Knack scoring well with the consumer

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the2real4mafol on 03 December 2013

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Nsanity on 03 December 2013

pezus said:

Here are some interesting tidbits that seem to convey that the consumer disagrees with the "pro" reviewers.

On Amazon.com the game has 209 reviews and sits at 4/5 with 84 5's.

http://www.amazon.com/Knack-PlayStation-4/product-reviews/B00BGAA29M/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

On Amazon.co.uk the game sits at 5/5 with 9 5's

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Knack-PS4/dp/B00BF6D618/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385990548&sr=8-1&keywords=knack

On PSN USA it has 4/5 from 537 reviews

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/cid=UP9000-CUSA00068_00-KNACK00000000000

In the UK, it also outsold Mario!

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=173500&page=1#

Isn't Knack part of a bundle?

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Devil_Survivor on 03 December 2013

Weedlab said:
The damage control on the internet for the last link is just epic. A new IP with unfavorable reviews on a brand new platform outselling an established IP (with stellar reviews) on an older platform. Anyway, I played it and it is fun. Which leads me to want to play Ryse since i didn't score well either.

Most telling is the need for the knack fanboys to damage contorl this average at best game. It got bad reviews so threads like this pop up to try damage contorl amd explain way why not everyone will love this game. You know your reaching when you try to use a sales chart from the u.k. with knack at 13 and mario at 14, its pretty thin material.