I Hope PlayStation Fans Don't Forget About Good Ol' Sly
Sly Cooper: Thieves in TimeYou know, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time comes out on February 5. That's only a few weeks.
I'm starting to get that same sneaking suspicion I got just before Twisted Metal launched last year...the feeling that these older PlayStation franchises just don't resonate with the new generation of gamers.
Twisted Metal got plenty of critical acclaim and didn't sell half the number of copies it should've, and I believe it's simply because it was too late to the party. The last installment on a console was 2001 and the bottom line is the gap was just too big; the young'uns today hadn't even heard of it. Sure, the average age of a gamer in the US is 35 (if you choose to believe that statistic) and there are plenty of older gamers who were anxiously awaiting the release of the new TM. I imagine it's the same for the new Sly Cooper.
But I'm afraid that it'll fall on deaf ears. Darn good thing the price is half what a new title usually costs; that might help matters, but I still think the game faces an uphill battle. Not only have too few avid game consumers today even heard of the series, the competition is stiff. We've already got DmC: Devil May Cry, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch launches this week, and Dead Space 3 releases on the same day as Sly Cooper. Furthermore, Sly isn't exactly catnip to the casual fans out there; it's not a shooter and there might be too much "cutesy-ness" involved to appeal to that group. Sorry, but it's the truth.
Anyway, I'm just a little concerned. So I'm hoping the hardcore PlayStation fans respond, at the very least.
Related Game(s): Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Tags: sly cooper 4, sly cooper thieves in time, sly cooper sequel
1/20/2013 10:11:32 PM Ben Dutka
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Deleted User
Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 10:44:43 PM
You can rest assured that I'll be buying Sly on February 5, Ben.
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cLoudou
Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 10:44:15 PM
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OverBerg
Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 10:57:34 PM
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AcHiLLiA
Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 11:33:37 PM
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Kiryu
Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 1:52:55 AM
I Played all the Sly Cooper games and if you know the story ,Sly Cooper thieves in time is going to be Epic.
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Mdash0009
Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 10:58:20 PM
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clockwyzebkny
Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 11:47:19 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 11:47:29 PM
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touchyourtoes
Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 12:21:27 AM
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I just can't support a game/series when I have to force myself to finish an instalment and can't finish another.
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sawao_yamanaka
Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 1:40:38 AM
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Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 1:03:44 AM
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Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 2:06:46 AM
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Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 8:17:51 AM
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Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 9:04:17 PM
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no advertisement, no demo, no press events when was the last time you read a preview from IGN, ect, ect?
no attention from gaming events like gamescom, ect, and releasing it in such a busy month.
feb for the US is bad, but march for the rest is suicide!
hmmmmmm, buy this or buy bioshock infinite?
sniper ghost warrior 2?
god of war ascension?
gears of war judgement?
ect, ect, ect.
yea, good on ya $ony for bringing back one of playstations most beloved franchises and dooming it like this!
in fact, ND, please for the love of god, DONT do another jack game!
dont want to see that suffer the same fate.......
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firesoul453
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Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 10:42:39 PM
Im not sure how it is calculated, but on IGN's "top games coming soon" sly 4 is second behind Gears of War: Judgment. Just something I found interesting.