Dante’s inferno got raped by God of War

Secondly, Dantes Inferno has no chance of beating God of War 3 in lifetime sales, even if you combine the two platforms (only two because the PSP really doesn’t count in this situation). Not that anyone commenting here will care that I think that, as almost every comment has the phrase, “PS3tard,” or “fanboy,” as if each of you are shouting out to the internet and challenging anyone to say that God of War 3 and Uncharted 2 are two of their favorite games. What’s your problem? First week sales of God of War 3 will probably run higher than 1 million units, as the pre-orders came near 500k in the US alone, by NPD estimates. Its first week sales will snuff out the total sales that Dante’s Inferno has accomplished in about a month! Don’t make me laugh. Yes, I do believe that God of War 3 is a much better game than Dante’s Inferno (I’ve played both so you’ve got nothing on me), but that doesn’t blind me to the hard facts. If God of War 3 was a new IP (strange to put a “3″ on it, but work with me), and Dante’s Inferno was a long-running exclusive series with both critical and commercial success, you’d see me telling you that DI would sell better!

The problem is that there is nearly no ads for a particular game or the crowd goes for the safe stuff that they know. It doesn’t matter if a game gets the GotY award and stuff; it won’t do if it doesn’t sell. Some devs complain about how hard it is to crack the wii’s hardcore audience when the same problem applies to the other consoles. Look at Dead Space. That game was critically acclaim and all, but it didn’t brake any sale records. The same applies to The Legend of Zelda series. That series is really popular and whenever a new game is announce, the hype goes to the top. However, those games barely sell 4 to 5 million copies in their life spam. Again, there is nearly no advertisement for that series and Nintendo thinks the way Sony does; that games will sell on name only.

Assassin’s Creed sold a lot because it was multiplatform and because it was heavily advertised by Ubisoft. They bet everything on that game and were rewarded. Assassin’s Creed 2 suffered a major hit; it was released around the time Modern Warfare 2 was hitting the shelves. If gamers had a choice, they would pick MW 2 over AC 2. That’s mostly due to some disappointments the first AC brought with it. It’s a shame really because I played MW 2 and I didn’t like the single player campaign and the online multiplayer was nothing revolutionary (CoD 4 was better); BUT, Assassin’s Creed 2’s story is in a whole other level. It’s really engaging and they kept their word of “variety.” Sadly it will not break any sale records either.

As for Dante’s Inferno… WTF? Ok, I admit that the GoW series is badass and i love it to death, but let’s get something clear, Kratos did not invent the Greek Gods and the bloody death matches! You guys say that DI is a rip off of the GoW games. So then, is it fair to say that the GoW series is a rip off of the animemated series Ulysses 31 and Saint Seiya? Those two series talk about wars and conflicts against the Greek Gods and were created long before most of us were born. Also, have you heard of Conquer Bad Fur Day? Even though it was animated violence, you could tear your enemies apart in that game in gruesome ways, and it was an N64 game. Remember the old Mortal Kombat games? Yeah, those were pretty hardcore games, too. You see some sequential moments were you press a button and you say it’s a GoW rip off. You think that Kratos own everything when you don’t even know your history. I did play the demo for Dante’s Inferno, and even though I agree that the gameplay was a bit choppy, I felt that the ideas were more refreshing that the GoW 3 demo. I’m getting DI this weekend and GoW 3 for sure when it comes out. Btw, DI is still in the best selling games chart at gamestop. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go play some Valkyria Chronicles before going to bed. Cheers!

Also i apologize for butchering grammar, i hope no one out here is a grammar nazi.