Fandango

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/...ve-to-the-ps3/

Great news for PS3 owners.

Michael Corvin

Meh. What's their track record outside of GTA? Table Tennis? State of Emergency? Manhunt? Barely blips on the radar.

It will be interesting to find out what it is though.

Decker

Well, Bully and The Warriors both kicked ass. We'll see.

Michael Corvin

...and didn't sell.

Keep trying.

dan30oly

...and we know that Sony didn't pay for the exclusive rights since they just said in the last month that they don't have to pay for exclusives.

Arpeggi

It doesn't matter if it sells well or not. Rockstar Games are usually awesome and this is great news for PS3 owners.

Arpeggi

Gamespot scores for recent Rockstar games:

Manhunt - 8.4
Bully - 8.7
Table Tennis - 8.5
The Warriors - 8.6
Red Dead Revolver - 7.3
Midnight Club - 8.4
Midnight Club II - 7.3
Midnight Club III - 8.3


(stolen from someone on AVS)

Michael Corvin

Reviews mean shit. See Beyond Good & Evil and Viva Pinata. A well reviewed game doesn't guarantee your company money. A well sold game does.

mbs

No, it doesn't indicate that this title/franchise will be a commercial success. But there is a good chance this means another quality game available for the PS3. Which is good news for PS3 owners.

Arpeggi

Do you play/buy games to have fun or to be content that some company just made money off your purchase?

Music

Arpeggi

When you're consumed by hate, you're bound to say shit that doesn't make sense.

Decker

State Of Emergency sold like hotcakes there initially. Don't know how that's of any relevance, though.

I'd much rather play a great game than a great-selling game.

Michael Corvin

Too much. Nice personal attack.

1+1=2

You posted all of Rockstar's games that were well/decently reviewed, all of which sold below expectations. (1) I compared that to Viva Pinata and Beyond Good & Evil, two excellently reviewed titles by other companies that also sold poorly. (+1)Just because you make a great game that gets good review scores doesn't mean that it will sell well. (=2) Meaning this exclusive means nothing at this point with their track record of not lighting the world on fire outside of the GTA universe. What's so hard to grasp?

Lastly, this isn't a thread about the game, as there is exactly jack and shit known about it. This is a braggerts thread and that's all it boils down to. "Ha ha we got an exclusive." Prove it otherwise? It should be in the PS3 thread until something concrete is known about the game.

Michael Corvin

But that's my point. I think we all would. This isn't a thread about the game, this is all about bragging rights. See above.

I.Flores

I love The Warriors and Manhunt. At least we all know that Rockstar is capable of providing us with really fun, well tought games...

As long as they keep me busy, who cares if they dont sell like Halo?

mbs

It's a thread about a news snippet. I don't see anyone bragging. I own both a 360 and a PS3 and find this news interesting. Because (1) since Sony claimed they would not pay for exclusivity, is this still true? and (2) it's good news for the PS3, which by some accounts, is a struggling platform at the moment.

No one is bragging that I have seen. Example?

Your comments earlier seemed to serve no purpose but to poo-poo this news. If you don't care about the news, you don't have to post in the thread about it. I don't understand your issue with their games not selling well. Why should we care? Viva Pinata didn't sell well -- would you be happier without it on the 360?

Re-read the thread. You are the one being antagnostic in this thread.

taffer

Eh, most game companies typically only have one or two franchises that sells well to the mass market.

Epic was relatively unknown to the masses pre-Gears of War.

Irrational is getting tons of press with Bioshock, but before that what have they done that sold well?

What does Team Ninja have other than those Dead or Alive games and Ninja Gaiden?

Factor 5's Lair is getting pimped a lot, but does anyone consider that other than their Rogue Squadron games, they have made nothing worthwhile.

Drake's Fortune by Naughty Dog is looking good, but Naughty Dog has never done anything previously besides countless Crash Bandicoot and Jax and Daxter games.

Heavenly Sword is another PS3 game said to be a system seller, but the developer Ninja Theory has NEVER made a game before it. This is their first game EVER.

And let's not forget Squaresoft who is all Final Fantasy this, Final Fantasy that.

The companies that actually have multiple best selling franchises could probably be counted on one hand. Off the top of my head, all I can think of is Capcom, Konami, Nintendo, and maybe Ubisoft.

Music

Yeah... cause everyone knows how much the Unreal franchise sucks and was so unpopular with the masses.....

Fandango

GTA series didn't sell at all until part 3 came out, who's to say how this one will sell.

Decker

I agree, until there's actually a game, there's really nothing to talk about. I remember how excited everyone was when MS bought Rare, and except for the brilliant but mediocre selling Viva Pinata, that hasn't really produced much of note. (God, Grabbed By The Ghoulies was truly awful). So let's see.

Having said that (and not to thread crap at all), I don't see much incentive in a big independent company putting out a game that's PS3 exclusive. If it's a Japanese RPG, that's a different story, but for a game with big US appeal, the installation base is so much higher at present for the 360 that I just don't see how avoiding that market makes much sense any more. Financially, there doesn't seem to be a way that they don't take a hit (unless they're given some amazing perks like waiving the licensing fee or something).

taffer

Unreal was moderately successful, but I don't think it ever reached the mass market. It was a PC only game, so that limited its appeal right there because the mass market really isn't into PC gaming. Even among PC gaming fans, the Unreal series still usually ranks below the likes of Doom, Quake, and Half-life.

Arpeggi

Sales of the game is not relevant to the topic! Stop trolling.

Arpeggi

I don't see anyone bragging. Maybe it should have just been posted in the PS3 thread because there's nothing to discuss but what you posted in post #2 is akin to saying "Oh this band sucks anyway" in the music forum.

Your posts were reported for trolling. You don't even have a PS3.

Liver&Onions

Really this thread is a bucket of useless. Corvin is right - since nothing in known about the game other than it's a Rockstar production, it's essentially a one-upper thread. MSFT gets GTA exclusive but so what, PS3 gets something too!

The bickering in this thread needs to stop now. From all sides.