cheese_man said: What the fuck? GT5 prologue, GT PSP, GT5 sold 15-20 mil between them. They've done great this gen, and their platform is 1/2 the size of last gen.
So they got the sales down nicely, but the reviews leave something to be desired in them all :P
Thinks game reviews aren't broken and uses emoticons on forums. Are you new to the internet?
Metacritic takes an average of them all so it weeds out the troll reviews to a degree, while also putting a heavier emphasis on major review sites/publications. I thought this was common sense but ok.
Saying the review system is broken is a sore losers excuse. Deal with it. Also the fact that all 3 games above didn't score the way their predessors did, id say its not the reviewers fault. The internet is pro Sony....are you new to the gaming internet?
Just to respond to what I've bolded in order:
You mean the ones who get payed for high scores or receive contracts which disallow them from featuring many things in their reviews such as bugs.
The same could be said that using reviews can be a sore loser excuse for losing in sales?
What? You mean Vgchartz is.
Reviewer bias works both ways. But that said, the whole reviewing body can't be bribed at once...not when theres 70+ reviews. Ridiculous comment.
This isnt about sales. This is about reviews....you clever guy trying to sidestep lol
My OP was about sales. You are the one who side stepped into reviews. Do you even read what you say?
Lol "your" OP. Im talking the thread OP....which talked developement cycles. Quality control is part of the developement cycle. Seems your the one going off track.
The thread OP has nothing to do with reviews. Its about them releasing only one game (which was false anyway), and implying that they failed this gen, I brought up sales to counter his argument.
You just jumped on my comment with an irrelevant fanboy remark in an attempt to discredit their success.
The thread was talking about the developement cycle. Quality control is part of it. Reviews reflect that.
From what I see you used the sales card to justify poor business decisions.
Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles.
Like you said in op he is head of worldwide studios not SCEJ. Why he should be kicked out because of SCEJ failing when other parts of SCE are doing more than fine. Not to mention that one main reason for long development cycle for GT5 was that they were preparing themselves to the future and made the tools than can be used with PS4 too. They also made GT PSP during GT5 development. Sure the final product was not maybe as good as people wanted but they really have updated the game since. It's almost like new game nowadays after various updates.
Well, my brother and I made up this one Japanese developer named Shamo Shan and he creates stupid game ideas that the development team loves. Like for example he would recommend taking all the Nintendo characters out of Super Smash Bros. and the development team would chant "SHAMO SHAMO SHAMO!" just loving his stupid ideas. I guess we weren't all that crazy now that I've heard of this guy... well we're sort of crazy.
o_O.Q said: tbh at this point i'm just curious as to how forza raises the bar and brings all of these gameplay elements you mentioned
what gameplay elements are speaking of specifically? lol ( in a game mind you that has far less racing modes )
And before getting all pissy again. This is what i was saying.
By raising the bar I am specifically talking about the customization, online, paint, auction house, the damage, and physics. Gran Turismo 5 is a great game but do you honestly think that Forza 4 got much better reviews for no reason?
lol so you answer with someone elses opinion? couldn't i just find a video with someone who thinks gt 5 is better?
all i asked was for you explain this point in your own opinion " It added more gameplay elements"
what did you mean by more gameplay elements?
lol physics is just about the ony thing you mentioned that i'd call related to gameplay and as far as i know just about everyone agrees that that is better in gt5
and as i said before damage gets worse as you level up
i already agreed that forza has better painting
but for the other stuff like online gt5 has comparable features regardless
Listen, I am not calling GT5 a bad game at all, I was explaining the reviews is all. It came from copy&pasted cars, damage to the cars was not done that well, the crowds and trees look like cardboard, and a lot of the gameplay was kind of boring. However GT5 is still the most realistic simulated racer.
Forza raised the bar by adding damage, paint, acution house, a great online commuinity which also ties in with the paint. They also added barrel rolls etc. When GT5 came out if I remember correctly they didnt even want damage on cars but because of Forza they did. GT5 still needs to work on that area and they need to put customization(paint) on cars and honestly I dont know why they havent done that as it is a big plus for many people. I am not saying that Forza is a more realistic game, I am just saying as a game it has done a better job.
Forums will not tell you much on the situaution especially when twice as many people have owned a Gran Turismo game over Forza.
And you could have very easily talked to me in a calm manner rather than saying it was a BS response. No it was not. many of the complaints i named you will also read in reviews. Now it has been a very long time since Ive played GT5 and Forza but from memory that is what I went by.
cheese_man said: What the fuck? GT5 prologue, GT PSP, GT5 sold 15-20 mil between them. They've done great this gen, and their platform is 1/2 the size of last gen.
So they got the sales down nicely, but the reviews leave something to be desired in them all :P
Thinks game reviews aren't broken and uses emoticons on forums. Are you new to the internet?
Metacritic takes an average of them all so it weeds out the troll reviews to a degree, while also putting a heavier emphasis on major review sites/publications. I thought this was common sense but ok.
Saying the review system is broken is a sore losers excuse. Deal with it. Also the fact that all 3 games above didn't score the way their predessors did, id say its not the reviewers fault. The internet is pro Sony....are you new to the gaming internet?
Just to respond to what I've bolded in order:
You mean the ones who get payed for high scores or receive contracts which disallow them from featuring many things in their reviews such as bugs.
The same could be said that using reviews can be a sore loser excuse for losing in sales?
What? You mean Vgchartz is.
Reviewer bias works both ways. But that said, the whole reviewing body can't be bribed at once...not when theres 70+ reviews. Ridiculous comment.
This isnt about sales. This is about reviews....you clever guy trying to sidestep lol
My OP was about sales. You are the one who side stepped into reviews. Do you even read what you say?
Lol "your" OP. Im talking the thread OP....which talked developement cycles. Quality control is part of the developement cycle. Seems your the one going off track.
The thread OP has nothing to do with reviews. Its about them releasing only one game (which was false anyway), and implying that they failed this gen, I brought up sales to counter his argument.
You just jumped on my comment with an irrelevant fanboy remark in an attempt to discredit their success.
The thread was talking about the developement cycle. Quality control is part of it. Reviews reflect that.
From what I see you used the sales card to justify poor business decisions.
Sales2099 your like a moth to the light when it comes to bash sony threads, what are you even doing here?