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Some words of wisdom taken from Platinum (via Gaf)

By DarthOrange 6 Comments

It seems like a lot of people discuss sales as if it has any kind of baring on how fun a game is. At the end of the day should it really matter to the consumer? Here are a few quotes by Platinum (talking about The Wonderful 101) that really stuck out to me and I felt like sharing.

"Buy the game and worry about the sales never. The fun you have will stay the same.

I get wanting to root for a winner, but the minute that crazy sales makes a game more fun is the minute that it becomes something worth worrying about as a gamer."

- PlatinumGamesJP

"We worry about making the fun. You worry about the playing fun.

Let other people worry about the sales."

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=71527751&highlight=#post71527751

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JasonR86

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lol

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Edited By MariachiMacabre

Sales matter to the consumer because if a system doesn't sell, no one makes games for it.

Oh, and...

@jasonr86 said:

lol

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Sales matter to the consumer because if a system doesn't sell, no one makes games for it.

Oh, and...

@jasonr86 said:

lol

Or there's no sequels. Or the sequel is on a shitty system no one owns (Bayonetta 2).

Sales are a great indicator to see if we;re going to see more games like that in the future.

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@mariachimacabre said:

Sales matter to the consumer because if a system doesn't sell, no one makes games for it.

Oh, and...

@jasonr86 said:

lol

Or there's no sequels. Or the sequel is on a shitty system no one owns (Bayonetta 2).

Sales are a great indicator to see if we;re going to see more games like that in the future.

but Platinum is smart in saying to ignore sales stuff. Too many people focusing on bad sales may create a negative light on their game and lose them more sales that they need.

and

@jasonr86 said:

lol

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I got an email notification for this for some reason. But yeah, worrying about sales numbers is dumb. Just enjoy the game.

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Also, besides my previous comment, this kind of sounds like a developer telling consumers 'don't worry your pretty little head about these things sweetheart'.