SneakyStephan
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Hey I'm not American.
UK Charts: Aliens Colonial Marines takes top beating Dead Space 3
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Hey I'm not American.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Damn Belgians.
I think you'll find that it's a lot of UK posters (me included), lamenting the state of the market over here.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
That the mass market buys things that are advertised at them on the televisual boxes rather than assuming all gamers are in NeoGAF OT's and just somehow know about all games ever?
This is how things work. If you advertise on the television, a lot, you get into PEOPLE'S EYES. This is important. Getting into peoples eyes is important. Its got a nostalgia tweak as well? Well shit. Fuckers already grasping for his wallet and car keys.
If anything all it does is show what a drop of piss in the ocean reviews and their websites are in the grand scheme of things.
It's frustrating to see a crap game go to the top of the charts, but I don't know why people are using this as some wider observation on the UK market.
It's the only major release of the past week, and one from a massive and still respected IP to boot. Enough people have spent enough time moaning about other recent releases like Dead Space 3 and DmC, and Ni No Kuni is a niche and understocked release. What else was going to be number 1?
It's the only major release of the past week, and one from a massive and still respected IP to boot. Enough people have spent enough time moaning about other recent releases like Dead Space 3 and DmC, and Ni No Kuni is a niche and understocked release. What else was going to be number 1?
oh noes...Aliens Colonial Marines top of top10?!
Fan of it,
Bought it,
Played it,
Loving it.
So suck on it! LOL
GIFSoup
Totally off-topic but what movie is that gif from? Van damme got groove.
Sickboy007
Member
Seems relevant
The reaction is more towards CM's opening week besting that of DS3.
Kickboxer
Diablo Rosso
Member
To be fair. The UK has had bad taste in gaming in general for a while, with the odd deserved no.1.
Haunted
Member
Who says they're enjoying it?
pslayer666
Member
Seems relevant
I dunno about 'worst game in a decade', but yeah, it's pretty bad from the way things look.
grimshawish
Banned
Dead Space cann't be doing too hotly itself
Nobody said that, it's your assumption. I think most are aware of how small a percentage enthusiasts actually are . After all, Journey sweeps awards, and yet COD sits comfortably atop the sales pile, come the years end. Even if our tastes aren't in line with the mainstream, its still reasonable to feel disappointed, despite knowing better.
But all the same, I'm sure we all appreciate your ability to patronize.
Baleoce
Member
Especially so in the UK I feel. If the new FIFA got a critical mauling and was 1's across the board, it would still top the sales charts for weeks.
He is the new Pauly Shore.
grimshawish
Banned
Possibly not. Sleeping Dogs did well there too.
No reason to use words like 'anomoly' though; its a different market thats what happens.
Hitman did very well cause it was plastered on every bus in the country.
This is first cause DS3 isn't performing well and this is a new release and its an Aliens game!
Azure Phoenix
Member
Out of stock virtually everywhere after the first weekend, even Amazon put the price up to £50 before selling out - now they are listing it as backordered until next Monday so that is probably when the next shipments will be available.
SomethingInTheSea
Member
grimshawish
Banned
Bollocks. Sport fans vote with their feet. If there was a better competitor they'd move there.
Wheres your evidence for that statement?
Jim Sterling
Member
The game managed to rake in a ton of preorders, and the Aliens name is a strong one, so I'm not surprised it sold well. I'd be interested to know how many of those sales were traded in shortly after the transaction, though. Even to the hardcore Alien fan, it's not exactly a keeper.
The positive side to this situation is that it at least proves the strength of the Aliens brand. It's still obviously a hot seller, and that's why SEGA's been so keen on keeping the games coming. Hopefully this means we'll get more chances at a good Alien game, and maybe some decent backing for the mystery title Creative Assembly's working on.
The negative side, of course, is that it feels like Colonial Marines exploited the built-in goodwill toward the Aliens IP, and potentially harmed it with a short-sighted grab for cash. It infuriates me to think that this game might sell a ton, burn customers, and later damage the chances and potential of a future, better game. Not that it seems those responsible for this garbage care too much.
The positive side to this situation is that it at least proves the strength of the Aliens brand. It's still obviously a hot seller, and that's why SEGA's been so keen on keeping the games coming. Hopefully this means we'll get more chances at a good Alien game, and maybe some decent backing for the mystery title Creative Assembly's working on.
The negative side, of course, is that it feels like Colonial Marines exploited the built-in goodwill toward the Aliens IP, and potentially harmed it with a short-sighted grab for cash. It infuriates me to think that this game might sell a ton, burn customers, and later damage the chances and potential of a future, better game. Not that it seems those responsible for this garbage care too much.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Ni no Kuni...where did you go?
Boy you sure are giving people credit.
Phat Michael
Banned
ezekielpacman
Member
Evidence is pretty much the entire PS2 generation, where Fifa outsold PES every year by a significant margin. Sports fans vote with licenses, and it's a fortunate coincidence that Fifa now also happens to be a good game.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Doesn't matter about reviews, Aliens is gonna shift a couple of million WW. The brand and developer have a draw.
Sure it's all a lie, but people don't care. Aliens is the #1 game and Die Hard 5 is the #1 movie.
Deal with it folks.
Sure it's all a lie, but people don't care. Aliens is the #1 game and Die Hard 5 is the #1 movie.
Deal with it folks.
Liamario
Banned
This is it.
Be happy that they just wasted £40/$500,000,000 to find out just how shit it is.
Baleoce
Member
I don't even think that's the massive surprise some are making it out to be. Dead Space is a threequel that had its fair share of bad rep for the monetisation and co-op aspects of it. Add in the demo as well. Anecdotal, but I know several people who enjoyed Dead Space 2 who skipped 3 on the basis of the demo and mainstream reporting regarding the DLC.
Despite the reviews, Aliens being such a huge IP and with a fair amount of marketing, I don't think it's a huge surprise it did well, or even outsold Dead Space 3.
Did it?
Dropping to £20 within a couples of weeks was the reason for that.
Yeah I've been saying this since the GCN days.
Anticipation sells not quality. People were excited so bought the game regardless of reviews. It's very common.
I actually came into the thread to see if this was the first response.
You didn't disappoint. Nice.
Anecdotally speaking, the Alien franchise is enormous in the UK for some reason. Most of the fan sites, etc., are UK based. They are also the focus of a lot of limited edition stuff, and the BO for anything Alien related over there is huge. No clue why.
So, it's not really a surprise that this game sells shitloads. It's not like they typically buy shit games over there, the charts look like ours (USA) for the most part. Hell, we even buy FIFA now.
I refuse to believe DS3 is as bad as everyone says. I'm playing through 2 right now, and it's excellent; it may be even better than the first. The third one will certainly be added to my plate during the next Steam sale.
So, it's not really a surprise that this game sells shitloads. It's not like they typically buy shit games over there, the charts look like ours (USA) for the most part. Hell, we even buy FIFA now.
I refuse to believe DS3 is as bad as everyone says. I'm playing through 2 right now, and it's excellent; it may be even better than the first. The third one will certainly be added to my plate during the next Steam sale.
eXistor
Member
Pretty much what happened to me. I bought the PC CE and pre-loaded it beforehand (the game was released almost a week early over here), but had I known the game was pure shit I never would have bought it of course. Now I'm stuck with it.
Projectjustice
Banned
The UK market makes no sense at times.