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Common sense and facts: "most awaited" holiday titles

Posted Nov 18, 2006 at 7:59AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PSP, Xbox 360 Tags: EA Sports, Epic Games, Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios, Nintendo EAD

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It's common sense that "what goes up must come down," but you need specific formulas if you're going to send a space shuttle into space. In other words, you need solid data and clear numbers.

So we appreciated the data we found in a Gamasutra article about BrandIntel, a market research company out of Toronto, and BrandIntel's "Top 50 Video Games Report." The study took data from both "online and human analysis from January 1, 2006 to October 31, 2006 for over 1,200 titles" - including those that have only been announced. "The games were broken down in terms of audience interest and sentiment score, and then subsequently ranked."

The results. So which games got the most audience (customer) interest?

Gears of War
The game is from Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios is unstoppable. (We had to use Tim Buckley's Ctrl+Alt+Del comic take on it from ctrlaltdel-online.com.)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Any "hardcore gamer" should be willing to show respect for this venerable franchise steeped in gaming tradition from Nintendo EAD. *bow your head and ask for Miyamoto's blessing* LOL
Madden NFL 07 (with versions for the Xbox 360, for the PS3, and for the Wii)
If you've been reading QJ comments, you'll see people's interest vary depending on the platform. Some versions for some consoles are ridiculed for bugs and because EA Sports has lost its touch, but some versions are praised for innovations.
Halo 3
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (with versions for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii)
Fight Night Round 3
Call of Duty 3 (with versions for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3)
Assassin's Creed (with versions for the Xbox 360 and PS3)
Resistance: Fall of Man
Tony Hawk's Project 8

The research took "online consumer communities such as message boards, discussion forums, blogs and other internet social communities," as well as "over 670,000 raw search results, of which 48,000 consumer mentions on next-gen video games were used in compiling the data."

The trends. According to the study, there are some trends: moving away from World War II shooters and moving towards futuristic shooters, action adventure got discussed because of "open-ended game play and highly-interactive environments" but sports games got discussed (dissed) for "inaccurate and unrealistic" gameplay.

That makes sense to us: it's easy to diss a sport game because you play the sport in real life or watch it on TV. You don't usually have to deal with aliens or monsters unless you went to snooty high school, so a futuristic shooter will tend to make us notice (in a positive way) the atmosphere and effects and gameplay.

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What the hell is wrong with you people. This liberal bull***** has got to stop!!! most awaited HOLIDAY items. Christmas you *****s! Christmas!!!!! do you give gifts for any other holiday? NO. well... besides boxing day, but that's Canadian and they speak French, so screw them....

CHRISTMAS *****S! Learn to say it.

# I noticed as well. — Guest 2006-11-18 18:52

I had clicked on the comments links to bring this up, but it looks like you beat me to the punch. So QJ, which holiday seaon re you talking about? '06 or '07? You must be a Halo fanboy or something. Honestly......

# ^What a moron.^ — Guest 2006-11-18 19:00

Won't own any other titles? How do you know? You are probably one of those geeks that thinks Halo 2 is the best current game. Personally, I didn't think too highly of it. Does that mean I don't like it? Do I think it should be considered a "hot game"? No. Maybe if the game had more of a storyline and wasn't promoted by cheap multiplayer, I would respect it more.

I think LoZ: TP will be a great game. The more in-depth a storyline, the better. And with the Wiimote, it will have a high chance of being a success.

# holidays? — Guest 2006-11-18 19:17

I dont see how that list includes Halo 3 and Assassins Creed.

# sense — Guest 2006-11-18 23:16

look this topic has common sense in it and if u dont have it then dont even bother to come here OK!!! NOOB

# handle — Guest 2006-11-18 23:20

the truth" for guys who fight on this small things i basically think u guys should get a LIFE!

# you — Guest 2006-11-18 23:21

have a problem with it go to a doctor man cuz you S**K TOO

# Agreed — Guest 2006-11-18 23:23

i agree with this guy NOOBS!

# huh — Guest 2006-11-19 15:36

yupp it sure is, that's why over a million copies of gears of war have sold out and zelda aint even out yet. yupp they've got it won. (zelda is for kids, there are more teens and adults out there)

# hey el boinko — Guest 2006-11-19 15:40

screw you, i love how all americans and there 400 pounds of fat think that they're top notch of the world and they think they can boss every one around. my fav past of the us is that f*****g commercial about the f****d army. "there is nothing stronger than the us army, because there is nothing stronger than a us army soldier" and than it shows a medic caring for a kid. wow AMERICANS ARE *****Y. well, only the fricken ones who believe in fricken "manifest destiny" and if none of you can figure that out than your dumb. al americans know wut manifest destiny is.

# ... — Neo_Rena 2006-11-21 11:08

This is taken from a study of message boards and such by some place I've never heard of. It sounds like they just googled the games and wrote down how many hits they got ^_^

# ... — Neo_Rena 2006-11-21 11:10

Wow... that was completely out of nowhere.

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