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Old 02-17-10, 12:59 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens View Post
One reason why SH5 is being aimed at the casual gamer is SH4 did not sell well enough.
Now, this is the first time I see this mentioned here, plainly. And now that you mentioned it, Neal, could you please elaborate on why SH4 was not a top-seller?

I have my own ideas, but I would really like to hear those of others, especially yours.

Maybe this is the market/product analysis Ubi never cared to do.

BTW, I believe SH4 was such a disappointment in sales because it was the same in terms of gameplay and even moddability. Instead of building upon its famous predecessor, it tried to reinvent things and failed in a lot of aspects (ships physics and interface being just two such examples).
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