Gamers don’t want to buy games? That sounds preposterous! It actually couldn’t be more true. Gamers will too often not buy a videogame for one reason alone. While that may seem small to most, it’s monumental to others. Some reasons are purely cosmetic, some are functionality based, and sometimes people just forget. Either way, we all have our reasons why we didn’t buy that certain game. No, it’s not all money based, but that is my first point.
5. Lack Of Funds
Remember pre-360 when games were $50? Special editions were $60. Those were the days. Now the Next-Gen, HD era is here and everything is more expensive as a result. But it’s only 10 extra bucks! Yes it is. It’s also a contributing factor to why we don’t buy games. Some of us just can’t afford it. I’m not blaming the recession for this either, because the second we found out game’s were an extra 10 dollars, everybody’s game library shrunk. You bought that one really popular game, and that was it for a good 4-6 months. Odds are, if you have friends that are playing games all day everyday, they don’t have jobs. Their only way of getting games are for their birthdays or holidays. Those only come once a year. There are some solutions to this epidemic though. Places like Gamestop who sell used games really help, even though it’s only a few bucks cheaper, it’s still appreciated.
4. Reviews
Why wouldn’t you listen to a credible journalist when he or she says the game is bad? Because it’s only their opinion. But their opinions will sway the majority of gamers so easily. John Doe and IGN said that the Snoop Dog game is horrible, so I’m not going to buy it. These journalist are more influential then Presidents. It’s completely understandable and makes complete sense though.
From a personal standpoint, It’s all about what you, the consumer, thinks. I’m sure you know about a game called “Bayonetta.” Nothing but great reviews all across the board. And sure enough, I see a lot of my friends playing that game after the first few reviews come out. I don’t like the game. Cool art style sure, but that doesn’t make a good game. I found myself just running around pressing “X” the entire time. Not really knowing what I was doing or supposed to be doing. Too much stuff going on at once and made the screen cluttered. I’d rather play another Action/Adventure game like “Dante’s Inferno.”
A lot of gamers wait for the reviews before purchasing a game, not as a guide or reference, but to make up their opinion for them.
3. No One Has It
I am a victim of this and I think most of us are. You really wanted to buy the game, but didn’t want to play by yourself. So you just let the game go. This happened recently too. Remember a game called “Section 8?” Futuristic, FPS, large multiplayer battles, jet packs, and dynamic spawning were all apart of this game. I really wanted it too. It came out and I asked who was going to get it, and no one was. Some hadn’t even heard of it. So I didn’t buy it. It’s unfortunate yes, but the draw to that game was the really cool multiplayer. Since no one was getting it, I didn’t.
2.Movie Based
What do Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Spider-Man 3, Fight Club, Terminator: Salvation, and Shrek the Third all have in common? They’re all awful movie based games. It’s no secret that games tied to movies are just a quick way to make some extra money off of a popular franchise name. It’s a lot easier to name 5 bad movie games then 5 good ones. Try and name 5 good ones now, and no you can’t say “Chronicles of Riddick” 5 times in a row.
1.No Multiplayer
Yes, there are games without multiplayer. I know your friends list is smothered with Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3, and Gears of War 2 and that’s because multiplayer alone adds a big bump to sales. Take “Bioshock 2” for example. There’s added multiplayer and everyone was excited for it! I don’t know why, that game didn’t need multiplayer, but fans wanted multiplayer. People were disappointed that the first game didn’t have multiplayer which stopped some from buying it.
A great single player experience isn’t really enough anymore. Imagine Halo, Crackdown, or Call of Duty without multiplayer. They would not be blockbuster hits without it. Growing up, I didn’t want games without multiplayer because I had two other brothers who wanted to play. Unless the game has a big following like God of War or Oblivion, you will need something to get yourself noticed and it’s usually great graphics, cool pre-order content, or multiplayer.
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