L.a. Noire probably wont sell.

[Meight08]

Before you rage on me i really cant wait for it.
But who will be interested in buying it except people who want something new?
I am afraid the game will not sell ENOUGH to make the develepment worth it.
Hardcore Sandbox fans:No
hardcore Shooter fans: probably not.
Hardcore Rpg And Jrpg fansrobably not.
I only named some of the bigger genres.

Im afraid If La noirse faills developers will be too afraid to try new things


Edit: i Mean it Probably wont be Respected for what it is many will probably trade it in
*Cough*kids*cough*

 

[Simple Bluff]

To be honest, I hadn't even heard of LA Noire up until about a week ago. I'm still not quite sure what the game's about. But I will be renting it whenever I see it, I like surprises.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

It's a Rockstar game, I'm sure it will sell just fine.

 

[DEAD34345]

I was going to avoid it because I thought it was a GTA clone, but now that I have heard more about it I'm definitely going to get it. I'm pretty sure a ton of people will buy it just because it's by Rockstar and they haven't looked into it. They'll either be greatly disapointed it isn't a new GTA, or (hopefully) they'll end up enjoying it anyway and it will be hugely successful.

 

[wooty]

I've been looking more into it because it doesnt seem like a mindless shooter or sandbox game.

 

[RheynbowDash]

This may be my fanboyism speaking here, but LA Noire is going to be game of the year. I can almost guarantee it.

 

[LGC Pominator]

well I have preordered it so they are getting at least one sale

 

[8-Bit Grin]

How many sales do you consider a success/fail?

Also, do fans of one thing only buy one type of game now-a-days?

To answer your first question, the number of sales should exceed development and production costs to be successful. Simple answer.

To answer your second, people tend to stick where they feel safe. Not everyone is experimental.

Call of Duty fans are one basic example.

 

[VaudevillianVeteran]

It looks like it's going to sell. For some reason, it makes me think of a hardcore Heavy Rain that's actually a game. Besides, it's something different, usually something good?
...*Looks at WET* ...Okay, 8/10 times it is.

 

[TheIronRuler]

It all depends on Rockstar finding its own niche crowd and how large is that crowd.
I hope they won't get stuck in the red becaue of their little wager against CoD.

 

[yookiwooki]

Yeah, I will buy it and that's all that matters to me. I don't think Rockstar is going to stop making innovative games even if L.A. Noire flops. (By innovative, I mean interesting new settings and features. I do understand that a lot of their games could be considered GTA clones, but at least they are interesting GTA clones.)

 

[Meanmoose]

I don't know anyone who is a "hardcore sandbox fan". I feel like it's only the hardcore shoother fans that only plays one type of game. (they suck) ^^

Many Hardcore gamers who play a variety of genres will buy L.A noire because it's gonna be a good game.

 

[noble cookie]

Well, it seems that alot of people dont know what it even is but it looks like GTA so they'll buy it, then they'll think it's shit because it's not what they expected.

Looks good, but doesn't seem like the kind of game i would like to pay £40 for though, so i wont be getting it.

 

[Giest4life]

I won't be buying it. Maybe is my flawed impression, but it feels just like Mafia I and II--and I didn't get II either.

If tries something new and different, for the sake of the industry I hope it sells. Otherwise it can going in the 9.99 pile at Gamestop.

 

[RheynbowDash]

This may be my fanboyism speaking here, but LA Noire is going to be game of the year. I can almost guarantee it.

We'll see about that, Vincent, my money is still on Skyrim.

It will defiantly be a close race, sir. RS is selling Noire as an interactive movie, the voice acting is top notch, and some kind of new motion capture technology, I'm kinda fuzzy on the details, But It's going to be an outstanding game.

Captcha: ANL phoutde

 

[bob1052]

It's a Rockstar game, I'm sure it will sell just fine.

Funny, Rockstar trying to make a story heavy game is exactly why I don't care for this game at all.

 

[Marowit]

After how glorious RDRedemption was I'm definitely going to pick this game up.

If it's crap, Rock Star will have to regain my trust again (I haven't enjoyed a GTA game since Vice City, and didn't even bother buying GTA 4).

It's a Rockstar game, I'm sure it will sell just fine.

Funny, Rockstar trying to make a story heavy game is exactly why I don't care for this game at all.

Wasn't Red Dead Redemption a story-heavy game? Just an honest question, but how did you feel about that one?

 

[MysteriousStranger]

Hardcore Sandbox fans:No
hardcore Shooter fans: probably not.
Hardcore Rpg And Jrpg fansrobably not.

..and please explain to me how you know this for a FACT!

I for one am a complete RPG geek. That doesnt mean i dont enjoy Call of Duty or non-RPG games. What your basically saying here is "ALL Developers should throw imagination out the window. Why dont they just stick to the generic template for all genres because thats all people like".

...or did we all become one genre fanboys over night?

 

[RheynbowDash]

This may be my fanboyism speaking here, but LA Noire is going to be game of the year. I can almost guarantee it.

Okay, no. Its good, I will give you that. Very very good, on any other year it would sweep the GOTYs. But 2011? This year? No, Uncharted 3 has that in the bag.

Crap. I forgot about this one.

 

[aashell13]

Actually, from what I've heard of LA Noire, I might actually take a look. I will say that it's the only rockstar game i'm even remotely interested in.

so yeah, the concept is sound, and it'll sell fine, as long as rockstar doesn't do a shit job making a game out of it.