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Infamy79 on 10 January 2009

If everyone pre-orders their copy then retailers will have to take notice



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misterd on 10 January 2009
Kasz216 said:
KylieDog said:
Shanobi said:
KylieDog said:
Yes, Sin City fans will eat it up if no one else.

 

You beat me to it. This game will have a MUCH BIGGER APPEAL than anybody here is giving it credit for, thanks to Sin City's popularity in the mainstream.

 

I can see this game hitting 1 million.

 

 

I don't know why more people don't think this, nearly everyone who watched the trailer has said something like "Holy crap its just like Sin City".

How'd that work for "The Spirit"?

Granted the Spirit sucked... but even if Madworld is good how will most people know?

 

1) How does any one know if a new title is good or not?

2) The trailers for The Spirit largely sucked, and lacked the over the top violence of Sin City.

 



Swoosh2000 on 10 January 2009

I dunno even know how you would market MadWorld. The game is too violent for TV commercials IMO. 

It's just one of those things where you roll the dice and see. I think it'll be a good game, but probably not a big hit. 

It has "cult classic" written all over it. 



Viper1 on 10 January 2009
jammy2211 said:
Khuutra said:
jammy2211 said:
Khuutra said:
I don't think I can argue with the idea that SEGA is lying about their intent to market Mad World. That's not really a very reasonable argument to put forth.

 I'm not saying they're lying.

But euqally, when SEGA say something like they'll market Mad World to the extent they feel is appropriate to make it a commercial success, what they mean and what some people on here think they mean, are two completely different extremes.

PR's spinning the truth? no?

Ah, granted, but I don't expect it to break a million or any other arbitrary number: the issue at hand was only if it would be marketed better than God Hand.

 Was that the issue? I find it hard to keep it replying to seemingly numerous peoples arguments about whatever I say, or whatever.

 I doubt it'll see much greater marketing then God Hand, more press coverage and hype on the forums and whatever, no doubt. It's up to SEGA to prove me wrong I guess, I can't seem them willing to invest money trying to sell Mad World though. Just my opinion, mind.

 

What exactly is your basis for this?

 

You're talking about one of Capcom's barely marketed titles versus one of Sega's biggest games of the year.  Do you honestly expect their marketing to be comparable?

 

Swoosh, the marketing wouldn't be difficult at all.  Have you seen any of the videos they've provided that censor the most violent parts with a "censored" banner?   That's perfect for TV and easily makes you want to see what they censored.



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ameratsu on 10 January 2009

I think it'll depend on how well the game is received. Word of mouth is a powerful thing, so if it is a critical and fan knockout, it should have no problem hitting 1 million. I haven't been following it closely enough to say if this will be the case, but love the concept and I hope this game sees massive success.



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kutasek on 10 January 2009

Madworld will be huge.



dude17761991hatp on 10 January 2009

Potentially. Awareness of the game is increasing steadily, and if it garners good reviews, it has a shot.



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Dinomax on 11 January 2009

MAD WORLD WILL BE HUGE!

JACK WILL BE NINTENDO'S NEXT MAIN MASCOT!



Oh course don't you dare try to bring me up on this when the game doesn't deliver the unreasonable expectations because I will throw SUCH a hissy fit.



stof on 11 January 2009

Again, I'm saying it will easily blow past a million based on the assumption that it will be a good game. (and yes, just good, not necessarily amazing).

But everyone saying that it's too niche to sell. Style does not mean Niche. Once a game is stylized, it then matters what the style is. This game has a great and accessible style that will appeal to a lot of people.



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outlawauron on 11 January 2009
stof said:
Again, I'm saying it will easily blow past a million based on the assumption that it will be a good game. (and yes, just good, not necessarily amazing).

But everyone saying that it's too niche to sell. Style does not mean Niche. Once a game is stylized, it then matters what the style is. This game has a great and accessible style that will appeal to a lot of people.

Of course it will. I've never seen some pessimism about this game before. It should sell better than NMH. People need to be more excited about this game and much less excited about The Conduit.



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