Topic: "Hype" sells again

[CHEN]

I just read that Enter the Matrix has sold 2.5 million worldwide allready. Not that I have a problem with it, but it's just that this is primairly based on the Matrix movies. They see the movie and they want to buy the game, although it's an okay game that highly resembles Max Payne. I haven't bought it like some of you, because I'm not blind to the hype. I guess what I'm trying to say that if you make a game based on a movie with guns, martial arts, bullet-time action and special effects, you're garanteed to be a millionair.

I'm not ranting the game "Enter the Matrix", they have put a lot of effort into the game with the real actor screening and voices. I think it's a good game, but that it is going to beat great games like Metroid Prime and LoZ: The Wind Waker senseless, it's not even funny. I think it's unfair for Nintendo and Retro studios, they've put a lot of effort into a game, but it still sells mediocre, compared to this and GTA.

Please don't post comments like "Who cares?", because I don't care either that it sells so much, I don't have a problem against that. I actually have to compliment Atari to use the Matrix franchise, very smart move. Great games are left in the shadow, It's not about innovation anymore, but franchises. I personally love innovation as I think a lot of you do, but if every innovative game sells poor, then I think it is going wreck the games-industry.

You're welcome to post comments.

[Mario]

In order for the industry to be normal again, Eternal Darkness and Enter the Matrix need to "swap sales". The industry is doomed!

[Round Eye]

The industry is not 'DOOMED,' it actually is doing better than it ever has.  The industry is going to have to grow up a little bit.  They will eventually realize that to sell games, that making a good game is only half the battle.  The other half is an effective maketing campaign and hype machine.  Movies do it, soon video games will be doing it.

[Infernal Monkey]

Games based on popular movies have always sold well, to the extent of outselling the really fantastic original games. Hell, look at Home Alone on Genesis and SNES, it was a dreadful game, but sold REALLY well back then. The industry wasn't doomed back then, and it sure isn't now.

X 40,000!

[Mario]

Erm... i hope you didnt take my post seriously?

[Infernal Monkey]

You of all people should know I never take anything seriously!

... WOW, A BLUE CAR!

[thecubedcanuck]

There is nothing wrong with the Matrix at all. I played it last night and really enjoyed it.
Its a good game available on all 3 platforms making it accessable to a huge consumer base.

[Round Eye]

Sorry, I kinda took your post seriously.  Then again I take every post serious.

Next time you are joking you should use one of these -->   or

Even better, you could post this at the end of you post 'Round Eye this was just a joke, DO NOT take it seriously you goat ass sniffing idiot.'

Something like that.

Thanks

[Infernal Monkey]

I decided to go with the tounge poking out emoticon

[Mario]

Sorry, i thought the general flow of my post was sarcasmastic.... oh well.

[CHEN]

Hé, I didn't say the industry was doomed, Mario was stating that, it's all your fault with your funny joke posts. Can't you be serious for a minute? Then again if you did, you wouldn't be Mario.

[oohhboy]

That is 2.5 million over 4 systems = 625,000 copies per system. If Metroid Prime was released over 4 systems It would laid waste to ETM. It is not a real million seller in it's traditional discription. Again it is Infogames/Atari playing around with the numbers AGAIN.

[Round Eye]

Sure it may have been a good game, but was it 2.5 million copies sold good?  Oh well thats how it goes and has gone.

Really I am happy when any video game does really well.  Soon video games will garner more respect than movies.  Maybe then all my friends and family will stop calling me a loser and Uber geek; maybe not.

[Bloodworth]

Hi Chen,
In case you don't realize it, we have a section called Talkback for discussion of each news article that gets posted on the site.  Please continue the conversation in the proper thread there.