GodisaGeek: "It seems that we’ve been complaining (sort of) about the lack of change in the UK charts for weeks now, but there’s finally been a big game released in the form of Capcom and Ninja Theory’s DmC: Devil May Cry, and of course, it’s gone straight in at the top spot."
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I'm always afraid that my favorite games won't sell well, I want the studio who made them to be able to stay in business.
That won't stop people using it as yet another reason to chastise this particular game though.
Sorry bro, I do not agree with you. The industry isnt in such a bad state so to make a game bomb. There have been several multimillion sellers in the past few months. The game has performed poorly even though CAPCOM rebooted the franchise for increased sales. DmC just did not serve its intended purpose and failed.
And to those butt-hurt fanboys who are disagreeing with my post. What are you disagreeing about? I merely stated the facts.
Except in this case DMC is getting A+ from nearly all reviewers.
Unbelievable though, haters will still argue that excellent reviews across the board and a number 1 spot in the chart doesn't mean the game is any good! Ridiculous. I suppose the hatred is so deeply ingrained now that if DMC said it was black the haters would say it was white. By the look of things it's their loss.
"Not sure those sales are a reflection on the game. More likely a reflection on the state of the industry, and the fact nobody has any money."
Spot on. Several years of austerity measures and the fact that Christmas was less than a month ago mean people have less cash. Also, the needless negativity spawned by haters is bound to have an impact.
"There have been several multimillion sellers in the past few months."
There has indeed. But you may have noticed this was in the build up to the biggest gift buying season of the year so that's no coincidence. So the lack of cash for consumers argument still stands.
Come on dude, stop making excuses. CAPCOM was boasting how this game will sell 5 millions instead just 2 million like DMC4. Ironically, it sells less than DMC4. The reviews mean nothing because many of them were released before the embargo which ensures high scores and the rest of them were released by websites posting advertisements for the game. The reviews that have been releasing now are much more accurate with 6s and 7s. You can spin it all you want by calling it number 1 when it faced no competition from any new game and sold only one-third of DMC4 but the fact remains that the reboot did not serve its purpose. It was supposed to sell more but it didnt. That is the bottomline; so man up and accept the reality.
However let's not also scratch the barrel already to find excuses for the game's sales .
DmC is still virtually unopposed as he biggest release or better worded higher profile of the month .
Games have still been selling fine in that windows after christmas expenses and in a economy in the toilet for quite a while now AND with more big games competing , and suddenly only this year it's supposed to be unique and different ?
The economy didnt specifically and suddenly crash further on jan 14 :p .
Your basing it on one country. Who knows it can sell alot better in other countries. It say its 1/3 sales of DmC and can't find sale records on it at all. Will see once we see the real records on it.
The game is going to sell good. Its going to make Capcom money. Doesn't mean the game has failed if it didn't sell as well as DmC4. Is it going to do better than DmC4 eventually? Who knows.
DmC4 was a dissapointment in sales for Capcom also because not hitting there forcast. I wouldn't be suprised if this did a little bit worse. I expect each new DmC the sales are going to go down. Because DmC4 was a major decline compared to DmC3.
You can't just say that the high scoring reviews mean nothing because of some embargo and then say the reviews do mean something when the reviews are lower scoring just to suit your own argument. I had a quick look at reviews posted on N4G over the last 2 days and I found that there was one score of 6, seven scores of 7, fourteen scores of 8 and eight scores of 9. And let's keep in mind that a few of the 7s were 7 and a half outta 10, with 7 actually being a good score. I was counting 4 out of 5s as 8s and didn't count the couple of B/As I saw either.
So to comply with your logic that a review only counts after the embargo DMC still scores very highly.
On the point that there was no competition for DMC I'll have to concede defeat because that's a fact, but that doesn't take away from the fact that DMC has scored very highly across the board before and after the embargo. With that many shining reviews I just can't see this as being a bad game.
We've have multiple duds starting number 1 only to fade away or still not selling enough .
Things may changes but as of now , it's selling less than Dmc4 at launch despites bigger ambitions , far more fanfare and public exposure , negative or positive , around it .
But i'm sure Capcom or NT PR will tell you it's awesome and peachy . Only more time will tell if its indeed the success they wanted or not .
Let me tell it this way .
I've got a new entry in a franchise that i dont find good enough or enjoyable , and that , shall it be successful would/could spawn sequel and kill my hopes for another go at either the "old style" or something else .
Why would i wish it well ?
If i had been told that both versions of dmc could coexist , sure why not , but it's unlikely .
And no i'm not of the popular opinion that "it's better than nothing" . It's not as if it came 15 years after DMC4 . I certainly could wait for better or move on , instead of witnessing IMO worse sequels
Why would i wish it well ?
If i had been told that both versions of dmc could coexist , sure why not , but it's unlikely .
And no i'm not of the popular opinion that "it's better than nothing" . It's not as if it came 15 years after DMC4 . I certainly could wait for better or move on , instead of witnessing IMO worse sequels "
That's fair enough, I'm of this opinion with regards to Resident Evil.
Are you still banking on that term? Seriously? Oh and this is the "UK" charts. NT is a UK based studio and most of the early reviews were from UK based media outlets. You may be surprised though, considering you're most likely here to just rub insignificant stuff like this onto people's faces and have no idea what you're talking about.
It seems another great week is ahead for people with low self esteem.
hahhahaahahhaa
fail reboot XD
The most successfull DMC to date was 4 with 2.4million units
Im so happy this crappy reboot got what it deserved.
IN YOUR FACE TAMEEM
Whether you like the game or not though I think it's a nice change to have a game like DMC at number one instead of FIFA and Just Dance 4.
Personally i think its great to see a game made in the UK get to number 1.
But seriously if it fails it'll be to the loss of everyone. they wont just go oh well and make DMC5. They might reboot the series again in a few years but thats it.
If you want to blame anyone for the reboot though. I'd blame platinum for making Bayonetta.
So basically if anyone is going to bury the series it will be thesocalledfans.
i'm playing "son of sparda" right now
8.5/10 for me
I won't be disappointed if Capcom decided to end the reboot series and carry on with the old DMC series even though I am enjoying DmC.
I think putting DmC at the front of the title of the game was a good move though because if they do decide to scrap this reboot series, they can just drop the DmC at the front and still call it Devil May Cry. Would of been easier if they had changed the title to something like "The Early Years Of Dante", so it's not a try successor to the DMC series, just some spin-off prequel title lol.