Somewhat ridiculous characterization. Did it perform under expectations? Following worry from the Avengers flop, yeah, of course. It was still the seventh best selling game in the US at one point, which isn’t small, and did better in other countries. Hardly “nobody.”

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 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 8 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 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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”?