I was going to get a new slim 360 soon anyway. Since I have Alan Wake and FM3 I've decided to get the Kinect bundle. It may be a gimmick but I know my fiance will like it. If she can understand my gaming fetish a little better it only ends in win for me.
" The wrong game is done as a download card. Forza is the long-term game that would be best-served sitting on a hard drive. Alan Wake seems like a play-it-and-delete-it sort of game. "
Agreed. I heard this was coming, then was disappointed to see that AW is just a download. I look at physical media as a backup, which I usually never need, but is nice to have. I probably would delete it after I'm done. ...However, I've owned Forza 2 for well over a year and just haven't been able to get into it. I don't think the racing sim genre is for me either.@TooWalrus
Surprised that Wake is a download code - it's not like they have any of those spare (the UK shops have racks of unsold / pre-owned stock selling for < £15 / $20).
It's a shame that in the case of Alan Wake they can't even give it away ...
" Sounds like microsoft didn't do well selling those games. "
I think the thing with this bundle is that Microsoft, as Remedy is going for Alan Wake 2, is trying to make it a popular franchise among its consumers. So bigger revenues are made with the sequel.
Forza 3 is probably there to counterbalance GT5 popularity, and win a bigger fanbase.
" Sounds like microsoft didn't do well selling those games. "
I think the thing with this bundle is that Microsoft, as Remedy is going for Alan Wake 2, is trying to make it a popular franchise among its consumers. So bigger revenues are made with the sequel. Forza 3 is probably there to counterbalance GT5 popularity, and win a bigger fanbase. "
You can't simply "make it popular", the consumers collectively decide what is to be popular and what is not to be popular. The sales were mediocre. If they wanted to sell the game, they would likely have to change up the formula. Forza 3 is months old. It probably already sold to people already interested in the game. They were probably left over copies that they had in stock. If there is a "fanbase" for GT5, they are probably interested in GT5. Not to say people who play GT5 play GT5 exclusively. But those who would likely play both games probably like racing game generally speaking.
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