One million Americans have Just Danced

What just happened?

...yeah, I been trying to figure that out too.

Casual gamers are such a strange bunch, aren't they?

@Matt

the answer is babies



(shifty eyes)

I posted why last time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70bNN787ag

Because gaming's not just for assholes like you.

actually i have, they had it set up at a futureshop one day, and yeah it isnt very good

Maybe because it is not for you? I'm sure the parents seeing their kids having a fun time are truly happy with the game. David Jaffe even said he loves it because his kids and wife have a blast.

i meant it's not a great quality game, sure i can see why some people like games that i dont, it's called preference. but this game just doesnt have enough polish

cause to me this makes the average gaming audience look enthusiastic towards corny games like this. While the average gamer wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole.

This is all my opinion of course, i know this is the casual market but i'm just concerned about people blurring the lines.

kind of a weak comment i know.

I thought games like this makes the average gaming audience not to look only like 13 year old kids, 30 year olds in their mom's basement, or dudebros.

"cause to me this makes the average gaming audience look enthusiastic towards corny games like this."

Actually, that is the average gaming audience by a large majority. The downmarket far outnumbers the upmarket.

Who cares how you "look"? Just enjoy the games you like, and not worry about such frivilous things.

I think the hardcore market is what makes us look bad.

$15 for a 5 map, map pack where 2 of them are old maps?
$15 for costumes that are already on the disc?

Only the hardcore buy those things and that really makes us look bad.

@Mr. Fister
"Actually, that is the average gaming audience by a large majority. The downmarket far outnumbers the upmarket."

To me, the average gamers are people who've been gaming since BEFORE 2006..
Average in numbers yes, in grasp of video games, no.

wishful thinking. By your logic; a russian terror cell can run fundraisers to save the rain forest but a cut of the proceeds go to gun runners.

Roger, what you said makes no sense. Don is probably right. These games are relatively cheap to make, so it does subsadise the 'hardcore' games we all want.

THey will use the money to make more crap. It's really that simple. Why keep making a game for the hardcore that sells 50k copies when you would make 2 shitty games that sell 1 million + each. Thats the way it works not mythical subsidy land.

Actually, he is right. Ubisoft has already said this before about their games. They make the more casual titles that sell tons to a wider audience, and these sales give them the funds to produce more games for the older gaming audience (ie: those that have been playing games for years).

Error 500. New link plz?

Does anyone remember the good old days when games were fun and intuitive? Yeah, I don't give two silver shits about Metacritic. Metacritic and it's community can burn in hell for all I care.

Good for her.

DonsSword,

So what are you saying? You got something against the people who exercise their right to free speech peacefully?

ChuckJ, unless he was kicking a puppy while typing that, DonsSword himself is peacefully exercising his right to free speech by saying he doesn't like tea baggers.

He gets free speech too. Free speech is for everybody, not just people who agree with you.

However, I do think that bringing up politics is unnecessary here.

And that's me practicing my free speech.

Goddamn reply fail.

*cuts self*

Assuming it was directed to me. Didn't bash, just stated what happened. I am sorry that my finding it comical bothers you so much. But if something makes me laugh, I laugh....


....Even dead puppies.

You bastard.

There is nothing funny about dead puppies!

And no, it doesn't bother me at all. I just find it amusing. =p

I agree with you completely that gaming is moving out of its classical mold of being for males and instead being for everybody. I have to say, though, that we need to wait and see about Red Steel 2. Moving 50,000 units in just a couple of weeks is pretty good, I think, for a game that had totally kneecapped advertising. I've not seen the game anywhere but gamer magazines or websites. Another thing that I have to agree with others on, is that Wii games usually seem to have a much longer tail than non-Wii games, particularly the (and I hate to use the term) "hardcore" games. They may not sell a million copies right away, but over time they build up to that number or higher. Modern Warfare Reflex Edition is a good example. It started out okay, and if it hasn't already passed the million mark, its pretty damn close (same with the other CoD games sold on Wii...I think they are all million sellers at least). The core Wii games just take a while to sell. I think its because there are so many consoles out there that belong to families and not just core players. Average families don't go out and buy a couple of games a week or month. They play what they have, go out to the stores, and happen to spot games that they might like every now and again. This brings the sales slowly up to par. I'm waiting to see what the sales of Monster Hunter Tri are like (mine has been pre-ordered for a while now), both initial and tail end sales. The sadder thing about the way Wii sells games, is that you never really hear about it on gaming sites. Initial sales yes...but not really much about how games have sold in full numbers, say 6 or 7 or more months into the games life. I wish we did, which is why I have to rely on sites like VGChartz (I know....bad rep) to watch game sales over time.