10 Most Controversial Games That SOLD WELL

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

The GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition was such a face palm, Insane how they can release something in that condition

[@FOUR22]

Its a modern feature now. Imagine if a game was released like that 10 years ago

[@oukeith]

I pre-ordered it and have yet to play It I don't want it to ruin my memories of the orginal games

[@rollitupmars]

I feel like I’m the only person who actually enjoyed it and had no problems at all with it…

[@R3AL-AIM]

​@@rollitupmarsDid you play the originals on console?

[@R3AL-AIM]

​@@rollitupmarsOr even the latest Steam release versions at that lol

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Star Wars Battlefront 2 shocked me with how well it redeemed itself. I remember the utter disaster it was at launch, and it wasn’t until 2020 that I finally got it after my friend swore up and down how much the devs improved the game. And yeah, he was right lol

[@Seussenshmirtz]

I just wish it had more offline content. Even EA's OG Battlefront had an offline version of Walker Assault.

[@NexxtTimeDontMiss]

😂 no

[@MrSpartan993]

Same here

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

Still no mace windu … floaty characters and stiff movement

[@Christos0720]

The devs had the most downvoted comment in Reddit history.

[@Curt_Randall]

Honestly I enjoyed RE6 quite a bunch. Sure it sucks as a RE game. But as an action filled game that happens to have RE characters it is rather remarkable. Especially since it gives you 4 distinct character campaigns each of which are about the length of a CoD campaign.

[@RTX4050Games]

It's an incredible game and people who hate it can just go f... Themselves

[@petesmart1983]

Re 6 is a good game but wasn't good for a resident evil game. But definitely fun and well worth playing. Just to many ideas

[@stevenstump246]

I loved RE6, just not for the same reasons I loved the rest of the series. It's the first time that I got to sit down and couch co-op with my son in an RE game. We had a blast.

[@r.lum.r]

Totally agree here. I actually had a great time with re6, but definitely also don’t think it’s doesn’t make sense in context of seeing RE4 success, and then re5 being basically Capcom trying out co-op RE4 with RE5. I think RE6 was them trying to do RE4 one more time, but with more in it. It’s honestly a perfectly fine game, you can have fun with if you’re not absorbed in the internet discourse lol

[@Kageravager]

​@@petesmart1983This is the exact same reasoning that I give when someone questions me on my opinion about AC Odyssey. An amazing game with a lot of hours. Just not a good AC game.

[@shobitts1127]

There was recently an insight as how many Japanese dev companies are ranked and GameFreak was listed as one of the worst companies with complains about how it's mostly conformed by senior devs who are so out of touch with current technology and that they don't really care about their quality because people will buy pokemon games regardless

[@Spotastic9]

That's what I was thinking. People are going to buy Pokemon games regardless. Plus, because there is also a higher young people market with Pokemon, they and their parents aren't necessarily looking at reviews before the game comes out, or even afterwards.

[@billymays1761]

Pokémon/Nintendoheads are too far gone for the devs to desire changing the formula. Until that day, the same old rehash will still be pushed and will sell incredibly, sadly.

[@Stinkyremy]

@@Spotastic9 I think you misunderstand the market, its not soccer moms buying pokemon for their children, its grown adults who were kids when pokemon was all the rage in the early 00s.

[@Spotastic9]

@Stinkyremy Yeah, that would make sense. And I just looked up demographic information for sales and it goes along with what you said, most in the 20 to 29 year old range. I think Gen Z and younger Millenials also aren't as likely to pay attention to reviews for IPs they love as us older Millenials and Gen X.

[@Amins88]

But they did change the formula with Legends: Arceus. And it was a very good game and much needed improvement in a lot of ways. Too bad it barely got any lasting recognition. This is why we can't have nice things.

[@billyalarie929]

Falc, I for one would LOVE, like a 30 min rant on just Sonic ‘06, from you.

[@landonewts]

I was one of the people who pre-ordered Cyberpunk 2077, and while I enjoyed it at launch, I also know it had major issues. I’ve been incredibly impressed at how the devs addressed those issues and continue to support and improve the game. Excited for Phantom Liberty.

[@wvw_one]

Grow up.

[@Nitro_Foundry]

Same cyberpunk is actually one of my favorites and it has been since day 1 despite its flaws and shortcomings.

[@kafeleswanston425]

Like the game but vex they dropped the support for ps4

[@RandalphTheBlack]

I was impressed when they delivered witcher 3 perfect day 1. Cyber punk was unfathomable

[@StallionFernando]

People like you are the reason these companies continue to release half baked games. So thank you for making the gaming industry worse....

[@djsierra777]

This is coming from someone that loves Nintendo and has stood by them even through the Wii U days: the fact that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet sold as well as they did really shows that Nintendo fans have no standards

[@angeloftheuchiha.4810]

Fr everything about the game is subpar for a pokemon game.

[@toaster4975]

I mean...I didn't buy it.

[@angeloftheuchiha.4810]

@@toaster4975 then I would imagine this post isn't towards you then 🤦‍♂️

[@garand70]

Had I known about the issues, I may have held off buying it. But, I, as well as many others, pre-ordered and were surprised by the initial laggy performance.

[@DJPrimeAmvs]

I mean...kind of a dick move to say someone has no standards if they bought, played and enjoyed a game.

[@jspres86]

I feel like these games could be put into two separate categories...1. Games that were bad at launch and the devs actively worked to correct the mistakes, and 2: Games that were bad at launch and stayed that way. Also thanks Falcon! Anytime I hear or read the words "barrel roll" the ONLY thing I hear in my head is "Press Z or R twice!"

[@jeremywhite8518]

I am so happy with where No Man's Sky went. I was someone who tried to get a refund from Steam on day one, and I am thoroughly amazed every time a patch comes out about how much they continue to do.

[@blueninjanoname7338]

Is it really what they promised, though? I like how a company lying to people's faces to get money is perfectly fine aslong as they fix it months later.

[@SakuraAvalon]

@@blueninjanoname7338 Most of those 'lies' were exaggerations from the news outlets, or features that they cut out, because of player feedback. Yeah, some of the things they promised was more then they could actually deliver on. But this was a small studio, making their first ever big game, while they had their introverted head doing the PR. Not some giant company, with hundreds of employees, massive budgets, marketing teams, and fully aware of what they can and cannot do. Get over it. They fixed the game, and delivered numerous updates for free to make it acceptable. A larger company probably would have done jack shit, let the game die in its current state, and gone onto repeat this with their next game.

[@blueninjanoname7338]

@@SakuraAvalon wdym get over it, you think I payed a penny for this game, lmao hell no. And what does it matter that it was a small studio, they still sat in interviews and lied to people's faces to get money. They aint small now are they. Using the size of the company as a scapegoat is ridiculous. Then again I didnt buy.

[@SakuraAvalon]

​@@blueninjanoname7338 So you, didn't wait for reviews, and blindly spent your money. You were asking to get burned. Try not to be so gullible if you're gone to be this salty.

[@blueninjanoname7338]

@@SakuraAvalon Re-read my comment.

[@Katsokan]

That sonic game was my first game on my first PlayStation, for it’s an amazing game. Growing up we didn’t had much money, only for the basic stuff, but that Christmas my mother and my grandmother made an effort to by me a PS3, and it came with that sonic game. So many good memories about it, I was too young to understand that probably it wasn’t a great game but I was innocent enough to just have fun playing it ❤️

[@mathjesticgaming1188]

Resident evil 6 is pretty good with a friend, I hope they remake it and actually make it a horror game. I’m super glad the next game was 7 and it brought back the horror, even though I’ve played it so much it’s lost a lot of the horror.

[@Op-Whatchamacallit]

Bruh literally the most beloved re games are more action than horror

[@perrycoffey5410]

​@@Op-WhatchamacallitI haven't played them because Sony is a pos company

[@Ebani]

​@@Op-Whatchamacallit RE4 does has horror and the most action packed RE (5 & 6) are hated, idk what you're on but i want some.

[@avinashsanga5840]

​@@Ebanionly Americans find zombies scary.

[@thebilldozer7970]

5 and 6 had couch co op. To many bro teams sitting up all night.

[@kashel83]

Sometimes us gamers are to blame for bad games and bad companies to keep existing

[@James-gj8rn]

The ironic thing here is that both Star Wars Battlefront 2 EA and Cyberpunk 2077 became great games, i just wish higher ups weren't that insistent on launching games when they are not ready :(

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Or announcing something when they are not even ready to develop the games.

[@James-gj8rn]

@@L16htW4rr10r Star Wars KOTOR Remake

[@TheDarkShinobiX]

That Sonic Game was a lot of Fun. Introducing Silver was awesome. I also had a blast with RE6 with me and my bro.

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

True 06 is pretty fun

[@madisonsosa21]

How fun is it? I'm curious on trying the game out

[@misterinkeduk]

I only bought Aliens Colonial Marines for one reason... The kickass Alien Vs Power Loader figure... It's still on my shelf to this day and I've never bothered playing the game lol

[@rivergross5346]

Omg I still remember being so excited for Battlefront 2 and being utterly blindsided by the blatant, soulless cash grab it was.

[@AwakenNotWoke]

It is still soulless, even without micro transactions. Anyone with the slightest bit of common sense can tell the game was rushed, due to that crappy last jedi film. So when something gets rushed, you’re working under pressure and don’t have enough time to make a thoughtful, unique game that’s enjoyable to play.

[@CrabSully]

It's annoying, because Star Wars is a pretty easy franchise to turn into a good, successful game.

[@whysoserious4274]

​@@CrabSullyat least we got cal kestis games.

[@revstic00]

I love this channel. You guys are awesome at reviews and it shows

[@gameranxTV]

thanks

[@ging3rbreadtiger618]

Hot take. Resident evil 6 is my favorite RE I've played it multiple times and even beat a few of the characters with my granddaughter. Granted I played it in it's entirety in multiplayer mode and that added a lot to the game

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

At least we can thank Star Wars: Battlefront 2 with sparking the whole thing about the government regulation of the 'gambling' aspect of live service loot box and RNG microtransactions

[@t.fernbach602]

99% of franchises out there would be dead by now if they did what Pokemon has been doing for years. They literally released turd on a cartridge, and it's on its way to sell 30 million copies.

[@jadonwalker5991]

I kind of thought last of us 2 would make an appearance since so many people were upset with the story. There was also the strange incident were PlayStation was refunding people their preorder money after the delay during the lock downs. I don't think I'd ever heard of something like that in my life.

[@Ori_Kohav]

Sony issuing refunds? I only recall that for Cyberpunk 2077, which was ridiculously glitchy, and Anthem, which was bricking consoles

[@jadonwalker5991]

@@Ori_Kohav Just for the preorders due to covid nothing like the degree of cyberpunk. But I remember getting a notice about it on PSN and thinking how bizarre it was. It was followed shortly by the story leaking and all the panic that came with it.

[@Ori_Kohav]

@@jadonwalker5991 the leaks actually ENCOURAGED me to give this game a chance, because the first one to me was ruined by the ending.

[@youngnat]

@@jadonwalker5991I had the game spoiled for me right after preordering. I don’t regret playing the game but that’s great if they gave that option.

[@rajmasteryu7782]

Yep it sold a ridiculous 10 million copies in like one year

[@broadwaywes]

“There isn’t any human animal love…” seems like it’s only ok in Baulders Gate

[@micah99978]

to be fair in baldurs gate it was a druid that turned into a bear. not an actual bear.

[@neighborlyairsoft7180]

The Last Of Us Part2 definitely should have been up there. That game was probably the most controversial topic in gaming for the entirety of 2019-2020, and yet it sold amazingly.

[@JordanH2288]

Falcon yelling “NO” has become my all time favorite thing a falcon has ever said

[@greenbow7888]

Am surprised Hogwarts Legacy is not on this list. It sold 15 million copies as of 5 May 2023, while there was a shit-storm around it.

[@timotheninja]

What was controversial about Hogwarts Legacy?

[@madtech5153]

@@timotheninja the controversy is not about within the game (which was the main focus of the video) but rather about the owner of IP of hogwarts legacy harry potter game. many mentally ill people from twitter starts harassing people who played hogwarts legacy especially streamers since playing the game is supporting J. K. Rowling (according to mentally ill people, shes anti-trans).

[@MichaelZankel]

The transition between 9 and 10 was so hillarious, "chill pokemon music" -> RESIDENT EVIL 6, SLIDING WITH A GUN AND KILLING ZOMBIES

[@RayRae559]

"The Washington post, a mainstream paper of good repute" is the most inaccurate thing that's ever been said on this channel.

[@StrodaIe]

Just Put the fries in the bag bud

[@YGOFosho]

NMS is one of the greatest games ever made, and THE greatest comeback story in gaming history.

[@rosshurst5630]

This list gives several examples of one major thing the video game industry does that most media/entertainment businesses don't and that is that the consumers have real power. Sometimes it takes a lot of batching and the argument can be made that crap like Battlefront 2 and Cyberpunk shouldn't happen in the first place the fact that they actually turned into great games is awesome.

[@KalShaw]

this channel is the center of gaming at this point .. i love this.. i listen to FALCON at night and sleep to him talk about random videogame facts etc,, the low pitch voice and the calm feel of being at the gaming heaven really puts me to sleep

[@DrMario_666]

I’ve stopped buying Pokémon games until they fix them. But until more people do this, they’ll never change.

[@sorahearts3317]

I have a feeling Sonic 06 got that many sales because people were curious if it really was as bad as others were saying.

[@13thdarkness3]

the internet was kinda new not alot of peaple knew it was bad

[@scorpios_corz]

Love No Man's Sky, bought the game back pre-pandemic in mid 2019, never bothered to get into it till I found out about expeditions in late 2020 hahaha, absolutely love the game still and to this day even with the latest Expedition it's one of my top 5 go back to games of all time and Hello Games should get the love and recognition for making the game great to what it once was 🙂

[@mightymistermike]

That thumbnail is definitely going to change (full body Rey holding a lightsaber and looking at AT-ATs on planet Crait)

[@RayRae559]

It'd be awesome if Gameranx (the biggest game review channel) would actually title their timestamps.

[@incognito326]

I thought Red Dead Redemption Port was gonna be on the list considering it's selling well after all the controversy lol

[@avinashsanga5840]

What controversy? People were begging Rockstar to re-release it on current PlayStation. It's only the PC users who got screwed.

[@incognito326]

@avinashsanga5840 "Fans" tried to boycott the game cause of the 50$ price saying it was too much for just a regular port and the game still sold extremely well getting on the top ranking titles on Playstation store.

[@muddystick]

Cyberpunk 2077 always was a good game. It played terribly on last gen consoles, and should have never released on them, but the core gameplay loop is fun and the story is interesting, emotional and thought provoking. It is one of my top 5 games and has been since I first finished it 2 weeks after release.

[@deltafive_o-first2417]

Same friend. I had it on reg PS4 midnight release. I realized it was really buggy and not what we were promised but I played it anyway and a week later Im watching the credits like “A thing of beauty*sob sob “I know.”

[@benhaney9629]

Agreed. People just piled on the bandwagon with that one.

[@Vyantri]

Emphatically disagree.

[@CrolyGiart]

i played it a few months ago and it still has some small bugs and a few design flaws. but overall its one of the best games i ever played and definitely my favourite first person shooter. before cyberpunk i would have never expected to ever get all trophies in a shooter game,because i dont like shooter games, but cyberpunk was very enjoyable with good melee options. afterwards i tried other firstperson shooter , for example the farcry games. but they seem like a worse version of cyberpunk. so i cant get myself to keep playing. and ubisofts design just feels like an insult to the gaming industry. so even with thousand bugs cyberpunk would feel better xd.

[@Hr1s7i]

As I pointed out in another comment of mine - it seems it ran just fine on decent machines. A friend of mine played it on an r7 3800x/16 gigs of ram and an rx 6800xt when it came out and he said there were hardly any bugs. Once he got a floating gun, once he got a car spazzing out then fixing itself and that was it. I wouldn't complain for such an experience at launch tbh.

[@MrSpartan993]

This list is BAFFLING until I remember that Einstein quote: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about th’universe!”

[@ARIXANDRE]

I'm proud that modern gamers know how to call out BS from publishers. That being said, we still surrender our wallets to the way they use nostalgia to release bad games based on beloved series.

[@cianbroderick7733]

We've learned literally nothing

[@AwakenNotWoke]

You touched on a good point there. The only reason EA sold battlefront is not because it’s good, but because of the memories people had attached to the series. They were hoping It would connect in some way to the older games they played as kids. But as we know, they turned out to be far worse. That’s exactly what the film industry does these days. People need to stop settling for lazy remakes of things that were already perfect, or you’ll only end up with worse.

[@ItsAllAboutGuitar]

What you don't support goes away and the opposite is true

[@RvkKJ]

If not for Edgerunners, people would've literally forgot CP 2077 by now.

[@jeppejoku8197]

You have no idea what you're talking about.

[@SpideysNightmare02]

I remember when I was in elementary how controversial San Andreas was, including A+ version.

[@DiamondBlade11]

Same

[@darkmaster539]

The reason people hate these games is because they wanted to love them and the truth is people pre order in massive numbers. Cyberpunk made it's money back from pre orders, so did battlefront 2 based off the IP alone. The rain on gta still males me laugh, but it sold purely from the name. Pro tip - stip pre ordering!

[@kuretasu]

I returned to Cyberpunk ever since edgerunner came out. So yeah glad they did good with that one.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@BuildinWings]

Not to take sides, but Sega's not the only one to bring up misconduct at Gearbox. David Eddings, the original voice of Claptrap, also had a few ugly experiences with GB & with Pitchford specifically.

[@nbaumg]

Hatred had some really impressive destruction. also it was incredibly difficult I only finished it cuz I downloaded hacks for it

[@acornofwar9159]

I made it to a Train level, game was surprisingly tough once you got to those levels. I haven't picked it up since getting ass blastedvv

[@eldios6121]

Well when I'll be old and would be remembering my old good days and would come back to this channel for the nostalgia hit and listen to your commentary would be one of the best nostalgia ever 🥃

[@darkshaman98]

I'm surprised Hogwart's legacy wasn't on here it caused HUGE controversy regardless of all the finer details I and I'm sure no one else cares about

[@MrBrafgh]

But the controversy itself had little to do with the actual game and moreso the politics regarding the owner of the IP. it was a weird, do nothing controversy. I didn't understand, sure JK Rowling makes some money from it for owning the IP but it was really just the dev team receiving most of the flak from the community that was upset. Boycotting the Harry Potter IP in the modern day means nothing.. the woman is already a billionaire. And of all the Harry Potter things that could have been targeted, this to me, seemed like the worst one to pick to actually affect the bottom line.

[@tiggerblood]

It was hardly a controversy, just the loud minority upset by someone's opinion.

[@obinator9065]

@@EightyFive.Safe1get some fresh air snowflake

[@rookiebear1124]

​@MrBrafgh the greatest part is that it really isn't and shouldn't be a political statement for jk Rowling to believe that woman are woman. So the entire controversy is idiotic beyond belief

[@tubensalat1453]

HL is hardly ever talked about.

[@Iradicos]

You should do a revamped list of games released in the buggiest states.

[@JetBlack2024]

Diablo immortal having made so much money is a perfect example that we have people say things they don’t mean. Flocking like sheep to join the crowd. Hiding behind keyboard. Then secretly they doing opposite of what they say.

[@evansinclair1999]

I’m surprised they didn’t include the last of us II in this list

[@marcin5690]

I thought about violent games but that wasn't the case

[@der_Alptraum]

Postal 2 sold well. Not just for sake of being controversial, but also RWS supporting the game for years. Civvie helped to push sale numbers with his videos too.

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

Cyberpunk had two issues, ONE major: the unplayable PS4 version, that's unexcusable...the other? the UBBER expectattions, but it was a very good game from the start to be played, it wasn't as awesome as TW3 in relation to stories or the content when exploring out of quests and the ammount of potential that didn't reach, but it wasn't either so buggy that it was unplayable on PC, it just became a MEME and they ran with it to an extreme.

[@youngnat]

The leaders of CDPR and Bethesda are great at getting away with bug filled games. You said the ps4 version is unplayable so how can the memes be extreme? Having a version being unplayable is much more extreme than any meme I saw.

[@Spootington]

Lol, unplayable on PS4 but damn near silky smooth on am i5-6600K with 16GB RAM and a GeForce 1080Ti.

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

@@youngnat extreme regarding the PC, it was as buggy as almost any major release in the last years, even TW3 was buggy too. It's failures were more related to the scope and the ultimate wrong doing regarding PS4, that was really lame

[@thatkidjay2164]

Maybe I was just to young to realize things about games but I just don’t understand why a lot of people hates resident evil 6 I played on ps3 and I had the most fun playing any game possibly ever couch coop because I played it all the time with my uncle who also loves games I absolutely loved this game and still do till this day the different storylines the gunplay and movement I haven’t played it since but maybe Some hardcore fans can tell me what was wrong idk

[@tylercommons6479]

The title of this video really threw me off. Hatred was the only one that I thought of immediately. But i more thought we were going to hear about games like Hogwarts Legacy that people tried to refuse to buy but was still a massive commercial success.

[@Tronnus]

Games that should be on this list: Mortal Kombat, Manhunt 1 & 2, MadWorld, Postal 1 & 2, Counter-Strike and JFK Reloaded. Games that are on this list: Sonic '06 which is just bad but non-controversial!

[@lukeg3714]

Glad cyberpunk was at least on this list. I dont know how people keep forgetting all the crap that game promised and underdelivered on. If it was any other publisher, they’d be under right now.

[@A.Hanson]

I was always shocked by the Battlefront 2 controversy. It surprised me that so little of it was aimed at the fact that the campaign was only like 5 hours long. I did buy the game out of a target bargain bin for 10 bucks and it was a fun but way too short campaign. I would have been really mad if I had spent more on it. Thankfully I avoided Cyberpunk and anything truly broken. Still, more game companies should listen to Miyamoto about how a delayed game is eventually good but a bad game is bad forever.

[@danbe6280]

Conclusion: Gamming could be an addiction; publishers are the dealers, and gamers will do and tolerate anything to get their fix.

[@johncooper1440]

You should know for your list that Pokémon game may have sold a bunch but my girlfriend works for their customer service and 80% of her calls everyday are people returning that game. So yeah it’s sold a bunch but Nintendo has refunded a LOT of that money.

[@vibrantfox9563]

Many developers seem to see the ability to update and patch games post launch as an excuse to release them half finished these days, and that’s part of what’s ruining the gaming industry these days. It’s really disappointing when most small budget indie games are more polished and complete than games AAA games with 5X their budget

[@NealCamerlengo]

Doesn't help that they charge you full freaking price especially now that most games are released at $70 USD.

[@XxxXxx-br7eq]

And that's why I just play games that are years old for 10 to 15 dollars

[@shoshonnie7796]

0:39 Saying “unexcusable”💀

[@AlexOvTheAbyss]

Kinda surprised Hogwarts Legacy wasn't on this list, with all of that controversy and the harassment campaigns

[@MrGanjie]

Pokemon could legit make half there pokemon roster just straight up animals that exist in 480p and itd still sell millions. Its branding is too powerful to lose.

[@Ghostfighter3000]

Wheres Hogwarts Legacy? 1B in revenue but it was the most controversial by far.

[@hibbity_hooblah]

That "controversy" was made up by people who don't live in reality. This list was for games that caused legitimate controversies that exist in every day life, not make believe...

[@SanchezBrown13]

I think the sales is what means there was no controversy. MILLIONS of people claimed they were boycotting the game. Game somehow became one of the fastest selling games ever. Meaning those people didn't actually boycot it. So the controversy was essentially deemed as fake.

[@CiarlaArt]

I'm thinking maybe because the games itself wasn't the controversy, it was JKR. The game itself is fine.

[@Ghostfighter3000]

Yeah it would seem@@hibbity_hooblah

[@Poisonjam7]

I’ve put over 200 hours into Pokémon Violet, and I can say with absolute confidence that it’s the best Pokémon game ever made in terms of gameplay and the worst Pokémon game ever made in terms of graphics and performance. If it didn’t have those issues, I think it could’ve made the short list for best selling games of all time.

[@Lifty83]

I think hogwarts legacy should be on this list. You know the “controversy” lol.

[@smittyvanjagermanjenson182]

Definitely got my interest in cyber punk. I skipped the ridiculous hype train entirely, because i had a feeling it wasnt going to live up to most of it. But now that the expansion is here and the numerous updates i may have to buy it soon

[@HeisenbergFam]

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet is proof in this time & age you can release buggy game and still make a bank

[@CiarlaArt]

I mean, Bethesda do it all the time. So..

[@DalazG]

I hate the fact that they used gta mobile in order to make the gta de version... so many cool ps2 features were left out

[@dosde8391]

Thats what I hate about Pokemon fans, they will buy anything that has Pokemon slapped on it so why even try to make a good game.

[@madisonsosa21]

I'm a pokemon fan and I didn't buy Scarlet or Violet. Didn't look fun to me

[@stefanlagrange188]

Expect No Man's Sky's figures to keep going up. Simply because of the NMS vs. Starfield debate/comparison. I am on Xbox and haven't played NMS yet. It is definitely still on the backlog!

[@MrThaOn3]

Im surprised hogwarts legacy wasn’t on this list

[@menegene4129]

As someone who was burned in the worst way possible possible with the GTA DET launch (pre-ordered on PC), I'm also a bit of an apologist for this Trilogy. It's good to hear someone finally acknowledge that fixes DID happen and that made it better. I have the originals and I could mod them the same way, but I can actually play The DE titles on my deck.....as long as I'm online. Seriously R*, fix that, it's just stupid......

[@R3AL-AIM]

The expectations is the reason I am still hesitant to play Cyberpunk until it dips down to $20 on Steam sales. We were lied to, they over-marketed a product that they knew would never come to fruition. It launched as a quarter of what was promised throughout over half of it's development. That was enough for me to go "I dont care what's fixed, this isn't the game I was looking forward too"

[@MrBeetsGaming]

I just finally started playing Cyberpunk and I'm liking it so far, glad I waited. Not surprised it sold so well considering how cheap you could get it at times.

[@judahgarcia387]

Watch the anime

[@Luciendar2k]

How was Hogwarts Legacy not on this list?

[@TheZoenGaming]

RE6 was included in several sale bundles. I own it because of the Humble Resident Evil Bundle that included the first two remasters and RE7.

[@ghostxplatinum]

Remember the Hogwarts Legacy controversy? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@R3AL-AIM]

The fact it's even a controversy, when opposing views and statements at extreme measures have never gotten anything or anyone else in trouble/cancelled. Glad we flicked that flee off fairly quickly. Tired of the "culture" BS.

[@gunkzombie]

I think part of the reason Resident Evil 6 sold so well was because the collectors edition or pre-order edition came w digital copies of RE 1-5

[@EyIsOnly2Letters]

*Hogwarts legacy entered the chat*

[@EstebanGallardo]

Having worked in F2P industry the case of Diablo Immortal isn't surprising. Using a known IP to make business with digital addiction is something sadly normalized by this point.

[@DaveTheScwede]

Only correction here: CDPR never admitted they were wrong. Never. They had the gall to blame QA (an absolute cop-out, and a provable buck-pass), and have gone on to celebrate how great the game has done, giving their execs bonuses. CDPR borderline tortured their staff to get that game out, released it in an atrocious state (which their QV team highlighted), released Gen4 in an astonishingly shit state... and never came forward and said "It was on us, our bad, guys". They did everything in their power to blame everyone else. It's the reason I refuse to buy CDPR games. The leadership are absolute scum.

[@youngnat]

Yup, and some praise them for for finally getting the product they paid for 2 years after.

[@LeonV777]

This is simply a lie, even though they did try to blame QA as one of the reasons, they also apologized and it was more than once too.

[@FamiliarAnomaly]

what does "borderline tortured staff" mean to a bunch of zoomer tech people tho... that mean 9 hour days with no nap time? I played CP77 after patch 1.3 and it was a great game. Stop buying everything at release.

[@a_smile55]

​​@@LeonV777Most people who worked on Cyberpunk were likely the same people who worked on the Witcher. So we're talking about older people here. Dismissing people's complaints by calling them "zoomer tech people" makes you sound childish.

[@Spootington]

CDPR kept asking their overlords for more and more time. Eventually they were told "No, release now" because it was causing a big dent in the execs wallets.

[@abrealgaming5649]

I cant hope but like this should have been made a little while after starfield's launch.

[@EpikCarp]

Surprised Hogwarts legacy isn’t on this list. There was a lot of stupid crap against JK Rowling for no reason and it traveled over to the game.

[@majorgear1021]

I disagree with forgiving companies for releasing broken games . If we let them get away with it, they will continue to do it. Instead, don’t forgive the bad behavior. That will incentivize them to improve their quality control on future games.

[@user-sk5iz4gt4n]

Resident Evil 6 was actually my first Resident Evil game and got me really into the series. It was cool then going back and playing the other games and realizing that 6 was the worst one, because I loved it.

[@hotcoldman9793]

Isn't this just every triple A studio release now? 😢

[@bossman92box]

Pokemon games survive PURELY off nostalgia at this point. If any other game studio tried to release basically the same game with negligible upgrades from one to the next, they'd have gone out of business YEARS ago.

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

While Resi 6 was indeed a successful (financially for Capcom) title, it NEARLY Killed the franchise AS A FRANCHISE! It took Resi 7 (which was a reboot/refresh) to rescue the franchise from near oblivion.

[@avinashsanga5840]

But it sold less than 6, that's why 8 is more action-focused.

[@zwippie92]

Fallout 76 at number 11 maybe?

[@ToastedLombax]

Do the numbers for Sonic 2006 include bundle sales, because at one point, you couldn't buy a ps3 without Sonic bundled?

[@Matt-md5yt]

Man this is crazy how these games Sold well

[@reloadpanda]

I had cyberpunk from launch on pc and I can generally say I had no issues with it, I wish it wasn't number 1 on this list

[@aleh3627]

You forgot Howartz legacy. It was boycotted by many sites and channels ( not this one ), but sales were huge.

[@tommyfraz.]

MW2 and “No Russian?” It reignited the video game violence making kids violent debate.

[@LazyGibbon]

Cyberpunk 2077 wasn't broken for me at all, there was one bug and that got fixed after installing the new Nvidia Drivers that launched the same day

[@cesargatica2630]

Dude you could totally make a part 2 of this

[@gabenuxoll1019]

I really liked Re6 when it first came out, and I still find it pretty enjoyable

[@DaPhenomAce]

That NO! From Gearbox made me lol literally 😂😂😂