By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Gaming - The Last Of Us Equals COD Record In The UK

Dahum on 22 July 2013

that is a great feat coming from an exclusive game to a platform which isn't even the number 1 selling home console in the UK!!



Around the Network
foodfather on 22 July 2013
GribbleGrunger said:
foodfather said:
No ideas why games don't release in the summer. It works for movies, it should work for games too. With no competition, this is quite an easy feat.


LOL. I see, so it won by default and not because it's a fantastic game.

 


Apply some logic ffs. Regardless of how good a game is, the only reason it will remain number 1 is because of zero competition. If the game launched in February, would it be number 1 for six weeks and counting? NO. 



areason on 22 July 2013
GribbleGrunger said:
foodfather said:
No ideas why games don't release in the summer. It works for movies, it should work for games too. With no competition, this is quite an easy feat.


LOL. I see, so it won by default and not because it's a fantastic game.

Let's ignore this shall we?


COD got its record during the holiday season with a lot of competition, the last of us had no compeition. This whole thread is a joke. 



theprof00 on 22 July 2013
foodfather said:
GribbleGrunger said:
foodfather said:
No ideas why games don't release in the summer. It works for movies, it should work for games too. With no competition, this is quite an easy feat.


LOL. I see, so it won by default and not because it's a fantastic game.

 


Apply some logic ffs. Regardless of how good a game is, the only reason it will remain number 1 is because of zero competition. If the game launched in February, would it be number 1 for six weeks and counting? NO. 

Yet it's only the second game this entire generation to accomplish this.
If what you said were true, we'd have a lot more. There are even only a small handful that made it to 5 weeks.
After all, the summer season is more than 13 weeks long.



Carl on 22 July 2013
kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
I posted this in the other thread, but it kinda goes for this one too.

"a lot of "yeah, but" posts in here.

cant you just say well done?"


lol. you posted it twice.

scrabbling for a few lol's and high fives.  its sunny out there... shouldnt you be looking for a job or somehting or are you staying on at Uni?  nto a dig, genuine interest.

I have a job, I just have 9 days off. The weather aint too good here today, same as Yesterday. Too many clouds.



                            

Around the Network
Areym on 22 July 2013

No positive thread seems to last very long here, does it? It's a damn shame really. Considering CoD has so many sheeps buying it yearly and that the last of us is a new IP, I say it's a great feat regardless of the release date. That being said, It's a ND game, so it's not like it was a completely "out of nowhere" achievement. We all knew TLoU was gonna be a big.



"Trick shot? The trick is NOT to get shot." - Lucian

Blood_Tears on 22 July 2013

not surprised, well done, great legs for Last of Us.



Xenostar on 22 July 2013
Angelus said:
GribbleGrunger said:
foodfather said:
No ideas why games don't release in the summer. It works for movies, it should work for games too. With no competition, this is quite an easy feat.


LOL. I see, so it won by default and not because it's a fantastic game.


I think you're missing the point, and being defensive for no reason. Nobody is saying TLoU isn't great.

The point is that the summer is an easy time to throw in a great game and have it do good numbers for a good while because for some reason there's little competition in the summer. Nobody wants to release their hits in this time frame, which I have to agree is pretty weird.


So easy in fact that no one has every done it before!!

So yes COD did it at a much harder time of the year to do it in. But clearly its not easy, otherwise it wouldnt be the first game to equal the record. 



Angelus on 22 July 2013
Xenostar said:
Angelus said:

I think you're missing the point, and being defensive for no reason. Nobody is saying TLoU isn't great.

The point is that the summer is an easy time to throw in a great game and have it do good numbers for a good while because for some reason there's little competition in the summer. Nobody wants to release their hits in this time frame, which I have to agree is pretty weird.


So easy in fact that no one has every done it before!!

So yes COD did it at a much harder time of the year to do it in. But clearly its not easy, otherwise it wouldnt be the first game to equal the record. 

Ya I know, that's because nobody wants to release their top tier game in the summer. Which is what I don't get.

Hopefully some publishers/devs will look at the Last of Us performance this summer and realise it's a viable release window. You bring the quality, the customers will bring the cash. Even if it's not the holidays.



Jay520 on 22 July 2013

This site gives me great amusement