Nickolaidas
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I mean ... that's the realization I get. The low sales of the Alone in the Dark reboot made me think about making this thread. The Alone in the Dark reboot was a good Survival Horror game. It should be have sold millions of copies. But it didn't. It flopped. What was the reason? Was it lack of marketing? Was it the fact that it was made by Western developers? Was it something else?
Or was it that there are simply not many SH fans out there?
Dead Space remake also sold a lot less than say, Resident Evil 8 or Re4make. And it's an amazing SH game. And I just don't get it. I mean, if you like SH games, it makes sense that you will be buying the 4-5 top names in Survival Horror, right? Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dead Space, Alone in the Dark - those are the top names associated with AAA Survival Horror (add Dying Light and Dead Island if you feel really generous). Every Survival Horror fan wants to have games of those names in their collection, right? So why does Resident Evil games sell like 10 million copies each time in a span of a couple of years, but Dead Space and Alone in the Dark can't sell for shit? And yeah, I know that Dead Space Remake sold a couple of million, but it's still grossly less than RE4 or RE7.
Same with fighting games. If you like fighting games, what are the names you won't be missing a game when it releases? Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear, Soul Calibur, King of Fighters ... every fighting game fan wants to buy games from those IPs, right? So why does Mortal Kombat sells like, 8 million units while Street Fighter sells a couple of million? Are there fighting game fans who absolutely detest playing Street Fighter but have an orgasm the second they play Scorpion vs Sub-Zero? Or is it that there are far more people who ONLY play MK, NOT because it is a fighting game, but BECAUSE it is MK? They are fans of the IP, and not the genre ITSELF.
And this is what boggles my mind. If you are a Resident Evil fan ONLY and not a Survival Horror fan - because if you were, you would have bought Dead Space, Silent Hill 2 and Alone in the Dark as well, and not just RE games - why ARE you a Resident Evil and not a Dead Space fan? Why did you become an RE fan? It mustn't have been the survival horror aspect, since that would've made you to buy other SH games as well. Was it the zombies? The local setting? Leon's haircut? Jill's boobs? Whatever it is, it must be something a lot more superficial than gameplay and game design, otherwise you'd have bought those other games as well.
Same with MK. If you only play MK and not SF, Tekken or Guilty Gear, there must be some other reason other than combos or gameplay that makes you play MK only - perhaps it is the excessive gore? The game's setting? Do you like the game's setting and the fatalities so much to the point of investing your time on a game that doesn't have gameplay that you like - because if you liked the fighting gameplay, you'd play other fighting games as well?
Am I seeing it the wrong way? Is it some kind of mentality like - "Yeah, I only watch the Boston Celtics when they play, but I don't really care about NBA or basketball otherwise."
Or maybe "I only like the basketball the Boston Celtics play".
But how can you like the way a team plays basketball while not actually caring about basketball altogether? It just seems weird to me.
Thoughts?
Or was it that there are simply not many SH fans out there?
Dead Space remake also sold a lot less than say, Resident Evil 8 or Re4make. And it's an amazing SH game. And I just don't get it. I mean, if you like SH games, it makes sense that you will be buying the 4-5 top names in Survival Horror, right? Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dead Space, Alone in the Dark - those are the top names associated with AAA Survival Horror (add Dying Light and Dead Island if you feel really generous). Every Survival Horror fan wants to have games of those names in their collection, right? So why does Resident Evil games sell like 10 million copies each time in a span of a couple of years, but Dead Space and Alone in the Dark can't sell for shit? And yeah, I know that Dead Space Remake sold a couple of million, but it's still grossly less than RE4 or RE7.
Same with fighting games. If you like fighting games, what are the names you won't be missing a game when it releases? Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear, Soul Calibur, King of Fighters ... every fighting game fan wants to buy games from those IPs, right? So why does Mortal Kombat sells like, 8 million units while Street Fighter sells a couple of million? Are there fighting game fans who absolutely detest playing Street Fighter but have an orgasm the second they play Scorpion vs Sub-Zero? Or is it that there are far more people who ONLY play MK, NOT because it is a fighting game, but BECAUSE it is MK? They are fans of the IP, and not the genre ITSELF.
And this is what boggles my mind. If you are a Resident Evil fan ONLY and not a Survival Horror fan - because if you were, you would have bought Dead Space, Silent Hill 2 and Alone in the Dark as well, and not just RE games - why ARE you a Resident Evil and not a Dead Space fan? Why did you become an RE fan? It mustn't have been the survival horror aspect, since that would've made you to buy other SH games as well. Was it the zombies? The local setting? Leon's haircut? Jill's boobs? Whatever it is, it must be something a lot more superficial than gameplay and game design, otherwise you'd have bought those other games as well.
Same with MK. If you only play MK and not SF, Tekken or Guilty Gear, there must be some other reason other than combos or gameplay that makes you play MK only - perhaps it is the excessive gore? The game's setting? Do you like the game's setting and the fatalities so much to the point of investing your time on a game that doesn't have gameplay that you like - because if you liked the fighting gameplay, you'd play other fighting games as well?
Am I seeing it the wrong way? Is it some kind of mentality like - "Yeah, I only watch the Boston Celtics when they play, but I don't really care about NBA or basketball otherwise."
Or maybe "I only like the basketball the Boston Celtics play".
But how can you like the way a team plays basketball while not actually caring about basketball altogether? It just seems weird to me.
Thoughts?
