He's right but he also needs to understand that the average gamer can't go out and buy a new game just to see if they like it or not. Most of us aren't getting his paycheck. Using sales figures to decide, though, that doesn't make a lot of sense.

^That's true.

I agree with him that trying a game to see its merits or weakness by yourself is the proper way to judge a game, but to do that we would need to try them without buying them. That's where demos come in place, but unfortunately games with a demo are becoming a rarity these days.

256 games? wtf

You must be living comfortably, I can only afford at most 2 games a month. 

Since I don't have a WiiU, I will focus on sales (especially for Bayonetta 2)

for peeps on the go and have to make a choice of what new game to purchase, yep im watching reviews from a couple of sites some game play videos and i like it i will save and buy it. if he wants me to experience it he can send me a free game or stfu.

I agree with him.
Watch footage.
Like it? Buy it. Don't like it? Don't buy it.

I try to mostly buy blindly these days, so I'm surprised.

Well yeah, one of my wishes for next gen is for number base reviews to disappear.

Sly Cooper 4 was given mix reviews and the sales were bad but I still love the hell out of that game.

I pay attention to reviews but not the scores. I just want to know what I'm getting into and it's not like ads will give me an objective opinion.

Sales on the other hand, I couldn't give a shit about. This should never be a factor when buying a game. If sales are abysmal and it's an online centric game, then I can understand.