no need to try and sell me on the game.  I'd say InFamous deserves a solid 8.5 and the second one an 8.0.  While this is good, there is other games in the same genre that is better and targets the mass market better which is what I was saying.

EDIT:  In fact I was very close with my scores.  InFamous metacritic is an 85 and InFamous 2 is an 83