PSXE Poll Update: Popularity Doesn't Always Equal Quality
See Full ImageIn this industry, great games typically sell well. But when it comes to the most popular of all time, our readers think it's a different story.
We recently learned that Activision owned 5 of the top 10 most popular video games in history - all five from the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises - and while those games garnered high review scores, their lofty position implies the best of the best...and not everyone agrees. In our estimation, the games in question are worthy of attention and legitimately earned at least some of those high scores, but to have them dominate the all-time top ten doesn't seem quite right. Then again, remember that such a list discounted any titles packed in with hardware (Super Mario Bros., Wii Sports, etc.) and the researchers didn't adjust for inflation. They admit that if they did, Super Mario Bros. 3 would be the runaway winner. Even so, the most massive sales in the world doesn't necessarily translate to the best games ever made, right?
This week, we're interested in learning a little more about you. Besides gaming, what's a favorite hobby of yours? Do you like to read when you're not playing? Or are you more of an active type? A movie buff? Into art? Something else? Just let us know; maybe we'll be able to use that information in the future. :)
Tags: call of duty, guitar hero, activision
4/3/2011 8:55:55 PM Ben Dutka
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Bugzbunny109
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 9:49:11 PM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 9:55:03 PM
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friction
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 10:09:45 PM
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HighOnFire
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 10:50:12 PM
Last edited by HighOnFire on 4/3/2011 10:50:32 PM
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PorkChopGamer
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 11:58:16 PM
HoF,
Right now, my CD player in the pickup has Obscura- Omnivium, Korpiklaani- Ukon Wacka, Avantasia- Angel of Babylon, Cradle of Filth- Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, Himsa- Summon in Thunder(miss them), Death- Sounds of Perseverance (2011 re-release), Skeletonwitch- Breathing the Fire, Lordi- Babez for Breakfast, Ov Hell- The Underworld Regime and, Tarja Turunen- What Lies Beneath.
I'm excited for the new Wolf, Alestorm, Leaves' Eyes, Scar Symmetry, Tyr, and Miseration albums this year.
What are you listening to?
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Bugzbunny109
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 6:10:02 AM
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HighOnFire
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 7:45:51 AM
Bugz: Ive seen Lamb of God several times and got to meet Randy Blythe. Good band.
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kevinater321
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 9:31:55 AM
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crunchy_nut_kid
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 10:42:47 AM
i'm just sayin' he sounds like an angel
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Clamedeus
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 1:42:07 PM
Betzefer
Battlelore
Ex Deo
The Agonist
Megadeth
Amon Amarth
Devian
Vader
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JMO_INDY
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 2:54:13 PM
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BikerSaint
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 9:54:10 PM
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As for the new poll, two words.....
"My Harley"
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Underdog15
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 8:48:28 AM
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JMO_INDY
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 12:16:23 PM
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The Doom
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 11:32:23 PM
Wow, what 'dude'? Don't play me like I'm stupid just because I didn't know the name of some bike. I don't care for motor bikes AT ALL, so how the hell should I know about what he's talking about? It's not common knowledge >.>
Last edited by The Doom on 4/4/2011 11:33:50 PM
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JMO_INDY
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 @ 11:54:39 AM
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The Doom
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 @ 2:39:33 PM
"He enjoys biking >_> Wow dude." and then tell the other person that he doesn't need to explain anything, and THEN go on to say that knowledge of the name is common knowledge; wouldn't that suggest that you're implying that I was oblivious or something? No, knowing some popular brand isn't common knowledge and if I recall something in the popular media doesn't qualify it as common knowledge. And clearly I have a reason to be upset so don't tell me to 'chill out'. And for the record DON'T call me ignorant just because I didn't know about some bike name.
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JMO_INDY
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 @ 2:43:49 PM
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JMO_INDY
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 @ 9:13:42 PM
Last edited by JMO_INDY on 4/5/2011 9:16:50 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 10:16:03 PM
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Just wish I had time to write.
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Geobaldi
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 10:21:18 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 9:07:13 AM
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JMO_INDY
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 10:53:10 PM
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Godslim
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 4:46:26 AM
i can play guitar but am trying to learn piano aswell
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Underdog15
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 8:49:45 AM
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JMO_INDY
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 12:03:16 PM
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Underdog15
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 1:22:11 PM
I quit piano when I was in grade 8 of the Royal Conservatory of Music series. My mom's a voice teacher, so I guess when I got into high school a little further, I moved away from my parent's interests and tried to establish my own, I guess. lol. I dunno. Kinda too bad I quit...
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sirbob6
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 11:09:17 PM
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kraygen
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 11:15:47 PM
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I like to grind levels in rpgs while watching a good tv series. Great way to enjoy 2 things I love at the same time. I can't really do that with a book, but the books always are the best quality.
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cLoudou
Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 11:49:20 PM
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UK_MrSim_UK
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 1:52:16 AM
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YashaZz
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I_defenestrate
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 2:44:16 AM
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___________
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 3:31:00 AM
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one would think the more popular something is the better it is because, well, if somethings crap why would it be popular?
but then, that just goes to show how many mindless zombie sheep there are out there!
as for the new pole id have to say reading.
i would of chose movies and TV shows, but they have really gone down the sh*tter just like games lately!
take almost everything, and it was better 10 or 20 years ago!
cars were prettier, and surprisingly more reliable!
games were much more fun!
music, was, just plain better!
give me ACDC, KISS, G&R, metallica over any crap released today!
same goes for movies!
take any genre you want, it was better back in the day!
comedy?
well, naked gun, flying high or the pink panther series kicks the royal sh*t out of anything Hollywood can throw at you today!
horror?
well, alien kicks the royal sh*t out of anything Hollywood can throw at you today!
partly because the genre is changed.
back in the day horror was the unknown, today its all about either serial killers, or what i like to call torture porn AKA saw, hostel, ect,ect.
action?
well, give me the lethal weapon series over any blockbuster hit released today!
you could say the same about books, but thats because as the genres of movies changed books had to follow suit.
the old horror titles of the greatest horror author of all time Stephen king will sadly be a thing of the past!
i just dont enjoy things of today as much as i did yesteryear.
especially movies!
10 years ago going to the movies was a weekly trend, i use to really look forward to it and always left satisfied.
nowadays i have not left a cinema satisfied since i saw inception!
even TV shows.
the simpsons, futurama, tom and jerry, the loony tunes.
all freaking past time freaking classics!
especially loony tunes, by far one of my favorite things!
todays shows though, family guy, american dad, all the drama crap, or even the simpsons just are not as funny or enjoyable!
every time i watch a new episode of the simpsons, i find myself digging the old DVD collection out and watching some of the old ones, because the new ones just are not funny!
only thing i can say is better today then yesterday is technology, but is not always a good thing is technology.
as a wise man once said, the more gadgets the more things that can go wrong!
games use to be about the entertainment, how fun they were to play.
movies use to also be about the entertainment, how enjoyable and engrossing were they to watch.
nowadays though there not, there not judged by how entertaining they are but by how many special effects they can cram into them!
that is a way how technology has not enhanced things, but has instead made them worse!
tis why older games will always be more fun then newer games!
because older games were made to be fun, newer games are built to be quite the opposite!
GTAIV perfect example, games in the old days, like GTA san andreas and vice city let you do things just because they were fun!
yea they were unrealistic, but who gives a %$#@!?
GTAIV on the other hand would say ohhhhhhhh noooooooooooo, you cant do that its far too unrealistic!
i guess you could hook this all up to hindsight, things always look better looking back then during the time.
but then the fact remains games are no where near as fun as they use to be!
part of that could be chalked down to the repetitiveness of the industry.
back in the ps1 and ps2 days we had every genre under the sun, and more or less equal amounts of each.
now its 90% shooter, 1% open world, 1% action, 1% platformer, 1% sim be it music, car, 1% arcade racing, 1% puzzle and 4% hack and slash AKA GOW, dantes inferno, darksiders,PoP.
so partly could be blamed on the repetitiveness of the games industry, and part of it could be blamed on the developers.
back in the day games had to be well polished because there were no patches and if you made a poor game your neck was in a noose!
nowadays though if you make a buggy game who cares you can just patch it!
developers and publishers are allot more forgiving too, back in the day if obsidian did what there doing now, AKA turning out buggy piece of sh*t after buggy piece of sh*t they would of been bankrupt years ago!
nowadays publishers dont give a sh*t, as long as there back pockets are still overflowing there happy!
cough bethesda, ubisoft, antivison $E and how could i forget crapcom!
so yes part of it can be blamed on the repetitiveness of the industry, and yes it can also be partly blamed on the lazy shoddy developers and publishers.
BUT most of it is down to, as ive said many times, the entertainment of a game!
as ive horned a million times, if a game is not fun then what is the point!?
do we play games to enjoy ourselves, or do we play games to say ooooo that looks so pretty?
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DazeOfWar
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 4:12:32 AM
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___________
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 8:52:09 AM
if i see the quality of things lower then what they use to be, then how am i suppose to react?
nothings as entertaining as its medium use to be!
for example i love watching the older epps of the simpsons, but the new ones bore me to death!
family guy even, series 1,2,3 i really enjoyed but anything after that is pure torture!
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Underdog15
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 8:56:01 AM
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maxpontiac
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 9:13:34 AM
Anyways, I have my kids watching Looney Tunes, Pink Panther and Tom Jerry. Man those cartoons were good.
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Jawknee
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 11:34:09 AM
I suggest reading a book called Happiness is a Serious Problem. I'm not trying be be a jerk. I promise. Just take a look at it. It could help you enjoy life more than you currently do.
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JMO_INDY
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 12:09:01 PM
The pessimists exist to remind the optimists of this thing called reality.
Last edited by JMO_INDY on 4/4/2011 12:09:17 PM
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Underdog15
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 1:23:07 PM
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Godslim
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 4:45:14 AM
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JMO_INDY
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 12:13:36 PM
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Godslim
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 @ 9:54:31 AM
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Underdog15
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 10:09:27 AM
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Underdog15
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 8:54:53 AM
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Combine that with the Jays finally in full swing, and life couldn't be better!
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Vitron
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 9:28:30 AM
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PS: I only got started leaning about renaissance, classical, etc. so don't expect too much on my knowledge about them.
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Vitron
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 9:32:03 AM
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Jawknee
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 11:11:42 AM
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Godslim
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 11:32:57 AM
and good luck with the tour
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Jawknee
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 11:37:28 AM
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JMO_INDY
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Godslim
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 12:13:06 PM
ive only been playing near 5 years and love it yeh i love the tone of gibson style guitars they rock
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Jawknee
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 12:29:23 PM
Yea Godslim, I have been playing since I was 14. I'm going to be 30 this year. So it's been awhile. Though I did stop playing for about 4 years when I was 16 and picked it up again when I turned 20. I wish I hadn't. I would probably be shredding my now. Ha.
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JMO_INDY
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 2:51:36 PM
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Godslim
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 @ 9:55:18 AM
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Nlayer
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 1:51:26 PM
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When I'm not glued to Anime, I am writing. I have already completed one book so far, although it now needs some editing and reworking in small spots. I love to just open my mind and explore it by using my hands as the instrument! RP's on forum sites are very fun for me as they challenge my writing skills and my imagination. I actually run a few that have a small strong community too. =]
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tlpn99
Monday, April 04, 2011 @ 2:03:21 PM
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kevinater321
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