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[SolidSnakex]

Just another reason you take gaf with a grain of salt when it comes to controversy.

Example : watchdogs / destiny sales.

Yeah, one of the people that bish has approved mentioned that The Order actually has more pre-orders than the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Evolve combined.

 

[Kinthalis]

There will be crow served cold.

Is anyone seriously saying it won't move many units? I think everyone is saying the game is going to suck. Lots of sales doesn't mean it won't, specially when we're looking at a stack of PREORDERS.

 

[slavesnyder]

Kirby will be the lowest seller, but Evolve will miss its sales target by the widest margin.

Well put.
I agree with that.

 

[AzureTranquility95]

Honestly? Everything but Zelda.

EDIT: Kirby will do okay. Kirby games rarely sell "bad", though they usually don't light the charts on fire I suppose. Kirby's Air Ride managed to make Player's Choice and Epic Yarn sold like crack.

 

[IcyRhythms]

DLC The Game deserves to sell poorly. All of that DLC that's not even included in the season pass. Isn't that the point of the season pass? You pay one fee to get everything and save money.

 

[Geg]

Man this whole next week is just going to be full of threads of people arguing about the Order isn't it

 

[rrc1594]

Man this whole next week is just going to be full of threads of people arguing about the Order isn't it

Get ready get popcorn my friend

 

[vin-buc]

Of course I haven't (seriously what a tired argument people use). What exactly did Wolfenstein do that was fresh or new to the genre? Nothing. That doesn't mean it wasn't a good FPS.

It was a mediocre affair on multiple consoles - so it's ok then. Imagine if that was on a single console.

The venom comes out when "it's only on this console"

 

[Astral Dog]

Revalations 2 isn't on march?

 

[Shirow]

Is anyone seriously saying it won't move many units? I think everyone is saying the game is going to suck. Lots of sales doesn't mean it won't, specially when we're looking at a stack of PREORDERS.

 

[ChronotriggerJM]

Yeah, no way the order is going to flop financially. Wasn't the team pretty small as well?

I hope it reviews well.

 

[De_Legend]

Haha.

 

[GobFather]

Kirby will be the lowest seller, but Evolve will miss its sales target by the widest margin.

I think so too... i didn't even know Kirby was releasing lol

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Evolve.

Game is terrible.

 

[Natureboy99]

Kirby. So many people aren't even aware that the game was coming out this month

Theres a kirby game this month?

 

[Demon Ice]

Evolve, the ridiculous DLC practices have turned away many potential buyers, myself included.

 

[JNA]

Evolve. That DLC press is gonna hurt em.

 

[TomShoe]

Theres a kirby game this month?

Exactly. The game is going to bomb, but I doubt its expectations were that great to begin with. I never saw Kirby games as selling that well, aside from Triple Deluxe.

 

[Demon Ice]

So many Gaffers want The Order to flop. Looking forward to the crow. I'm personally going crazy waiting for it, Destiny has finally become so boring for me that even the PvP isn't that fun to me anymore, and I have no interest in picking up Evolve until it hits $30 or less.

 

[Shirow]

I think Evolve will be the game. I haven't played the game myself, and hopefully I'm wrong. But I just don't see any proven fanfare around for that type of game.

It's great that the game is out there but I think they may have just put too much into it without actually having an established fanbase of games like that. I personally don't know much gamers who were dying to play a huge monster vs player type game.

 

[Vinc]

I hope all of them are great and do amazing both critically and commercially.

 

[NinjaMuffin]

Evolve...maybe The Order 1886 but I ordered that ages ago so I am stuck with it no matter what.

 

[Suzushiiro]

I feel like The Order is going to be the next Shadow of Mordor: a game that's well-received due to being good (possibly great?) when everyone expected it to be mediocre to shit.

 

[Souldestroyer Reborn]

Evolve.

All that DLC just soured my excitement for the game.

Now it's game over. Heh.

 

[kpaadet]

Yeah I don't see the game flopping i terms of sales. It's super heavily marketed, first party Sony exclusives during a dry spell of games.

It's going to print money.

Not sure if that's a good thing though.

Really this is the level of hate it's getting now? You seem like a sad little person.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Really this is the level of hate it's getting now? You seem like a sad little person.

The game must be showered in hate. That's an order!

I'm sorry.

I think Kirby will be the biggest flop though.

 

[Visualante2]

Oddworld isn't going to do well after the Oddbox. But Kirby is probably a fair shout.

 

[RoKKeR]

Definitely Evolve. Fewer than 33k playing right now on XBO.

Edit: In terms of expectations vs. actual sales.

 

[maneil99]

Definitely Evolve. Fewer than 33k playing right now on XBO.

How can you tell

 

[RoKKeR]

How can you tell

The XBO store has a "Top Played" section that shows the Top 10 games by current activity, and Evolve is below BF4 which, according to BF4stats.com, has around 30k players on right now.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Yeah, one of the people that bish has approved mentioned that The Order actually has more pre-orders than the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Evolve combined.

I'm not surprised at that tbh

Spoiler

even if I do think order 1886 looks like a bag of shite.

 

[chertipros]

The movie too. Like why did they even bother

 

[Grief.exe]

These are the pre-orders for The Order at one store

So, it may not do well among critics, but it sure as hell isn't going to flop in terms of sales.

More attributed to software drought than anything else.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

DoA Last Round

 

[Blackstarhat]

DoA Last Round

doa 5 last round will do ok

 

[orthodoxy1095]

More attributed to software drought than anything else.

How do you know that?

 

[GenoStarz]

Kirby would be the obvious answer but, I feel like The Order will flop also.

 

[geordiemp]

Feb seems like a slow month, only major things releasing of the top of my head is the order and Evolve.

Is there any other big games releasing this month ?

Edit : Dead or alive and physical release of Dying Light.....

Still not an interesting month, March looks more interesting

 

[TheSlySoul]

The New 3DS launch in NA was a huge flop for me, since only the XL was released.

Yeah. Worldwide probably Evolve.

 

[thebloo]

How do you know that?

As a PC gamer he is very attuned to the PS4 player's behaviors.

Spoiler

He has no idea

 

[Corpekata]

Really this is the level of hate it's getting now? You seem like a sad little person.

He's a sad person for wondering if a game selling like hotcakes might not be the greatest thing? Didn't that sentiment get spread a LOT about games like Watch Dogs with little objection? If a game is bad or mediocre, given how trend driven the industry is, it very much could end up not being a good thing.

 

[RE_Player]

Evolve won't flop but it won't be the success 2K wants it to be.

 

[ICPEE]

It wasn't meant to be funny. Sorry to have an opinion on cutscene and QTE flooded games where gameplay is presented as a segue to the story rather than the other way around.

edit: Go to a gameplay video of the Order and click your mouse to random spots 20 times and tell me how many times it's actual gameplay. I got 5 out of 20.

Whoa, wait just a minute. Without playing the game you decided to click on randon spots on a youtube video and came to that conclusion? LOL, some of these posts will make great Comedy Central material.

 

[domlolz]

Really this is the level of hate it's getting now? You seem like a sad little person.

you are taking someone disliking a game so personally you need to insult them

 

[NateDrake]

Exactly. The game is going to bomb, but I doubt its expectations were that great to begin with. I never saw Kirby games as selling that well, aside from Triple Deluxe.

And this is why this kind of topic is silly. We don't know what Kirby is expected to sell, so we can say it bombed but it could be a financial success for Nintendo.

 

[GnawtyDog]

More attributed to software drought than anything else.

Lol...

 

[LiquidSolid]

More attributed to software drought than anything else.

What software drought? Did 2K cancel the PS4 version of Evolve?

 

[orthodoxy1095]

As a PC gamer he is very attuned to the PS4 player's behaviors.

Spoiler

He has no idea

I mean it's not the most ridiculous of hypotheses, but he's going to have to do a little more to back up the claim.

It wasn't meant to be funny. Sorry to have an opinion on cutscene and QTE flooded games where gameplay is presented as a segue to the story rather than the other way around.

edit: Go to a gameplay video of the Order and click your mouse to random spots 20 times and tell me how many times it's actual gameplay. I got 5 out of 20.

 

[hydruxo]

Is anyone seriously saying it won't move many units? I think everyone is saying the game is going to suck. Lots of sales doesn't mean it won't, specially when we're looking at a stack of PREORDERS.