Stolen Pixels #146: The Reason for the Season
- Thread starter Shamus Young
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Welcome to economics 101:Georgeman said:
Lession 1: put product out when there are the most people to buy it (i.e. the holiday season). The spring and fall are the main times you will see public launches for most products, whether it be for Fashion, Movies, or Video Games.
Also: is that shirt availible to purchase? Because if it isn't, I smell a money-making oppertunity, if this thread is any indication...
Lets be honest it is only the tip of the iceberg.
JANUARY
Mass Effect 2
Army of Two: The 40th Day
Bayonetta
Darksiders
Dark Void
MAG
No More Heroes 2
FEBRUARY
BioShock 2
Lost Planet 2
Dante's Inferno
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Napoleon: Total War
Star Trek: Online
MARCH
God of War III
Final Fantasy XIII
Command & Conquer 4
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
JANUARY
Mass Effect 2
Army of Two: The 40th Day
Bayonetta
Darksiders
Dark Void
MAG
No More Heroes 2
FEBRUARY
BioShock 2
Lost Planet 2
Dante's Inferno
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Napoleon: Total War
Star Trek: Online
MARCH
God of War III
Final Fantasy XIII
Command & Conquer 4
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Not to mention the fact that the common gamer isn't going to have the cash or time to buy all these games and play them, so you're depriving gamers of the opportunity to play your games, and therefore make money off of them.
That comment is CINEMATIC. ***ERROR: ROJO ERROR 1216***Mullahgrrl said:Are you compelled?Doug said:How compelling...
I'm compelled!
EDIT:
Really? I'm afraid mine is currently abit shorter:TheLegend84 said:
JANUARY
Mass Effect 2
(don't know what Darksiders is)
(don't know what Dark Void is)
No More Heroes 2
FEBRUARY
BioShock 2 (maybe)
Dante's Inferno (maybe)
Splinter Cell: Conviction (maybe)
Napoleon: Total War
Star Trek: Online (maybe - want to demo it first)
MARCH
Command & Conquer 4 (maybe - depends if EA just go for 'a large number of breasts is our ad campaign' policy or not).
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (probably).
So very true. Releasing everything in close proximity to Christmas holidays is not exactly a good tactic. Sure, things like Modern Warfare 2 get a tremendous sale boost, but what about the games that don't get bought as eagerly?
[small]And FYI, if people actually bought a game with biggest number on the end, and if it actually had a number on the end, then A Crack In Time - an eighth istallment of R&C - would be ludicrously successful.[/small]
[small]And FYI, if people actually bought a game with biggest number on the end, and if it actually had a number on the end, then A Crack In Time - an eighth istallment of R&C - would be ludicrously successful.[/small]
My list isn't actually that large. Those are just the games that are coming out in the first 3 months of next year.Doug said:That comment is CINEMATIC. ***ERROR: ROJO ERROR 1216***Mullahgrrl said:Are you compelled?Doug said:How compelling...
I'm compelled!
EDIT:
Really? I'm afraid mine is currently abit shorter:TheLegend84 said:
JANUARY
Mass Effect 2
(don't know what Darksiders is)
(don't know what Dark Void is)
No More Heroes 2
FEBRUARY
BioShock 2 (maybe)
Dante's Inferno (maybe)
Splinter Cell: Conviction (maybe)
Napoleon: Total War
Star Trek: Online (maybe - want to demo it first)
MARCH
Command & Conquer 4 (maybe - depends if EA just go for 'a large number of breasts is our ad campaign' policy or not).
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (probably).
As a game reviewer, I totally feel your pain, Travis!
In the summer, I was totally outta work, nothing to review other than buget bin trash, all I could do is lay on the beach all day sipping cocktails, you know how boring that was?! And now? I barely have time to do my regular job, thanks to all the releases, and I'm afraid I won't have time to spend the holidays with my awesome relatives, who arrive from everywhere and take over the house like the Soviet army. *sigh* I guess it will be a lonely Christmas, just me and all the video games I can play 24/7. Fuck you, publishers!
/sarcasm
In the summer, I was totally outta work, nothing to review other than buget bin trash, all I could do is lay on the beach all day sipping cocktails, you know how boring that was?! And now? I barely have time to do my regular job, thanks to all the releases, and I'm afraid I won't have time to spend the holidays with my awesome relatives, who arrive from everywhere and take over the house like the Soviet army. *sigh* I guess it will be a lonely Christmas, just me and all the video games I can play 24/7. Fuck you, publishers!
/sarcasm
Wind Chill.The_root_of_all_evil said:
But more seriously: I really hate the summer games drought and the flood at the end of the year, to bad marketing determines release date more than anything these days and the holidays are a great time to sell new shiny stuff.
seriously? just buy Dragon Age, over 50 hours and im still as hooked as when i first started. It is equal to, if not better than, BG:TOSC. but if you were hoping its not even in the same leauge as Arcanum.
I've got a better system. Go into any major retailer, hang around the games section, and wait for the biggest, baddest-looking biker dude you can find to walk by. Shove him forcefully into the game shelves. Whatever game he picks up to beat you senseless, that's the game you'll want to buy... once you get out of the hospital, of course.Amnestic said:
[small]Mind you, there is a small but non-zero chance that you could find yourself beaten to death with Hello Kitty Island, which means that you will be condemned to an eternity of being Satan's spitoon. Seriously, it's in the New Testament, look it up.[/small]
Also, Shamus? That shirt design. Escapist store. Please to be making it happen.
You lost me at ODST (which was September 22nd, hardly 'Holiday' season).Shamus Young said:
On a personal stance; you buy what you like. Someone who prefers Ratchet and Clank's platformer adventuring might not enjoy the brutal FPS combat of Modern Warfare 2 in the same way the co-op zombie apocalypse might not appeal to either of them.
From a reviewer stance; well, no-one's asking you to review them all but then that's why we have more than one reviewer in the world. Once you segment the games by platform you see there's a lot less to go through. You don't have to review them all at once after all.
