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Wright on 12 April 2013

@Wilco, just for clarify something. "Black sheep" term is not applied to sales, but to the overall quality of a game. You see, for example, Zelda 2: Adventure of Link is one of the most profitable games of the The Legend of Zelda game series, yet it is consider the Black Sheep of the whole saga. The same example is valid for almost everything, such as my other example about Metal Gear Solid 2.



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dsage01 on 12 April 2013
Wright said:
@Wilco, just for clarify something. "Black sheep" term is not applied to sales, but to the overall quality of a game. You see, for example, Zelda 2: Adventure of Link is one of the most profitable games of the The Legend of Zelda game series, yet it is consider the Black Sheep of the whole saga. The same example is valid for almost everything, such as my other example about Metal Gear Solid 2.


MGS2 was what many think to be the best MGS by many people.



Wright on 12 April 2013
dsage01 said:
Wright said:
@Wilco, just for clarify something. "Black sheep" term is not applied to sales, but to the overall quality of a game. You see, for example, Zelda 2: Adventure of Link is one of the most profitable games of the The Legend of Zelda game series, yet it is consider the Black Sheep of the whole saga. The same example is valid for almost everything, such as my other example about Metal Gear Solid 2.


MGS2 was what many think to be the best MGS by many people.


I do think the same. MGS2 was a superb game in many ways. But go ask people around, especially die hard fans of Metal Gear. They'll tell you that. Same as Zelda II, not a bad game in any means, but still bashed.



Jaywood2010 on 12 April 2013
dsage01 said:
Wright said:
@Wilco, just for clarify something. "Black sheep" term is not applied to sales, but to the overall quality of a game. You see, for example, Zelda 2: Adventure of Link is one of the most profitable games of the The Legend of Zelda game series, yet it is consider the Black Sheep of the whole saga. The same example is valid for almost everything, such as my other example about Metal Gear Solid 2.


MGS2 was what many think to be the best MGS by many people.


Most people will say 3, 4, or 1.  People was not a fan of Raiden in 2.




       

dsage01 on 12 April 2013

This thread has gone WAY to off topic. BTW when is NPD coming again?



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Mr Puggsly on 12 April 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Who didn't expect it to outsell GOW? Xbox 360 top 2 exclusive games sell faster in a front loaded manner. Technically God of War is doing better because its closer to GOW numbers. Obviously we can see that the gen is winding down and this is obviously a time when people dont have as much money to spend.

No, GoW is not technically doing better. Its selling less and had a much biigger marketing campaign.

Both Gears and GoW are selling less than usual because they don't move the story along. They're just side stories in sagas that already reached their end.

Only Halo can make people care about prequels because its the greatest series ever created.



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dsage01 on 12 April 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Who didn't expect it to outsell GOW? Xbox 360 top 2 exclusive games sell faster in a front loaded manner. Technically God of War is doing better because its closer to GOW numbers. Obviously we can see that the gen is winding down and this is obviously a time when people dont have as much money to spend.

No, GoW is not technically doing better. Its selling less and had a much biigger marketing campaign.

Both Gears and GoW are selling less than usual because they don't move the story along. They're just side stories in sagas that already reached their end.

Only Halo can make people care about prequels because its the greatest series ever created.


WTF! 



Mr Puggsly on 12 April 2013
dsage01 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Who didn't expect it to outsell GOW? Xbox 360 top 2 exclusive games sell faster in a front loaded manner. Technically God of War is doing better because its closer to GOW numbers. Obviously we can see that the gen is winding down and this is obviously a time when people dont have as much money to spend.

No, GoW is not technically doing better. Its selling less and had a much biigger marketing campaign.

Both Gears and GoW are selling less than usual because they don't move the story along. They're just side stories in sagas that already reached their end.

Only Halo can make people care about prequels because its the greatest series ever created.


WTF! 

I stand by it.



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dsage01 on 12 April 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
dsage01 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Who didn't expect it to outsell GOW? Xbox 360 top 2 exclusive games sell faster in a front loaded manner. Technically God of War is doing better because its closer to GOW numbers. Obviously we can see that the gen is winding down and this is obviously a time when people dont have as much money to spend.

No, GoW is not technically doing better. Its selling less and had a much biigger marketing campaign.

Both Gears and GoW are selling less than usual because they don't move the story along. They're just side stories in sagas that already reached their end.

Only Halo can make people care about prequels because its the greatest series ever created.


WTF! 

I stand by it.


Well then that's your opinion you don't have to state it as a fact...even though the first two halo games are my favourite FPS games of all time. 



Mr Puggsly on 12 April 2013
dsage01 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
dsage01 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Who didn't expect it to outsell GOW? Xbox 360 top 2 exclusive games sell faster in a front loaded manner. Technically God of War is doing better because its closer to GOW numbers. Obviously we can see that the gen is winding down and this is obviously a time when people dont have as much money to spend.

No, GoW is not technically doing better. Its selling less and had a much biigger marketing campaign.

Both Gears and GoW are selling less than usual because they don't move the story along. They're just side stories in sagas that already reached their end.

Only Halo can make people care about prequels because its the greatest series ever created.


WTF! 

I stand by it.


Well then that's your opinion you don't have to state it as a fact...even though the first two halo games are my favourite FPS games of all time. 

Halo has had stronger prequels than many other IPs. This is a fact!

I mean ODST, Reach, and Wars! All awesome.



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