Early sales won't be affected very much by the reviews. It will be word of mouth that kills future sales. As for Colonial Marines, that is connected to the Alien franchise, and history has shown that licensed games will sell even if they're crap. That doesn't apply to The Order, so its best selling point will be its graphics. We'll see how far that can take it.
2005 - Forza
2007 - Forza 2
2009 - Forza 3
2011 - Forza 4
2013 - Forza 5
2015 - Forza 6
You weren't expecting to see a new Forza this year?
The reviewer elaborates on that:
"Unfortunately, it fails even as pure eye-candy. I was impressed by the visuals in a couple of sections in the game—a brief bit atop a flying airship, or a kitchen shootout that sends pots and pans nicking and popping about under a hail of bullets—but The Order is mostly drab and dark, drenched in rain and shadow. The fidelity may be high, but artistic vision is in short supply."
Seems like a fair critique to me. Als...
@Neixus
How do you know God didn't give him the money? He may have prayed one night and woken up to find a wad of cash under his pillow the next morning. ;)
Anyway, enjoy the game, JoGam!
PS2 - 150 million
Xbox - 25 million
^ THAT is why the Xbox 360 is generally considered to be a much bigger success than the PS3. The Xbox 360 came in as the underdog against the almost unbeatable PlayStation brand. And from a combination of Sony's early PS3 mistakes and Microsoft's smart decisions, the Xbox tripled its market share, while the PlayStation's was cut in half.
The Xbox 360 became the lead console for the majority of developers...
Yes, TIME has a video game section and yes, they review games. This is nothing new.
I hate to break it to you, but Giant Bomb does not even score games on a scale of 10. And they are one of the most respected sites in the gaming industry.
This reminds me of when Bethesda sued Mojang for using the word "scrolls" as the title of their game:
http://www.gamespot.com/art...
5 hours? 8 hours? 12 hours?
Wow, it's almost as if different people play at a different pace. But no, that's crazy!
The Wii U slouching not too far behind MS? 9 million in 2 years vs. 11 million in one year. The Wii U is incredibly far behind. The Xbox One is one of the fastest-selling consoles of all time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe only the Wii, PS4, and PS2 sold faster.
Rumor: Virtually no one will notice the difference
Wasn't it GameSpot's own Carolyn Petit who lambasted GTA V for its supposed sexism and misogyny? People were outraged over the "low" score of 9/10.
Both are extremes. The game will be out in one week and then we can see for ourselves how long it is. How many articles do we need about the length of one game? Everybody plays at their own pace. I personally like to take things slowly, explore the game world and soak in the details. I will be on the higher end of completion time, although 18 hours sounds a few too long for this type of game, while 3 hours sounds like an impressive speed run.
That seems to happen with a lot of big games. Sometimes it's considered "cool" to hate on popular games. User reviews are never to be trusted because a large portion of them are from angry people who never played the game.
I believe the PS4 has proven that exclusives no longer sell consoles.
Those numbers are insane! I could see it reaching 60 million overall. GTA games always have long legs in sales and who knows how many years until the next main entry in the series. Best-selling game of all time? Barring bundled games like Wii Sports, that is.
Considering the game has sold nearly 40 MILLION COPIES, I'd say... yeah. People probably still play it.
He considers the ad campaign to be "absolutely disgusting". -_-
I doubt Tomb Raider will release in December. Almost every huge AAA game is pushed out before Black Friday to maximize sales. December is usually pretty barren when it comes to big releases.
Exactly, and that's what will kill The Order in future sales. Of course first week numbers were going to be big regardless of the game's quality, with all those pre-orders locked in. But there's bound to be a very sharp decline in sales after that.