So, who's buying Mad Max next week?
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SaggyMonkey
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I'm going to check this out. I have zero interest in MGS.
LoserMakesGood
Member
Yep with GCU this is a no brainer for me. $10 off, $10 credit, if it sucks or I tear through it trade it back in with Best Buys generous trade values and get $30-40 bucks back making it basically a month long rental for a few bucks.
Picking it up day 1 with MGS V. It will make a nice stress release/ change of pace game as I work my way through Metal Gear. That plus Fury Road. It's gonna be a hell of a month
M.W.
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I know it's been posted, but this video from teamcoco/streamcoco was awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PAiwOUl6Dg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PAiwOUl6Dg
Battle_Scarred Shogun
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me, I'm actually more excited for this than mgs. I'm getting both though.
First time watching this, so glad it's only a week away now!
I won't be purchasing or playing this on release day, and I will just wait for it to come to me via Gamefly. I think this game looks great, and it saddens me that Warner made the dumbest mistake they could possible make by releasing it on 9/1 against the other open world game from a beloved series. Warner has sent this game to die. Even releasing it a week prior or a week later would have been a substantially smarter decision. I've no doubt that Avalanche will be disappointed by this game's failure in the marketplace.
It won't "fail".
Might not be as big as MGSV, but it'll still be good regardless of date.
And in a way, imo, to fall along MGSV will actually help sales for Mad Max.
Reasoning:
Because talk is always free publicity. And falling along side of MGSV is (and has been) the talk of the town whenever it's mentioned. Not to forget that Fury Roads release to help refresh awareness... And generally aswell, to have a Mad Max title to sink fans teeth in.
Now if it had of falling in a free area with no other titles, it could of been bypassed.
You got to remember aswell, Mad Max 2 (Road Warrior) is an Iconic figure for alot of inspiration in Apocalyptic movies. So you'll have Movie Lover and Gamers (general and Hardcore) be buying MAD MAX.
MGSV you'll have Gamers only General and Hardcore, the average Movie Lover isn't really going to give a rats about MGSV and/or rush out and by it. So it's mainstream target is Gamers.
IMO, Mad Max will do just fine. And actually be better off to what they're probably expecting.
Now.
Yep, i'll be getting Mad Max for sure.
And MGSV.
But if i "had" to choose between the two. Mad Max would be first (for my own preference) and MGSV after (like very next payday,lol).
Either way, September def starts off with a bang for me.
The real question, is which one will i play first.
Good times for Gamers, that's for sure.
M.W.
Member
I agree. I think it's going to be a hit.
Trigonometrize.
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The amount of games releasing from now through September that I'd rather play than Mad Max is plentiful. Avalanche would have to create a new month between August and September and release it there for me to consider it. And this is coming from someone who thinks it looks pretty alright.
Black Mantis
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Not in any rush to play it, so will wait for it to go on sale.
Omnii-chan
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I really like the Mad Max universe and car combat genres games, so I'll be picking it up day one.
In reality I'm very excited for the game, but a voice in the back of my mind wishes the rest of the game was more of an action shooter than a Batman style combat game. That type of game play has always seemed dull to me.
I'll probably get MGS on release too for the day one edition, but I will be playing it later.
In reality I'm very excited for the game, but a voice in the back of my mind wishes the rest of the game was more of an action shooter than a Batman style combat game. That type of game play has always seemed dull to me.
I'll probably get MGS on release too for the day one edition, but I will be playing it later.
MichaelFassbender
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Having lived in a desert for a number of years, I will be steering clear of this with a prejudice. Deserts are REALLY REALLY boring places devoid of fun or life. Why would I want to spend my video game time there?
ISee
Member
If I am going to win MGS:V (Neogaf Thread) then I am going to buy Mad Max just out of curiousity. Else, well MGS:V it is all day long.
muleyman13
Member
Yes , Yes, Yes I will be grabbing Mad Max .....oh and that other title too lol
For what it's worth, I bought Sleeping Dogs the week before release for $36 on GMG and it ended up being my favorite game that year.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Because this might be the closest thing to an Interstate 76 game we'll get for awhile.
Noisepurge
Member
Sorry, maybe after MGS5 and Taken King, so in about November?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I just want to drive cars and blow shit up so yes Im getting this.
Simply Sami
Member
Why couldn't they release it like two weeks earlier? Even perhaps a week or 2 later.
I think it's suicidal releasing next to MGS.
I think it's suicidal releasing next to MGS.
TPP is the last game in a series that makes zero sense unless you've played 20 years worth of the games, it's also not anything like a sales behemoth. Mad Max will do fine. It's not going to top the NPD but them I'm pretty sure no one expected it to anyway.
This thing that GAF does when title X is releasing the same day as " title Y that I really want " is weird, it's like the forum forgets it's pretty hardcore and not all that representative of the larger market.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
MGS isnt for the "light gamers" its more geared towards those who have stuck with the series or at least have a good amount of the titles under their belt.
Mad Max is made for those who are fans of the series or newly made fans from the latest movie.
Honestly its two totally different markets.
Though in regards to in store advertising for example can see MGS taking the spotlight over Mad Max just because.
I'm aware of that and i think the PC version of Mad Max will be fine. Avalanche still gets my money for Just Cause 3 and that one is published by Square Enix.
As much as I hate EB games and their fucking ridiculous prices, I went and paid this off tonight. I was gonna buy the blu ray anyway, so this turns out to be pretty good value. Apparently it was 120 clams not long ago, but they dropped the price due to no one biting. I wonder why......
LincolnSixVacano
Banned
Something about this makes me doubt. Bad feeling.
The fact that it is discounted so heavily on release doesn't really help alleviate those doubts. Not touching it.
The fact that it is discounted so heavily on release doesn't really help alleviate those doubts. Not touching it.
So like every PC game? If you stress over discounts then you can always avoid GMG and pay full price from Steam.
Lé Blade Runner
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I will buy it later, for Christmas perhaps, if only to support the "franchise" ( Mad Max: Fury Road is my favorite action-movie of the decade so far ).
I think I would agree with this. MGS is meant to be huge, but I've never played it before, so I'm really not that bothered about it. But an open world developed by Avalanche? I'm a lot more hyped for that.
Yes, MGS V is the bigger game, but it doesn't appeal to me, so there really is not contest financially (even if technically MGS V might be the game of the year).
OsirisBlack
Banned
Releasing this in the same window as MGSV was a horrible idea they may as well have taken it out behind the shed.
one is based on a very popular movie franchise. and the other is a franchise with a hardcore following but no real mass appeal. (stealthy, weird, campy anime action game)
it might be clear which is the better release to forum dwellers. but to average joe walking around with a carboard box on your head or having horse poop mechanics probably doesn't look as appealing as thrashing around the wastes mowing people down in your tricked out death mobile that happens to be based on that sweet as fuck movie they saw earlier in the year....
but who knows.
i don't think it'll do as badly as people are assuming.
Kölsch Bloot
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Defo looking into it. My budget is somewhat sparse though and I've yet to decide which game to spend my money on. It's between Until Dawn, Mad Max and Madden 16 ATM
Metal Gear is 6+ million seller, you're massively Underestimating Metal Gear, MGS4 on one platform sold as well as Mass Effect 3 and Fallout 3 on 3 platforms. Mad Max is not coming close to metal Gear sales numbers.
darkwing-buck
Member
Kojima is probably playing Mad Max right now.
Im gonna wait on this. The game looks cool but the ubisoft-esque missions kinda put me off.
Who knows
oh, i know it's popular. but i'd argue it's usual exclusivity to platforms (people buying because it's exclusive) is a factor and sales are typically slow burning.
i think mad max has much wider appeal since it caters to more people. driving game, beat em up, shooter. and then you have the franchise appeal of it being a mad max game...a game based on a movie that has recently received massive critical acclaim.
i may be wrong, which is fine,but i don't think it's release window is going to be effected much by MGSV.
People didn't buy Metal Gear because it was exclusive, that's a ridiculous notion, people buy them because the franchise is extremely popular, Sony publishes about ~25 games every year, yet only three active franchises have broken the 6 million barrier.
Saying the game sells because it's exclusive is selling the franchise short, & saying that everyone that buys it is a console warrior is ridiculous.
no, it really isn't saying that at all. it's simply the thought process behind finding value in a system in whatever it's offering.
for instance, if you owned all systems last gen, chances are PS3 was relegated to an exclusive only player. and so to find more value in said system you would buy the exclusives on it. I'm not saying something like MGS4 is bad. or that it isn't popular. i just think a lot of the sales are due to exclusivity. how else do you explain mediocre games like heavenly sword still managing to sell 2 million+? the thirst was real at that time...and people bought whatever was thrown at them
You're making the false assumption that people bought the PS3 only for exclusives as a base to your premise (Which is projecting your situation on the market), which is factually untrue, multiplats sold better on PS3 or 360 based on genre.
2 million people disagreeing with you does not make an argument, 8 million people disagree with GAF regarding Watch_Dogs, & that game is not an exclusive.