Metallicube said:
This is just further proof that good reviews don't always = good sales and vise versa. Sometimes a game has a certain appeal to it that the majority of the game reviewers, at least the core ones, don't pick up on. Games like Game Party, Carnival Games, Cabela, and now Just Dance. Definitely not my cup of tea, but I realize that certain people may find this game appealing so more power to them. To each his own
I think the female market is a really underestimated one, especially in regards to Wii sales, and a lot of the games that we scratch our heads when they sell, such as Ea Sports Active, Just Dance, Boogie, etc, sell to this female audience. I am actually getting my sister the Jillian Michaels fitness game because she likes her workout videos.
Wii really is a console for everyone, which is why it gets so many sales. |
Quality is no substitute for having people do things they just have no interest in doing. For example, I have interest in a bunch of boardgames out of Europe I think are awesome (go by the name "Euros" and you can learn about them here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com ) . I wouldn't expect most people here to be interested in them, but it doesn't diminish my interest in them or makes them any worse, or that heavily advertising them would end up causing people here to play them.
Consider this review of "The Operational Art of War", which is a computer take on board wargames, and considered one of the best ones of this types ever by those who like such things:
http://www.game-over.net/review/june/opwar/index.html
In a flurry of releases today I get stuck with The Operational Art of War Volume 1. Am I bitter? No, because I can take it out on this review. For those of you who happen to like playing Risk and Stratego with your families on Friday night this is the game for you. Avid war gamers (the four of you out there) go ahead and grab this. However if you have a computer more powerful than a 486SX and enjoy games with real excitement and replay value.. one word: SKIP.
(Then you get a bunch of garbage comments and then the ending):
Overall Impression: 3/ 10
This is the last time I let Phire choose a review for me. I hope I offended all you war-strat gamers with this butcher. I hope that I don't get nightmares from this game. I hope you take my words to heart and maybe we can kill off the war strategy genre once and for all.
Overall Rating: 34 / 100
The reviewer had an agenda to kill off a game that just isn't what he likes... because it isn't his thing. I believe the reviewer was canned by the website for doing this. I will say the fragging of "Just Dance" by reviewers comes close to the mentality in this review.
