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Do you agree with the critics?

Yes 114 74.51%
 
No 38 24.84%
 
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kirby007 on 07 April 2014

another reason you dont need a normal reviewer do motioncontrol games and mobile games you cant take those reviewers serious



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jlmurph2 on 07 April 2014

Gaming journalists don't like motion controls, which is why the series is usually in this area. Its mainly for the casuals who want to show something off for a party or for people who want a fun work out. Its always been that way.



NintendoPie on 07 April 2014

These reviews don't matter for this type of game. What I'm much more interested in is to see how much the Casual Market "Crash" on home consoles will effect the Kinect. I wonder if MS will be able to handle it better than Nintendo.



prayformojo on 07 April 2014

Casual gaming on consoles is dead. The sooner MS figures this out, the better.



Figgycal on 07 April 2014
kowenicki said:
Cleary397 said:
So much for the prediction thread i saw yesterday estimating 700k first week sales.


can you link me to this please.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=181259&page=1



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ArnoldRimmer on 07 April 2014
toastboy44562 said:

I only played the jet ski demo. it is great for what it is but the hardcore audience that are early adopters will not jump on this right away. this game will propably sell 200k first week, 50k second, maybe  10k each week for the rest of the year. Bundles will make this game popular!

Huh? What happened to your earlier predictions? Just three days ago you predicted:

  • 200k first week
  • 700k in April
  • 4 million in 2014


Zappykins on 07 April 2014

I had a great time with the family playing Juar Dance 4 last night on their Wii. While we have all played Assassin's Creed 4, it doesn't have the same fun and a group setting. Some people don't like FPS, so you don't ask them to review Halo. Some people don't like RPG's so you don't ask them to review Skyrim. Many game reviewers seem to hate getting off the couch, so why have them review a game like that?

The Pre Season so far is fun, looking forward to the full game. I think it will should be a good game, especially as they are building on what worked, and people liked before, just making it better.

Casual/Active gaming is never going away.

It's nice that consoles now can give you a variety of games and ways to play them. The more the better.



 

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jlmurph2 on 07 April 2014
Zappykins said:
I had a great time with the family playing Dance Central 4 last night on their Wii. While we have all played Assassin's Creed 4, it doesn't have the same fun and a group setting. Some people don't like FPS, so you don't ask them to review Halo. Some people don't like RPG's so you don't ask them to review Skyrim. Many game reviewers seem to hate getting off the couch, so why have them review a game like that?

The Pre Season so far is fun, looking forward to the full game. I think it will should be a good game, especially as they are building on what worked, and people liked before, just making it better.

Casual/Active gaming is never going away.

It's nice that consoles now can give you a variety of games and ways to play them. The more the better.


What??



toastboy44562 on 07 April 2014
ArnoldRimmer said:
toastboy44562 said:

I only played the jet ski demo. it is great for what it is but the hardcore audience that are early adopters will not jump on this right away. this game will propably sell 200k first week, 50k second, maybe  10k each week for the rest of the year. Bundles will make this game popular!

Huh? What happened to your earlier predictions? Just three days ago you predicted:

  • 200k first week
  • 700k in April
  • 4 million in 2014


~250k-300k retail and 350k-400k from bundles is not unlikely



ArnoldRimmer on 07 April 2014
toastboy44562 said:
ArnoldRimmer said:
toastboy44562 said:

I only played the jet ski demo. it is great for what it is but the hardcore audience that are early adopters will not jump on this right away. this game will propably sell 200k first week, 50k second, maybe  10k each week for the rest of the year. Bundles will make this game popular!

Huh? What happened to your earlier predictions? Just three days ago you predicted:

  • 200k first week
  • 700k in April
  • 4 million in 2014


~250k-300k retail and 350k-400k from bundles is not unlikely

I have no clue what is likely or not, I was just surprised as your latest prediction seems a lot lower than three days ago.

I'm especially surprised how you expect Kinect Sport Rivals to sell 4 million this year if you predict weekly sales of about 10k from the third week on. You seem to believe that the vast majority of sales will come from bundles - but why should Kinect Sport Rivals bundles sell like "hotcakes" if the retail version doesn't?