Re: It's Hard To Blame Them...

Exclude consoles please. Frak the consolers. ;)

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

So, there's some new information from Circana (a market research
group; it's okay if you've never heard of them) showing the top-ten
selling PC/console games from the last 23 years*. I put a list of the
highest-selling games each year below.

And, you know, looking at the list, I can't help but think. I give
companies like EA and Ubisoft and BlizzaVision a hard-time for
constantly putting out uninspired sequels year after year rather than,
you know, investing in something new that might challenge gamers more
than the same ol' pabulum... but at the same time, it's hard to blame
them.

People BUY that shit. Happily. Year after year. If you have the choice
of pouring your heart and soul (and a lot of money) into a new project
that may or may not be accepted by the masses versus some garbage
project you can easily hack up without much effort, can you really
blame somebody if they go the easy route?

Triple-A publishers are a definite scourge on the hobby... but we
gamers deserve a lot of the blame too. 12 years Call of Duty was the
best selling game! No wonder the industry is in the state it is.

2000    Pokemon Gold/Silver
2001    Madden NFL 2002
2002    Grand Theft Auto Vice City
2003    Madden NFL 2004
2004    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2005    Madden NFL 2006
2006    Madden NFL 07
2007    Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
2008    Rock Band
2009    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2010    Call of Duty: Black Ops
2011    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2012    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
2013    Grand Theft Auto V
2014    Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2015    Call of Duty: Black Ops III
2016    Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
2017    Call of Duty: WWII
2018    Red Dead Redemption
2019    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
2020    Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
2021    Call of Duty: Vanguard
2022    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
2023    Hogwart's Legacy

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* here's the full list:
https://www.circana.com/intelligence/entertainment-top-10/2024/gaming-through-the-decades-us-top-20-best-selling-video-games/

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