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[Victor Omega]

For me it has to be Metriod.

What Retro did with Prime as to modernize the franchise still wasn't enough. It was a First Person Adventure while First Person Shooter games were getting more commonplace.

What other cult franchises that couldnt achieve high sales? What made them so?

 

[22•22]

It's a matter of acquired taste.

Like pineapple pizza

 

[mcjmetroid]

I love me some Metroid but I wouldn't say it's a cult following. I mean it's definitely not mainstream or anything like that.
A cult game to me would be a game like Hollow Knight.

But you are right though. Either way Metroid is awesome

 

[kretos]

Like pineapple pizza

 

[EverydayBeast]

To be honest many franchise I see soul fanboys stress tf out listing how good the franchise is it’s crazy but Socom is the perfect example.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

I see soul fanboys stress tf out listing how good the franchise

We out here

 

[22•22]

kretos & ArtemisClydeFrog

See because of you outliers we have this thread lol

 

[ReBurn]

I love me some Metroid but I wouldn't say it's a cult following. I mean it's definitely not mainstream or anything like that.
A cult game to me would be a game like Hollow Knight.

But you are right though. Either way Metroid is awesome

Metroid is so mainstream it influenced the name of the genre.

 

[Neil Young]

Prime, still my favorite game of all time. I don't think it was cult though since it sold a couple mil.

Maybe Beyond Good or Evil for me and, perhaps I'm mis remembering, but I thought that Fear Effect was so stylish and cool. Shadowrun for the SNES.

 

[GametimeUK]

I really wish Okami had seen more success. A fantastic gem that never sold as well as it should.

 

[VALCON 82]

I would say maybe the Atelier series.. at least before Ryza "thighs"

 

[Tigerlord]

I thought Bayonetta was a cult classic game. I didn't think it sold or did well on Ps or Xbox, but when Nintendo funded the sequel, console fanboys went ballistic
either because Sony or Microsoft didn't think funding it over the next dudebro shooter at that time, or they were losing an exclusive they couldn't hold on to,
I think...

 

[p_xavier]

I never understood that Ys was not more popular than it is.

 

[cireza]

Like pineapple pizza

Has a Blade Runner avatar... Pineapple pizza should be pretty good, I will try it some day.

Do you complement it with seafood ?

 

[Fbh]

Mainline Shin Megami Tensei.
Because all the fucking weebs want less of the fun parts and more of dating anime high school girls and hanging out with their anime high school friends so they can talk about the same shit over and over for 60 hours.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Halo is Back]

It's a matter of acquired taste.

Like pineapple pizza

Glorious Pineapple Pizza master race

 

[PaddyOCanager]

I just purchased Nintendo Switch online solely to try Super Metroid for the first time and it was worth it. Damn it is so freaking good, can't wait for Dread.

 

[PropellerEar]

Like pineapple pizza

Ham, pineapple and blue cheese.

 

[Codes 208]

Does Knack count?

 

[Jaguar Victory]

Hi. I'm here to cape for Ryse: Son of Rome and XCOM/2.

One was maligned because of XBOX One launch the other because it's genre just isn't as popular.

 

[Flabagast]

all immersive sims basically.

This gen we had excellent Deus Ex, Prey & Dishonored within a span of 6 months and they all crashed and burned instantly, despite being lauded since then.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

Metroid's sales aren't bad, they just aren't in the same league as other Nintendo games. It's usually 1-2 million per title, similar to Kirby just that Kirby games are most definitely cheaper to make.

 

[Elysion]

As far as Metroid Prime is concerned, I think the game simply came a generation too late. It feels very much like a 90s action-adventure in the vein of Zelda or Tomb Raider, as opposed to the more purely action-oriented games that were popular in the 2000s, like Halo or GTA (and I don’t mean this in a negative way).

Had it come out on the N64, I’m pretty sure it would’ve been much more successful, and could’ve probably carried that popularity into the following generation (which is what happened to most IPs that were popular on PS1 or N64). If Tomb Raider for example had first come out in the 2000s, I don’t think it would’ve become as popular as it was in the 90s. That style of games was no longer en vogue at that point, at least not to the same extent as before.

 

[Strider Highwind]

It's a matter of acquired taste.

Like pineapple pizza

Every time my niece eats that shxt I wanna throw it out the window LOL

 

[fart town usa]

It's a matter of acquired taste.

Like pineapple pizza

Pineapple & Pepperoni. So damn good.

Different strokes for different folks.

Same thing with movies. Just depends on taste and what you've been exposed to. If all someone watches are Marvel movies, something like Darkman is going to be too visceral and weird for them.

 

[tkscz]

For me it has to be Metriod.

What Retro did with Prime as to modernize the franchise still wasn't enough. It was a First Person Adventure while First Person Shooter games were getting more commonplace.

What other cult franchises that couldnt achieve high sales? What made them so?

Metroid after Prime tends to get pretty decent sales in the US.

Earthbound/Mother is more of a cult title. It's usually because the games aren't bad, they have something that draws a specific crowed, from story to art to gameplay, it just clicks with a group of people. But it doesn't click with the mainstream (EB got really bad advertising unfortunately) but that group that got to enjoy it will continue to and really show their enthusiasm for it.

 

[Cravis]

Oh how I wish Days Gone could have been added to this list… **sigh**

 

[AmuroChan]

The Trails series. For me as a JRPG fan, they're top tier along with Persona.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Does Titanfall 2 count?


Up there with the best few SP campaigns in the last few years, great multiplayer that I actually liked and I'm not that big on competitive shooter multiplayers, but it released in a crowded release window with games that very much outmarketed it and had bigger followings.

Everyone I know who played it loved it. It's just not the latest skin on CoD or whatever, so sales were just whelming.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

In order of importance:
1. Rule 34
2. Memes

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

Everyone I know who played it loved it. It's just not the latest skin on CoD or whatever, so sales were just whelming.

Sales were underwhelming because EA sandwiched the game between the, at the time, latest CoD and the latest Battlefield.
I think that the success of Apex gave Titanfall 2 a boost though. I think it's somewhat of a sleeper hit.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Ham, pineapple and blue cheese.

You’re a Munster.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Metroid has multiple million selling entries. It is niche only by Nintendo first party standards and that's largely on account of the fact that it isn't very popular in Japan.

When I think of cult games, I think of stuff like Llamasoft, or Trackmania, or Wonder Boy.

 

[Birdo]

The Mother series.

I mean, it doesn't help that one of it's games never released outside Japan, but still, Earthbound was a cult game, as was Earthbound Beginnings on Wii-U.

 

[recursive]

Has a Blade Runner avatar... Pineapple pizza should be pretty good, I will try it some day.

Do you complement it with seafood ?

Ham and pineapple. Damn good.

 

[balt1kr1s]

Dishonored.
It’s an amazing series if someone is into immersive sims, have definitely a cult of followers (including myself) but second game stopped making money really - less than 3 million copies of I remember correctly which is not bad number itself, however not great from AAA perspective.

On the other hand, Bethesda games are not doing well in recent years but it’s a topic for another conversation…

 

[BennyBlanco]

F Zero. Soulcalibur. Def Jam. Shenmue.

 

[EDMIX]

Xenosaga

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Society brainwashed people into not playing Yakuza. We are slowly turning that around.

 

[Fare thee well]

Anything Battletech-related (Mechwarrior). It has such a hilariously bleak, cynical, and unrealistic setting, but the big tower crushing mechs with unique individual stylings really just do everything for me. Apart from years of lawsuits and poor management with people who held the split-up IPs, the game saw an almost 18 year gap in presence since MW4; absolutely tragic. Still, as of recently, I'm enjoying MW5 a lot. It has scratched such an unbelievable itch for me. I can only hope Microsoft sets the franchise ablaze again now that they have full IP control in regards to the video game. It was one of the first 3D games you could play, a year before N64 even existed.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

- Psychonauts
- Beyond Good & evil
- Abe's Odyssey
- Bloodborne

 

[Lionel Richie]

Society brainwashed people into not playing Yakuza. We are slowly turning that around.

 

[balls of snow]

Dishonored series, Silent Hill series, Deus Ex series. Reason: majority have shit taste and/or cant handle that you need to think your way out of a situation instead of being hand hold to the credits.

 

[Vagswarm]

It wasn't really a franchise since there's only 1 game, but Eternal Darkness. It was too slow (literally, the movement was slow), difficult, and hard to get into, which is a turn-off for mainstream players. I found about it through word of mouth and had to read a few reviews, because I wasn't getting into it at first. Turned out to be an unbelievable game in the end.

 

[wipeout364]

Not a franchise but I would say Spiders RPG’s or Piranha Bytes RPG’s, both keep trucking along with low sales and a fan base that buys everything they put out. That said I am definitely not saying their games are underrated because they have serious issues.

 

[Ten_Fold]

Gravity Rush, I brought the vita because of seeing the first game in person, I wish the sequel had a bigger marketing budget.

 

[Great Hair]

 

[22•22]

Has a Blade Runner avatar... Pineapple pizza should be pretty good, I will try it some day.

Do you complement it with seafood ?

I usually have some Surströmming on the side.. <3

In all seriousness I'm slightly wondering if you're being sarcastic, seafood next to Hawaiian pizza is something I would've never thought of if it weren't for your post. Lol! =)

I do like to put some hotsauce on it!

Sweet, savory and spicy

Ontopic: I guess the Spintires/Mudrunner/Snowrunner series

 

[OrionNebula]

It's a matter of acquired taste.

Like pineapple pizza

Nice job
Now half the thread is about gaming, and the other half is about pizza topping

#teamrealpineappletopping