by MiTT3NZ » Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:28 am
Personally I reckon the best thing to use is social media. I always had huge doubts about the "tweetathon" and wrote it off, but lo and behold it fucking worked. Screenshots of visuals, using non-Shenmue hash tags, sharing clips n beauty shots on PSN (and Xbox Live if it ends up on there) can be enough to stoke interest.
There's been a few occasions where I've gone out of my way to get a game solely because of shit like this. One that sticks out in particular is Papers, Please. A simple tweet from an old college mate saying that it's one of the most oddly engaging experiences he had playing a game saw me play it every day for a week. I didn't end up buying it coz I was skint at the time, but that's not gonna be true of everyone.
I'm sure as well that a few on here will have mates that only really dabble in games and will buy based off your recommendations. Focus on them and emphasise the fact it isn't a JRPG. People don't really have time for that. Speaking of, let them know it's a game that they can play at their own pace, much like Skyrim or GTA.
I guess what it boils down to is focusing less on the aspects that made you fall in love with the series and more on what they look for in a game. Simple shit like "yeah, it feels proper like a film but you do it moment to moment like in 24", "it's coz these proper mint action sequences", "it's open world, there's no guns, but the fighting's like proper martial arts shit n the combos aren't stupidly long", "it's set in the 80's man!" Things like that.
While buying multiple copies can generate high sales figures, companies aren't stupid. They can tell the demand for something by the sheer volume of people talking about it. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc have made this much easier to track, so the more "legitimate" noise it makes the better. I have a feeling that multiple purchases could be detrimental in some way or another. All it takes is one journalist to catch wind of it and write an article on it.
MiTT3NZ has received a thanks from: Let's Get Sweaty