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amp316 on 27 October 2009
nordlead said:
Did you know that Boom Blox Bash Party has retained it's value better than almost any other video game currently on the market? You can buy it new for $30 and sell it used for $28 easily.

http://www.videogamepricecharts.com/game/wii/boom-blox-bash-party

It's still not worth buying.  I might consider buying it if it cost me $30 new and I could sell it used for $38 dollars. 



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bmmb1 on 27 October 2009

Parody thread or not, I think at least one of the reasons the game didn't sell anywhere close to what the first did is BECAUSE the name had "Bash" and "Party" in it. And I'm not joking. Personally I bought this one because of the good reviews, despite the name. IMO "Boom Blox 2" would have sold better.



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perpride on 27 October 2009

EPIC THREAD.



Kenology on 27 October 2009
amp316 said:
Pop the cork!!! It's time to party!!!

The reason that the original one sold well is because many gamers, such as myself, were tricked by the media and worst of all other gamers into thinking that it was a great game. The sequel didn't sell well because people figured out that the original game was about as enjoyable as taking a bath in lemon juice with a trillion paper cuts.

You just described Deca Sports.



amp316 on 27 October 2009
Kenology said:
amp316 said:
Pop the cork!!! It's time to party!!!

The reason that the original one sold well is because many gamers, such as myself, were tricked by the media and worst of all other gamers into thinking that it was a great game. The sequel didn't sell well because people figured out that the original game was about as enjoyable as taking a bath in lemon juice with a trillion paper cuts.

You just described Deca Sports.

LOL  I have not had the pleasure of playing Deca Sports.  Is it really that bad? 

I see that it's sequel is not selling well either.



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theprof00 on 27 October 2009

I always thought boom blox was a pretty good game.
Not something I could play over and over, but for parties it is pretty fun to blow up their structures, although there really isn't any skill involved which is really stupid.



BMaker11 on 27 October 2009
Garnett said:

Are you krazy!

 

It cost less than $200 to make (they did a cheap port) they made there money back with the first 5 games sold, thats a MAJOR success.

lol



FreeTalkLive on 27 October 2009

Horrible name. It should have been called Boom Blox 2.
No ads. The first game was advertised.
No hype. The first game was hyped.
Hardly an improvement. The improvements would have likely been just download content if it was an HD game.
Not needed. Boom Blox was still selling well when the 2nd game came out and Boom Blox was lowered priced.

What this game needed was big improvements, hype, marketing and to be released after Boom Blox stopped selling well.

However, since there wasn't marketing and the game is mostly the same, I'm sure EA made a ton of money off the game.



 

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theprof00 on 27 October 2009

When I was at my gf's sister's house, I thought it was the same game.

Maybe other people thought the same thing?



Kenology on 27 October 2009
amp316 said:
Kenology said:
amp316 said:
Pop the cork!!! It's time to party!!!

The reason that the original one sold well is because many gamers, such as myself, were tricked by the media and worst of all other gamers into thinking that it was a great game. The sequel didn't sell well because people figured out that the original game was about as enjoyable as taking a bath in lemon juice with a trillion paper cuts.

You just described Deca Sports.

LOL  I have not had the pleasure of playing Deca Sports.  Is it really that bad? 

I see that it's sequel is not selling well either.


I never played it either. But the first game sold close to 2 million while the second game is only at 200k or so. Guess people refused to be fooled twice (assuming the first game was as bad as some say).

And people tried to use the sales of Deca Sports 2 as proof that Wii was doomed in Japan.