I absolutely hated Enslaved. Short, boring, repetitive, and a really weak story.

So, Majin is one of the best game you've played this generation, but it's not great because it's not a PS3 exclusive? And, if you meant they would have sold better had they been PS3 exclusive, I highly doubt that.

Both are great games, but, like their previous efforts (the underrated Heavenly Sword and Folklore), these games were almost destined not to sell a whole lot, exclusive or not. Poor marketing and release dates can kill a game.

Hype. Pretty much it. That, and people don't seem to like anything new or different. Make the same old 8 hour linear war FPS and it'll sell millions and win game of the year.

just Platinum it yesterday and I might say, for $40, you can't go wrong with it! 20 or so hours to platinum, not so bad IMO!

* Marketing/hype.
* Mainstream appeal.
* The general public is ignorant.

Has to be what people think is "hot" right now or it will be ignored.

Enslaved was a great game, just got the platinum the other day. I agree it was pretty short though(finished the story in a couple days), and the ending kinda leaves with a "I wonder what will happen" thought. Good game otherwize though.

marketing.

@ShinGino

Marketing encompasses bother mainstream appeal (you aim for that as a marketeer) and you also count on the general ignorance. Those are key marketing strategies for big consumable products and services. ;)

still, you are right

good question

I bought Majin thinking it would be incredible and it sucks. Worst game voice acting ever.

Majin has the plot of Prince of Persia and crappy graphics.

Don't buy it.

"Worst game voice acting ever. Majin has the plot of Prince of Persia and crappy graphics. Don't buy it."

come on dude. Shenmue has terrible voice acting, yet people still want the sequel like forever. the plot of Majin is way off from PoP, where did you get that from? IMO the story is quite good. crappy graphics? that's it? there's nothing wrong with the gfx. certainly not UC2 level but totally acceptable.

you only say "don't buy it" for CRAP like CoD but under appreciated game like Majin? that's just wrong dude! for $20 less than CoD, this game is a must especially for single player fans!

Shenmue was made in the '50s, dude. Majin should have current generation type voice acting. You can't use old games as defense for new games.

I just watched Qore from October (I think) and the guy from Ninja Theory told Veronica that Enslaved would be focusing on gameplay instead of gizmos like in Heavenly Sword, apparently hinting at Sixaxis. Well that didn't come very grateful for the "air time" Qore gave them after all that previous bitching about Playstation...

Bad sales = Instant Karma in this case.

I rented Enslaved and never finished it. It's a good game with good story unfortunately, I'm not huge on hack and slash/boss battle games and would never buy a single player only game with out renting it first. I lost interest quickly and found the graphics disappointing. It struck me like a budget title. The graphics engine, Unreal 3, looked dumbed down.

Just look at Gears 3, Bioshock Infinite or Bulletstorm for how sharp that engine looks. I'm curious to see how the PS3 and 360 demo's for Bulletstorm match up. I'm convinced multi-platform game engines are being dumbed down to accommodate the PS3. The exclusives on PS3 look great when using an exclusive engine unfortunately, if the game is developed for the 360, the engine suffers trying to run on a PS3 and the changes also effect the 360...Enslaved is a perfect example.

As for Majin...well...I down loaded the demo and not my cup of tea tho it could be fun but not at full price.

It all comes down to price point and replay-ability. These games should of started at $39.99 and I'm sure they would of sold better. No co-op and multi-player automatically reduces the price and scores IMO. The same for other single player only games like Vanquish, GOW and Heavy Rain that don't even have DLC.

There were alot of great games released over the holidays. Halo Reach, Fable 3, MOH COD, and GT to name a few. The summer was completely dry, why didn't they promote there games at E3 and then release them right afterwards.

"Why do some terrible games sell alot?"

like Fallout 3?

Because Ninja Theory screwed up Dante

@ Badz.

Trust me. I really wanted to love Majin. I drove to 5 different stores just to find it.

I get the POP feel by the well all the enemies are surrounded in a black slimey ooze that have enveloped everything that was once good, just like POP.

The voice acting is hoorible. There's no two ways about it. It ruins the experience for me. It's off key, corny, and just ruins the mood of the game.

The graphics are crap. Resistance Fall of Man from PS3's launch blows it away...and that is a bad thing. Terible textures, animations, and graphics. Especially when you consider the point in time when it is coming out.

The premise behind Majin is great, I loved the idea of the plot, but I also won't sugar coat a mediocre (at best) game. I was hoping for more.