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Forums - Gaming - Update:As of Jan19 SSBB outselling PSASBR! Past 3 weeks, Is this a Problem?

 

Describe the Situation!

SSBB rocks!!! 250 69.44%
 
PSASBR will catch up! 21 5.83%
 
Its not as bad... 6 1.67%
 
Doesn't mean ****! 23 6.39%
 
Both great games, Dont matter! 60 16.67%
 
Total:360

Also, if I'm going to be really argumentative:

PSABR has sold 39,307 the last two weeks on VGChartz's numbers.

SSBB has sold 35,394 the last two weeks on VGChartz's numbers.

If you were to to mention something about only counting the home console versions in the OP then what you said would be true. But as it stands, PSABR is available on two consoles and has outsold SSBB, which is available on one console, these past two weeks.

(And that's also not counting digital downloads, which are possible for Playstation-All Stars but not Smash).

(And that Smash is available in Japan but PSABR hasn't released there yet).

Lemon out.



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JayWood2010 said:
Just going to say it since no one else will. Sony All Stars sucks. Ok sucks might be too harsh but it isnt all that good either. I haaaated the beta.

i played both PS all starts and SSB. and i really have no idea how people think SSB is better, the gameplay has more depth in all stars, the levels are more complex and the super system adds way more stategy to the game then SSB's knock out. all stars has much more strategy and depth into it then SSB. 



bananaking21 said:
JayWood2010 said:
Just going to say it since no one else will. Sony All Stars sucks. Ok sucks might be too harsh but it isnt all that good either. I haaaated the beta.

i played both PS all starts and SSB. and i really have no idea how people think SSB is better, the gameplay has more depth in all stars, the levels are more complex and the super system adds way more stategy to the game then SSB's knock out. all stars has much more strategy and depth into it then SSB. 


No.  A game that has been out for all of a month does not have more depth and strategy than a game that's been being played, in one form or another, for a decade.  Fighting games simply do not work like that, and even if PSASBR's mechanics did make it possible to have more depth than Smash, that depth isn't going to emerge without a dedicated competitive community. 

The levels are more complex?  I don't know if there are some hidden levels I missed or anything, but no.  Few of PSASBR's level feature anything really dynamic or complex.  Most stages are rather simplistic boxes where a character will pop out once in a while to attack the whole screen.  The Buzz level is an interesting concept but most people seem to have realized that you're better off just continuing to fight and taking a pie to the face than actually playing the quiz game.  Alden's tower is the only stage really doing anything unique.  Compared to Rainbow Cruise, Pokemon Stadium 1/2, Castle Siege, Infinite Glacier, Brinstar, etc, SSB has a clear advantage in stages, not to mention a stage builder. 

As for KOs, I've heard a lot of people say that the KO system requires more strategy than Smash, but no one has actually explained why.  PSASBR is basically about hit confirming a basic attack into a super.  Drake for example can pretty much guarantee a KO off of his barrel attack, and Raiden can guarante a KO off... just about anything, and so on.   So basically, it works out like this.

To KO In Smash Bros-  Build Up Damage by hitting opponent- land one of about 5 or so KO attacks.

To KO In PSASBR-  Build up AP by hitting opponent- land one of about 5 or so set up attacks, then hit R2. 

PSASBR has the added element of deciding whether to go for a lvl 1 or 2, or 3 (which kind of sucks for characters like Toro who don't have good level 2 or 3 supers) but it doesn't have anything like Smash's edgeguarding or stage control elements.

There's really nothing that makes PSASBR more complex or strategic than Smash especially not when the metagame is about a month old.  Maybe *maybe* if a competitive scene emerges, people could find a lot of hidden death like they did with Melee, but until that happens it's not even close.



This is obviously because of marketing, I don't see any PSABR commercials at all, nor have I never seen one, yet SSB commercials I see on every channel after every commercial break.

Sony needs to market this better



JayWood2010 said:
xKakashi209x said:
JayWood2010 said:
I'm just going to say it since no one else will., Sony All Stars sucks. Okay, sucks might be too harsh, but it isn't all that good either. I haaaated the beta.

Judging a game from a beta is horrible. If I did the same I would own no games. 

 

It's one of the funnest fighters I've played and hopefully it will have some form of legs. 

Most fun is correct usage because funnest is not a word. I'm not trying to be anal, and I know some people don't speak English as a main language. However, just so you know for next time.

And In addition, when a beta is out like a month or two before the game's release I consider it more of a demo than a beta (I don't know if I should change than into then or add beta. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you just forgot to type a word because the other option is more embarrassing.) because they the developers really aren't going to fix much from it. Also, either way the scores reflects my exact opinion of the game.  The reviewers were even saying things that I said was wrong with it in the first place.

I'm not trying to be anal, and I know some people don't speak English as a main language. However, just so you know for next time.

Word of advice, when you correct someone make sure you proceed without flaws.



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Booyah said:
This is obviously because of marketing, I don't see any PSABR commercials at all, nor have I never seen one, yet SSB commercials I see on every channel after every commercial break.

Sony needs to market this better

That's something every person on this world most agree on by now.



Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
xKakashi209x said:
JayWood2010 said:
I'm just going to say it since no one else will., Sony All Stars sucks. Okay, sucks might be too harsh, but it isn't all that good either. I haaaated the beta.

Judging a game from a beta is horrible. If I did the same I would own no games. 

 

It's one of the funnest fighters I've played and hopefully it will have some form of legs. 

Most fun is correct usage because funnest is not a word. I'm not trying to be anal, and I know some people don't speak English as a main language. However, just so you know for next time.

And In addition, when a beta is out like a month or two before the game's release I consider it more of a demo than a beta (I don't know if I should change than into then or add beta. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you just forgot to type a word because the other option is more embarrassing.) because they the developers really aren't going to fix much from it. Also, either way the scores reflects my exact opinion of the game.  The reviewers were even saying things that I said was wrong with it in the first place.

I'm not trying to be anal, and I know some people don't speak English as a main language. However, just so you know for next time.

Word of advice, when you correct someone make sure you proceed without flaws.

What I was saying is what he was saying was not a word and if he says that in real life he will sound dumb.  I could care less about the spelling.  Just wanted him to know that is not a real word.




       

Yeah, Mega franchises with legs like Smash Bros tend to sell more than small new IPs even after release.



JayWood2010 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
xKakashi209x said:
JayWood2010 said:
I'm just going to say it since no one else will., Sony All Stars sucks. Okay, sucks might be too harsh, but it isn't all that good either. I haaaated the beta.

Judging a game from a beta is horrible. If I did the same I would own no games. 

 

It's one of the funnest fighters I've played and hopefully it will have some form of legs. 

Most fun is correct usage because funnest is not a word. I'm not trying to be anal, and I know some people don't speak English as a main language. However, just so you know for next time.

And In addition, when a beta is out like a month or two before the game's release I consider it more of a demo than a beta (I don't know if I should change than into then or add beta. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you just forgot to type a word because the other option is more embarrassing.) because they the developers really aren't going to fix much from it. Also, either way the scores reflects my exact opinion of the game.  The reviewers were even saying things that I said was wrong with it in the first place.

I'm not trying to be anal, and I know some people don't speak English as a main language. However, just so you know for next time.

Word of advice, when you correct someone make sure you proceed without flaws.

What I was saying is what he was saying was not a word and if he says that in real life he will sound dumb.  I could care less about the spelling.  Just wanted him to know that is not a real word.


Okay, but if you correct someone make sure you can't be corrected. I could give you the same argument but instead say "if you write a paper for school..."

I say "your" instead of "you're" all the time on the internet and I'd hate if people tried correcting my all the time. With my example and his funnest we got our idea across. You knew what we both mean.

As for the topic: So? (which is what I was going to originally post but got side tracked)



JayWood2010 said:

What I was saying is what he was saying was not a word and if he says that in real life he will sound dumb.  I could care less about the spelling.  Just wanted him to know that is not a real word.

It's "couldn't care less." I'm not trying to be anal, but if you said that in real life you would sound dumb.