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Okay, now there's several angles I could debate you on this, are you implying simply because its a well known movie/book/game the sequel or repeated sequels will automatically do better then the original? Because that's provably false...And since someone else thumbed that up, maybe their is some kind of incorrect assumption flying around that name is ALL you need...
No, I'm saying that a game in a franchise called Grand Theft Auto will sell crazy good numbers because every single main series entry since GTA 3 has sold more than the one before it. GTA 5 also had the benefit of coming out on two different console generations which isn't going to hurt sales whatsoever. So I suppose in this case then yes, a well known sequel will do better than the original because that's been the case with the main line GTA games since 2001.
Mass effect 2 sold far more than Mass effect 3, (4.07 Mil to 3.08 Mil) mainly because of its controversial ending.
Yeah that's the reason. The ending is why it sold more in the first month than ME2. You're leaving out the part where ME 2 wasn't multiplatform at first which is a factor in its sales figures. ME3's problems are bigger than its ending so let's stop saying that the ending ruined things, k?
Likewise Dead Space 2 sold more than Dead space 3 (Well over a million to 605,000.) Due to people not liking the micro-transactions put in the game by EA.
Dead Space is also not a major franchise in the same vein as GTA or COD or, you know,
major franchises that make huge bank. Dead Space 3 is a bad game. Dead Space 2 is a less bad game.
But even good games, can still not do as good at the original. Like despite I can't find exact numbers, dark souls has made more money than it's sequel. (hell it made less than demon souls according to this...)
gamefaqs.com/boards/693332-dark-souls-..
Dark Souls is a niche franchise to begin with and Dark Souls 2 is not a good game.
So, saying "Oh aren't you so woefully ignorant thinking it needs to do anymore than use a brand name OF COURSE IT SELLS MORE! HA HA HA!"
Is very wrong...So, lol nothing.
You wanna know how you make this argument work? Bring up actual huge franchises, the record breakers, the Call of Duties and the like. Because GTA is inarguably one of the most well known franchises in video games, even to people who don't know a Nintendo from a Playstation. I'm not saying that all games can coast to sales on brand name. I'm saying that a game called Grand Theft Auto CAN because it DOES.
Also, secondly are you trying to say things that feminist/SJW groups have tried to do on the internet hasn't spectacularly blown up in their faces? To result in the opposite effect of what they tried to accomplish...
I'm not bringing the ess jay dubyas into this because I think anyone that uses SJW is silly. To say that outrage culture on the internet is why GTA 5 sold as well as it did is about as ridiculous as thinking SJWs and goobergaters care about important issues.
They tried to lower the sales and ban both Huniepop, and Hatred. Which sales only got bigger and MORE popular. Nearly entirely thanks to people whining and bitching and stirring up controversy.
Define bigger and more popular because Hatred isn't some big selling juggernaut. All the negative attention did was get knee jerk people to fork over twenty dollars to see what a shitshow the game was because they thought they were 'sticking it to those damn ESS JAY DUBYAS'. How many of the people that bought it then went on to refund it. You'll notice that no one talks about Hatred or Huniepop anymore because in the grand scheme of things they didn't amount to anything other than blips on a small radar.
At least Huniepop is funny.
No one would of even fucking heard nor cared about the mediocre, Hatred if it wasn't bitched about so much. And don't even get me started how well Huniepop did because of them.
Meidocre is pretty generous. No one cared about Hatred even if they bought it. Controversy gets attention, but controversy doesn't sell millions of copies. Huniepop is a cute game and I didn't pay for it and got exactly what I wanted from it.
Even in non-game related acts, like telling people to unsub youtubers, which only sky rocketed their sub count instead. So, going back on topic, do you ACTUALLY think the controversy behind GTA 5 DIDN'T get it more talked about, automatically giving it some extra hype from people complaining about it being too violent? Are you actually saying you believe that, or are you maybe defending something that shouldn't be defended based on your biases? Well facts don't care about biases.
Show me where the controversy behind GTA 5 (and what controversy was there? The lack of a female protagonist thing? Or the same bullshit that every GTA game gets in regards to violence and stuff) is what let it get such high sales and day one numbers. I am literally actually right now telling you that the supposed 'where's the female playable characters' discussion did, in no way, boost that games sales to such an astronomical degree. Do you think the No Russian level in Modern Warfare 2 made that game sell so well?
Controversy doesn't sell things in such high volume. You're seriously overestimating the influence gamergoobers and ess jays have on the gaming world.
(GTA 4 6 mil to GTA 5 54 million. A SLIGHT JUMP!!!)
GTA 4 has sold 25 million units but sure, only mention the week one numbers there.
This part isn't directed at you alone but I wish this fucking topic would seriously die, because its clear how woeful ignorance is a serious problem, but its something so obnoxiously depressing to talk about. Can people please stop bringing this topic up for the love of all that is holy?
...I give you a cookie. ;-; Please!
I mean, if you want the topic to die just do what I do and ignore both sides of the coin because both sides are full of chodes.
