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Forums - Microsoft - GRID sale is pretty low, is racing genre dead in US?

mysticD on 28 June 2008

I just got around to play GRID (busy with Ninja Gaiden 2).

Anyway, it's a really good racer, slightly more arcade than sim but overall a solid.  The graphic is real good, 30fps is noticeable after you play Forza2 and GT5P it's definitely lack the "smothness" but it's not bad.  Car models look very good, and in some way nicer than GT5P due to lack of shimmering and jaggieness.

But I noticed even big name like GT5P is doing so-so as far as sales go (in USA) already see it being discounted in several places, PGR4 a solid racer last year was pretty much DOA and went on clearance so fast, Burnout Paradise despite some hate is another solid racing games that already see being discounted (the dev. even working hard on add-on) and now GRID ... I can't even find on-line race today.

It seems Euro-land is the last bastion of racing gamers...

 



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akuma587 on 28 June 2008

A lot of racing games have come out lately, IMO. There is a glut of them kind of like there is a glut of FPS's.



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*bleu-ocelot* on 28 June 2008

Gran Turismo 5 says hi.I don't think the Racing genre is dead.



JaggedSac on 28 June 2008

Simulation racing is boring.



the_bloodwalker on 28 June 2008

The thing is that racing games have to offer something unique in order to stand out....

Competing against GT is not the way.

They have to look for ways to expand



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*bleu-ocelot* on 28 June 2008
JaggedSac said:
Simulation racing is boring.

 

Arcade racing is boring.See I can sound factual too.



JaggedSac on 28 June 2008

Who said anything about being factual. I merely stated my opinion. This is in fact a forum. A place for stating opinions.



mysticD on 28 June 2008

@blue-ocelot

Please at least read before you post ... this is not NeoGaf.

Even GT5P the king of racing game didn't do that spectacular.  It sell well in Europe but in the US it didn't do that spectacular and I already see it on sale.

I agree that GRID does sound kinda dumb .. but the game even got decent rating.

 

 



MANUELF on 28 June 2008

Mario Kart is selling really good, so the racer genre is alive here.



obieslut on 28 June 2008

If the game is not called

Gran turismo

or Mariokart then i dont think we are going to see good sales