Analyst: Uncharted 2 Sold Poorly in November
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Indiana Jones knock-off? Haha, that's when you know they only watched Yahtzee's vid.SamElliot said:
With all the 'acclaim' and 'success' behind Uncharted 2 followed by perplexing sales, I'm beginning to wonder if there's an under-the-table exchange going on somewhere.
Conspiracy, ahoy!
Conspiracy, ahoy!
An interesting theory, and one that I hear is more common in the industry than you might like to think.DeadlyYellow said:
I think this backs up my theory that PS3 fans just don't get behind their product. If a new Halo or Gears Of War is released you watch as all the Xbots are over it like a cheap suit. Point is 360 fans put their money where their mouth is and it shows in the sales.
Hahaha, you're right, I didn't play Uncharted 1 before I ever even heard of Yahtzee, and I didn't note the numerous times it rips directly from The Last Crusade (the diary, that scene where the solution to the clue ends up being a large pattern in the floor, the main villain for most of the game dying from sampling his treasure, etc.). And I certainly didn't catch how they replaced the boulder from Raiders of the Lost Ark with marauding beasts (See? It's different!). Nope, it was all Zero Punctuation and blind Yahtzee worship.BaldursBananaSoap said:
In my case, I don't really hate the game so much as what it represents: overwhelming mediocrity. Both it and its predecessor were designed and promoted as any number of generic "blockbuster" action movies. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be dumb fun, but this doesn't even aspire to those heights. It's content to just sit there, shoot some bullets and blow shit up, but without any real sense of fun because it refuses to really do something, anything to stand out from the crowd apart from point out its own lack of anything to stand out from the crowd. It truly is the definition of soulless.Korten12 said:
In other words, Uncharted is like the first Fantastic Four movie (haven't seen the second). Both of them exist solely for the purpose of draining people's wallets, and offer nothing but a clip show of things you've seen before in other, better works. And, for $60, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for more than that.
Greg Tito, I'm not going to lie. Glancing at your profile picture and then the picture of Nathan Drake on the right, I am beginning to wonder if you are, in fact, Nathan Drake.
As other people said, I'm sure the game's sales tanked because it's just such a bad time to try to sell one with games like MW2, AC2, L4D2, 222, etc. on the market. Unfortunately, while the game may be good, the competition might last into next year and if it does Uncharted 2 should get comfortable with a million sales. However, I'm sure the award of "Best Video Game of the Year", whether or not you agree with it, will boost the sales of the game considerably.
As other people said, I'm sure the game's sales tanked because it's just such a bad time to try to sell one with games like MW2, AC2, L4D2, 222, etc. on the market. Unfortunately, while the game may be good, the competition might last into next year and if it does Uncharted 2 should get comfortable with a million sales. However, I'm sure the award of "Best Video Game of the Year", whether or not you agree with it, will boost the sales of the game considerably.
Well, we as consumers do have a choice in our entertainment. I don't see why we need to waste money on an exclusive if it does not pique our interests. Perhaps we're not as driven by blind zeal as we were in generations past, or perhaps the series has just not brought enough new ideas to compel us.Programmed_For_Damage said: