Review Scores Don't Matter

[Zerodash]

Explains the sales of 50 Cent: Bulletproof.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=3837&Itemid=2

Discuss.

[ChaoofNee]

They're fifteen years late at reporting this story.

[Rem]

I'm not comparing lego star wars in quality, but again that got mediocre reviews across the board and sold like crazy.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

The fact that I sold more copies of Crime Life than Psychonauts already proved this theory.

[Diff-chan]

I'm not comparing lego star wars in quality, but again that got mediocre reviews across the board and sold like crazy.

It has a mid-80s on metacritic.

Anyway, reviews help or hurt games without a sizable built-in audience. I think the positive reviews help games like Okami and if Yakuza wasn't being docked 15% for not being GTA: Kabukicho it would be a big hit.

Of course the fact is that 95% of games sold seem to be either a sequel or franchise so maybe sales are predetermined.

[JefmcC]

I sold a ton of Shak-Fu on Genesis back in the day.

[Rumpy]

I sold a ton of Shak-Fu on Genesis back in the day.

Is that the sequel to Shaq-Fu?

[Zerodash]

I sold a ton of Shak-Fu on Genesis back in the day.

If you actually talked people into making those sales, then I want to hire you.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

who I bought that game? You can't swing a dead cat around here without hitting a loose Shaq Fu cart.

[Frogacuda]

This is only a half truth. If Bulletproof was a good game it would have sold even more than it did.