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Does a game's box art really help its sales?

Yes 70 85.37%
 
No 12 14.63%
 
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bananaking21 on 26 January 2013
Barozi said:
bananaking21 said:
Barozi said:
Certainly. I bought an Xbox game because it had a cool boxart. Had no internet back then to check if its any good so I bought it.
The game was okay-ish but certainly not worth the full price. I've been searching that game lately on Metacritic and it turned out that it has a ~45 Metascore lol.

For adults who buy games for their children it's also very important as they don't generally drive to a store to buy a specific game. They just look what's there and maybe ask the guy behind the counter.

haha what was the game?

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/black-stone-magic-steel


i was expecting much more from the box art  :|



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Otakumegane on 26 January 2013
Nem said:

Look at Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate's boxart and tell me that doesnt make it clear to you. :)

With that said, different box arts interest diferent people. but a rich image or a rich logo in a white background do it for me.

The name might confuse some though



http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/profile/92109/nintendopie/ Nintendopie  Was obviously right and I was obviously wrong. I will forever be a lesser being than them. (6/16/13)

Bienrico on 26 January 2013

Yes it does.

Lame cover for a game that no ones heard of usually means low to no sales, because it doesn't impress consumers this happens more often with dvd's and books i see in the store with unappeling covers.

However you can't judge a book by it's (boring) cover.



bananaking21 on 26 January 2013
Bienrico said:

Yes it does.

Lame cover for a game that no ones heard of usually means low to no sales this happens more often with dvd's and books i see in the store with unappeling covers.

However you can't judge a book by it's (boring) cover.


sorry but i just cant take you seriously with that justin beiber avatar



Bienrico on 26 January 2013
bananaking21 said:
Bienrico said:

Yes it does.

Lame cover for a game that no ones heard of usually means low to no sales this happens more often with dvd's and books i see in the store with unappeling covers.

However you can't judge a book by it's (boring) cover.


sorry but i just cant take you seriously with that justin beiber avatar


You don't have to, although most will agree with me. You can however translate the text on Google and get a quick laugh.



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NintendoPie on 26 January 2013
bananaking21 said:


lol more than one person on this thread said they bought a game just from the box art 

and yes i know, those pictures in the OP are really boring if you ask me

Yeah, I know. Otaku kind of poked a hole through my idea.