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Originally Posted by avatar_58
Bull. Oblivion is selling by word of mouth....because anyone who plays it or reads a review ends up wanting it for good reason. Bethesda is not a top name, beyond Elder Scrolls they haven't done too much. As for EA, everyone hates them these days so how can you use that arguement  |
Oh, come off it. Loads of people preordered
Oblivion as soon as they saw the pretty screenshots
. Just like lots of people (in adventure gaming terms) have preordered
Dreamfall purely because it's a sequel to
The Longest Journey. As for only making the Elder Scrolls games (and some well respected action games in the deep and distant past),
Morrowind sold in vast quantities. The budget for
Oblivion didn't come out of nowhere, you know
.
My EA reference, meanwhile, was purely to show that quality of game and sales figures aren't really linked as strongly as you're suggesting.
Psychonauts didn't do particularly well despite close to unanimous critical praise; ditto for
Beyond Good & Evil. EA, meanwhile, can sell any incarnation of a sports game by slapping on a company badge.
Anyway, this is getting way off-topic
.
