Originally Posted by Orbax
Originally Posted by Hachina
Originally Posted by Orbax
I forgot to mention, because I said it in another thread, COD as of 2016 had 250 million copies sold so I said take it with a grain of salt when considering people's tastes as a barometer. This was more encapsulating it in a narrow genre with few contenders and just pointing out that they weren't some tiny group punching way above their weight and some of the other ames werent quite as popular as people make them to be.


I understand your point but compairing numbers is quite the shortcut.

Game weren't as popular and mainstream twenty years ago. They also used to be much more expensive. The industry has expanded since then.



Again, merely a point of reference. Theres not a lot of statistics for games other than copies sold and user ratings. I can't go to spiritualsuccessorstobaldursgate2andother90sgames.com and have it adjust for gamer population inflation and what it probably would have sold and been rated at given todays environment. The point I made across several posts was pretty basic and was in acknowledgement of the limitations of what could be teased from that.


Yeah but stats can mean anything out of context. If you just throw some random number and don't take into account the parameters, then the conclusion you make from the stat doesn't describe reality. If you know your point is incomplete you should look for more infos IMO. I tried to find some stats for gamer populations but I only have up to 2014 for now. Anyways, just in six years (2014-2021), the number of player increased from 1.8 Billions to 2.8 Billions. Imagine in twenty.

Last edited by Hachina; 26/10/20 03:19 AM.
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