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dougsdad0629 on 24 September 2009

I've seen a lot of people talk about how quickly ODST outsold Killzone 2, however a quick search on this site will yield you many examples of how sales numbers do not directly reflect a game's quality.  Mediocre games such as Wii Music (2.62 million) and Sonic and the Secret Rings (2.06 million) are just a couple of examples.  Let's go in the other direction.  An outstanding title such as Boom Blox hasn't even cracked a million.  I used Wii games as examples because the Wii is full of mediocre titles with huge sales and outstanding titles with lousy sales.  Don't judge a game based on sales numbers.  ODST outsold Killzone 2 in 24 hrs.?  So what!  I'm not saying ODST is mediocre.  I've read several positive reviews.  I'm just saying play Killzone 2 before you judge.



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Carl on 24 September 2009

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/obvious



                            

Infamous on 24 September 2009

Damage control topic? >_>



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Crashdown77 on 24 September 2009
Carl2291 said:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/obvious

U crack me up, Carl!



badgenome on 24 September 2009

Durrr.



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dougsdad0629 on 24 September 2009

Sometimes you need to state the obvious because some people just refuse to see it.



Keep this in mind when reading what I type...

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badgenome on 24 September 2009
dougsdad0629 said:
Sometimes you need to state the obvious because some people just refuse to see it.

Agreed.



dtewi on 24 September 2009

I have to agree with this. Super Mario Bros. 3 sold more than Super Mario World which is just a tragedy.



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theRepublic on 24 September 2009
dtewi said:
I have to agree with this. Super Mario Bros. 3 sold more than Super Mario World which is just a tragedy.

What?  SMW sold over 3 million more than SMB3.



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RageBot on 24 September 2009

U SRS? NO WAI.



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