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[ahtlas7]

Now get back to what matters

 

[Shifty1897]

Square is always champing to the bit to announce they are disappointed by their western studios' sales numbers. It's a running joke at this point.

I'm sure Left Alive was an unprecedented success to them though.

 

[IAmNotFromDelaware]

It's still $79.99 in Canada on Steam. Not sure how they expect to increase sales but leaving at that price won't help. Perhaps more marketing?

Not a big marvel guy so I really thought this was somehow connected to the other Marvel game that got a really bad rap.

Didn't realize it was so highly rated. I enjoy single player action adventure games so I would buy it at that price if I had the time, but I know it'll just go to my backlog. I'll be sure to buy it when it comes down a bit.

 

[Hendrick's]

Game Pass time

 

[ryzen1]

I wasnt really aware of the game till I heard some gamers praising it.
Turned out it was an amazing game.

 

[The Cockatrice]

We're talking about Square Enix here...their expectations are shit. Devs should really go indie. Fuck SE.

 

[KungFucius]

I bought it a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to get it on PC but it was 60 bucks so I bought it used on PS5 for 25. If they want better sales they need to reduce the price a little, it has been out for over 4 months and there are a lot of games releasing now so it is a harder sell.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

It could hit GP at one point, but not anytime soon I think.

Also has there been any indication that they will increase the resolution on performance mode? 1080p/60 is not good enough.

 

[wOs]

I enjoyed avengers a lot more personally. (Granted I didn't play day one, I played after the series x update, didn't care for the end game content though)

& GOTG, I thought was pretty boring and had to really force myself to finish the game (awful combat that never really changes or improves sadly) excellent 80s ost and star lord band/songs made specially for the game.

I'm genuinely surprised at how over hyped gotg is. (& I say this as someone who doesn't like super heroes but loves the gotg films)

Considering you think avengers was a better (best part was the opening sequence) I'm not surprised that I disagree with the rest lf
our post. When Avengers started all I wanted was a game that played similar to the opening. Not some crappy GaaS where you could tell fun was somewhere but that quickly gave way to boredom, rrepirition, and missions I'd like to forget.

 

[Whitecrow]

Problem was also gotg not having that much of a fanbase

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

I immediately assumed it didn’t sale too well to when I easily found it for $29.99 literally 2 weeks after it released. Sad part is I actually think it’s a good game and I really enjoyed it.

 

[winjer]

Now let Eidos-Montréal do what they do best: Deus EX.

 

[shubik]

Welp, guess its back to Deus Ex right square? Square? Hello?

I really hope square saw the thirst for a good cyberpunk open-world game! Deus Ex is exactly what the people want.

 

[mejin]

It's a solid game. shame.

Marvel's Avenger's screwed this game. I thought they would be similar like many people but most have said that Guardians is a great game

Yep, to overcome a bad first impression is not easy.

 

[SSfox]

Glad it failed. The less Marvel the better.

Now give us DQ12 news.

 

[anthony2690]

Considering you think avengers was a better (best part was the opening sequence) I'm not surprised that I disagree with the rest lf
our post. When Avengers started all I wanted was a game that played similar to the opening. Not some crappy GaaS where you could tell fun was somewhere but that quickly gave way to boredom, rrepirition, and missions I'd like to forget.

I personally thought the ending mission was the best.

 

[Thirty7ven]

The game isn’t very good.

 

[RAIDEN1]

I'll be checking this game out, before I go on the 2nd run of Mass Effect 3..

 

[Pagusas]

that’s amazing news to wake up too. Hopefully square pulls them off these shit projects now.

 

[Boss Mog]

Avengers is what hurt GOTG. A lot of people thought GOTG was a GaaS type game like Avengers, SE wasn't clear enough in their advertising that GOTG was a single player story based game.

 

[crunchyBiscuits]

Havent played GotG yet, but i really want Eidos to continue with the Deus Ex Adam Jensen games

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Reinstalled and continued the game, liked it better than the movie GOTG

 

[MaKTaiL]

It's the Game Pass generation. I heard from a lot of people that they would wait until the game was free on Game Pass to play it.

 

[Mister Wolf]

That's sad to hear. I'm currently playing it and its great. Hope it gets a sequel.

 

[DaGwaphics]

I agree with others. Marketing was almost non-existent for this in the states. They basically just threw it out there and figured the Marvel name would sell it.

It's too bad, the game seems to be received well by most of the players that gave it a chance. Maybe they will do a DLC campaign or something to try and capitalize on the good will. Would have loved a sequel with these characters, much better casting than the film, LOL.

 

[Louay]

SE just sell you EU division studios with all of it's IPs, i'm sure you will get good price for it. companies will bid to get TR IP.
take that money foucs on expanding your east division.

 

[wOs]

I personally thought the ending mission was the best.

Is it bad I forget it? If it is linear like the opening then I'll just agree.

 

[RoadHazard]

Maybe it would have sold better if they hadn't released that other piece of shit Marvel game before it, and then proceeded to market Guardians in a way that made it seem just as shit.

(GotG is a very average and overrated game though. Fine, but not great.)

 

[Ristifer]

As someone who is desperate for more Deus Ex, this is still sad news, as I absolutely loved GotG.

 

[fran.fernandez]

Good game but I bought it at 29 us no long after release. Wouldn’t pay full price at all

 

[mckmas8808]

What a bunch of morons, overhyped the piece of shit one and buried the actually good one.

Which one did they over hype?

 

[arvfab]

1) Game looked like Avengers 2.0, only later (some) people realized it was not the case

2) Start to release demos again, ffs.

 

[NickFire]

Based on the live service game I prejudged this one as shovel ware and didn't even bother looking at previews. I've seen it on sale a couple times and thought about it, but at this point I'm banking on it being a PS+ game sooner than later. If its later or never I'll survive.

 

[MiguelItUp]

They really didn't do a good job with the marketing and advertising of this. Before release, majority of folks thought it didn't look good, or that it would be horrible. Can't really blame them with how it was all handled. But then it came out, and a ton of people were shocked to see that it was not only decent, but pretty damn good. A shame.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Previous Avengers game tripe, combined with poor marketing where people thought this was practically an add on for that GAAS game.

It's a shame, since it's a really good game.

 

[Kenpachii]

Marketing was horrible.

Saw the game on twitch, the start of the game instantly bought it. Fucking hell good game.

 

[Bloobs]

 

[BennyBlanco]

Avengers poisoned the well for superhero cringe games. Make another Deus Ex, will ya?

 

[Novacain]

Not surprising, I figured it wasnt great when they started rolling out 30% off sales less than a month after launch.

 

[anthony2690]

Is it bad I forget it? If it is linear like the opening then I'll just agree.

Yes but quite action packed

 

[Decontamination Silo]

This is because Avengers was terrible. Guardians was by far my surprise of the year for 2020.

 

[captainnapalm]

Another death knell for the linear single-player adventure. And onward we trudge towards our live-service, open world future.

 

[samjaza]

Has there ever been a western developed squenix game that hasn't disappoint them with sales? I assume the just double what their experts project with sales.

 

[jhjfss]

It's the Game Pass generation. I heard from a lot of people that they would wait until the game was free on Game Pass to play it.