super6646 said:
Ok. How about we make a bet. If terraway sells 1/10 of Halo 5, you win! If you lose, you admit I won in your sig for 6 months. If I lose, same goes the other way. Clearly sales are an indicator of which is more popular with the public. So we got a deal?
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What has the number of sales got to do with what people are looking forward to? I personally love lots of games that sell less than those games that cater to the lowest common denominator. When you strive to create a diverse software base you also create a diverse userbase, which is why a lot of games on PS branded hardware sell less. If you focus all of your attention on one or two genres then of course those people who bought that console, bought it for one or two reasons, which then leads to any game falling within that criteria to reach higher sales. The only problem with that is developers don't have a wide enough market to explore newer ideas and we end up with most of them focusing too much on the 'bread and butter' genres. This is why indies and a console that focuses on diversity is good for the industry.
Sony understand that. A company that doesn't understand that ends up with a userbase that doesn't and will never appreciate diversity.