No. It was a massive flop. well received by players and critics alike, but a massive flop. 'Seventh best selling game in one region for five seconds' for a game like that is really really bad.

It's a good game. It flopped so hard it made squarenix decide to get out of the western style market entirely, selling off the entire western arm of the company for a super low price just to be done with it, It was disastrous

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

And yet, to say “nobody bought it” is still ridiculous. These stupid exchanges wouldn’t happen to begin with if people didn’t engage in useless hyperbole.

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They wouldn't happen either if people could stop and think for a second to understand that hyperbole isn't literal, and that "nobody bought it" clearly means "its sales performance was well under expectations".

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The hyperbole is still dumb and unnecessary even in this context, considering stats such as debuting at #2 in the UK. It may have sold below the inflated corporate expectations, but it still sold a respectable amount.

I mean, seriously, is it really that hard to say “it didn’t sell enough”?

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ah, you just want to argue semantics instead of deal with the actual topic of conversation, okay. never-mind. i understand.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

sure, ok. seems like that’s what you’re doing but go off, dude.

edit: As a reminder, what’s actually being discussed are non-live service games that were well received and enjoyed, and by any other metric than sales, including that recognized in your own reply, GotG qualifies. If it hadn’t been preceded by the Avengers, and associated concerns, it likely would have sold much better, and “nobody bought it” is still flat out wrong.