Supreme Cmdr Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 According to Hollywood Reporter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInSpace Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: According to Hollywood Reporter I'm glad what I've been saying for a long time is true about the christmas release crap"Game publishers, in general, recognize that the Christmas rush -- in which an avalanche of games comes out at the same time -- is a huge marketing problem. This past Christmas, they say, there were too many good games coming out at the same time and quite a few didn't sell well." But I disagree with "It's too dangerous to try and sell weaker, second-tier titles when there are few consumers around. Hardcore gamers may be in the stores in March or April, but the casual gamers aren't." If it's second tier game, who's going to want it anyway while they are shopping. If they are shopping for a game, you know damn well it's gunna be a name game because more than likely if it's not for christmas it'll be for a birthday or something. Give you an example this is how I shop. I go into a game store to pick up a name game say GTA Vice City or Prince of Persia or Gothic 2 then as I have the game in hand and looking through the shelves I see another game that maybe I haven't heard about I don't pick that game up right away I go home with the name game and check all reviews I can find out about the game that caught my eye and if the reviews are good (they don't have to be great) I go back and pick up that game. I've done that with games like Urban Chaos, Outcast, X beyond the frontier. All three of these titles were bought by seeing them in the store first when I went to buy a popular game and checked out their reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Elio Jason Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 1. Since when do these gusy care about games? 2. "James Bond 007: Everything Or Nothing" game that didn't come out for christmas. some1 forgot Doom 3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInSpace Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Commander Elio Jason: 1. Since when do these gusy care about games? 2. "James Bond 007: Everything Or Nothing" game that didn't come out for christmas. some1 forgot Doom 3... 1. True very true. I keep looking at it through a gamers perspective. 2. Not me!! I'm patiently waiting for it's release as well as Half Life 2. As long as these games don't go the way of Duke Nukem Forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gol_Stoan Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 quote: some1 forgot Doom 3... That would depend on whether anybody really expected it to be out before Christmas, I know I sure didn't. And I don't really care much about Doom 3 anyway, I am still waiting for Halflife 2 to come out in July (yes July, it got bumped back again). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fox__Trot Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Actually that first / second-tier line might be accurate if youre thinking about advertising per say Battlecruiser would be considerd a 2nd tier game there's no advertiseing no major fanfare just the 3000ad site and its boards are youre primary way of finding out about BC I only know Bc exists because of a cd I got with a magazine that had BC 2.0 on it also what about X-com thats was a 2nd tier game when released but its DEFINTLY worth playing. I could list several "2nd tier" games that were far greater than my expectations were for them. Starcraft anyone? No advertisements for that but the game was GREAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakaleen Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: looking through the shelves I see another game that maybe I haven't heard about I don't pick that game up right away I go home with the name game and check all reviews I can find out about the game that caught my eye and if the reviews are good (they don't have to be great) I go back and pick up that game. I've done that with games like Urban Chaos, Outcast, X beyond the frontier. All three of these titles were bought by seeing them in the store first when I went to buy a popular game and checked out their reviews. Funny, thats how I got BCMG, I saw the box at EB, never heard of it before. Went home, read tons of reviews, went to this forum. Then desided to buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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