The logic has always been that good games sell better than bad games.
"Good" is subject to change gamer by gamer. You have gamers on here literally telling you CP2077 is a good game, you have many telling you its a bad game, you even have gamers on this very thread telling you they like GTA Trilogy, so what you think is good or bad is overall irrelevant to the wider market, its simply not an objective enough idea. People even admit to hating the issues in CP2077 and still will tell you they like the game and it was one of the best games they played that year, literally look at the fucking threads about that game. That should show you this whole "good games sell betterz" simply isn't always the case, gamers likely see that as a degree of, as in they might WANT a game to be good, but will settle with its current state based on believing updates will fix it or they have no other option for that type of game or those issues are not enough for them to not buy it.
So....its a flawed concept.
Fifa and Madden will always sell well, because even the smartest people will turn off their brains
smh, thats simply not true and this type of emotional response is legit the biggest reason you'd have a hard time understanding this. To make this type of derogatory statement simply cause you don't fucking like those series means you are applying some stigma or feelings towards units sold.
They don't simply like Fifa or Madden cause its called Fifa or Madden, if the fucking game was called that and all you got when you put in the disk was a black screen, you telling me they'd keep seeing record sales? I mean people are turning "off their brains" right? So there is something happening that is consistent enough for them to return.
CoD was once great and that is where it garnered such a big status in gamming. Today it's no longer such a high quality product, but it still sells on brand recognition
Dear god, I can even agree with you that I like the original 3 Call Of Duties, ie 1,2 and 4, but shit, that doesn't mean it no longer has "high quality" and is selling on "brand recognition". Medal Of Honor is an older IP, why is that not selling based on brand despite being around longer?
Star Fox, how come those latest title flopped despite having some of the most recognizable icons in gaming?
Series come and go, but in order for gamers to return, they must have an expectation of what they like that they played BEFORE in order to fucking buy the next title.
because GTA is also a well established brand, that sells on name recognition alone.
It sells base on an expectation of those concepts that GTA is known for being there.....not name alone. 10 million are not fucking buying a game with a white screen and a sound of a birds chirping just cause it has the name GTA, you'd just get record returns, lawsuits lol
But the failings of this game were talked so widespread, that most people probably knew about them. Even if it was just from a friend or some gaming news.
I don't disagree with you on that, but gamers crying about shit is widespread period, just cause they heard someone being upset, raging, screaming, crying etc doesn't mean they'll take it seriously when the community is now known for this shit. So because they don't have a measured response and love this type of click bait shit, I believe the majority have a hard time understanding if that information is true, or exaggerated or click bait or all of the above lol We all know that one hardcore gamer that has a series that they love, that they talk shit about every fucking entry and they happen to be its biggest fan, yet continue to tell you to avoid all new entries or something. By the time they are done telling you this, you find out they only like 3 out of 20 games of the series or something lol
So sir, do you think that series is living off of 3 good games and has 17 flops because religious gamer number 652145 says so? That is how the majority sees such gamers. That even when they proclaim to be fans, their views are so extreme, they can't really be used to justify not buying a fucking game.
So I don't disagree that those gamers heard that information, simply that they didn't take it seriously because of the history of that outrage, they also may not take it seriously when you get extreme fanboy cult telling them "what Da rEaL gTa iS" lol We all know someone like this man, this shit is why you are seeing many of those IP continue to sell, you can warn someone something is wrong, but if that continues non fucking stop, of course they will doubt this information, even when its actually true.
Selling 10 million units is still a a lot, even for today. So color me surprised that one of the worst games of the year, sold so much.
Well now you know that such overreactions and clickbait and screaming Youtube videos and cult fans can have an opposite reaction.
Also consider that the 10 million figure is an estimate, based on previous reported numbers from other games in the franchise. So there is margin of error.
Nah, its more then likely moved that and I don't think anyone should be surprised.
So when you have gamers say stuff like
"Completed SA and it's still the goat - looks amazing and retains that vibe. Had an immensely enjoyable experience with it."
and
"Bought it day one, finished all three (about 75 hours), loved it."
This means clearly, an overreaction likely did happen regarding this and its why gamers in general don't take such information seriously considering the source. Its hard to count on a bad review or gamer telling someone something to warn them of a games condition, when they cry over anything...
"Meanwhile sheep trash talk from the sidelines"
^^^ Thats how they view you, you still think you telling them the game is bad and a bad review will really stop a purchase? Maybe we need to re-evaluate how react to such things, its getting to the point where most gamers simply can't believe the press or other gamers if they have a history of overreaction for clicks or cult shit.