Jeff Grubb on Hi-Fi Rush: "Based on what I've heard, it just didn't make the money it needed to make"

[Nhomnhom]

Serves Xbox fans right for their obsession with Forspoken flopping.

 

[Papacheeks]

Too kiddy for my taste pass not interested

Thread is about its sales, not about how you are not interested in it.

Game is of quality from a good developer.

It's art style is something that reminds me of Japan studio.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Good to see you bro!

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It's what we have all been saying forever..

It's not about making games more accessible, games are accessible and even if you have a TV or phone, you still need to get a controller and at that point why not just get a console altogether?

This is taking a product that costs tens of millions to make and devaluing it down to nothing at launch. Xbox faithful have called it pro-consumer but that just cannot be true because it's not sustainable for the industry and it actually damages the industry and what customers expect.

Now you see an aversion to buying games on Xbox particularly and they also attack and criticize PlayStation for selling games at 70 dollars and 80 euro, not realizing that is the fair price for the product. I personally think 80 euro hurt game sales on its own and 70 shoulda been the cap.

However price increases coupled with gamepass, could have crippled the industry if it had become the dominant force and so many in the media were cheering it on... what type of love is that for gaming? That you would allow that to happen to your hobby and pastime...

Most of the gaming media hates games and are simply useless liberal arts grads who can’t get jobs anywhere else and get hired by friends already in the industry.

That’s why the discourse on most of the gaming sites is so anti-gamer, woke and braindead these days.

 

[Sircaw]

Its a forgetable shitty game so nothing is lost

From my understanding it's a very well-made and fun game to play, it's just unfortunate it's on xbox, that's it really.

If it was on Ps4/ps5 is would of truly shone.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

I still remember when this game was supposed to be a “mic drop” on Sony lol.

For these people Phil farts are all mic drops on Sony. If they cared about games they would have left their Xboxes a long time ago.

 

[John Elden Ring]

Does Microsoft releases official sales figures of their games?

If so, i doubt Jeff would know if it was a success.MS barely talks about anything other than Game Pass anyways and Game Pass is the only metric that matters to them nowdays *sigh*

Anyway, expected as much. Grubb also says management at MS is very unhappy with the Xbox division.

Everyone is lmao

 

[Airbus]

Thread is about its sales, not about how you are not interested in it.

Game is of quality from a good developer.

It's art style is something that reminds me of Japan studio.

So im suppose to pretend to feel sad about this news or what

 

[Vertigo]

Why are we denied the adamsapple damage control?

I would’ve enjoyed that…

 

[avenovah]

A great game on the wrong platform.

 

[Bryank75]

Why are we denied the adamsapple damage control?

I would’ve enjoyed that…

A niche game further limited in reach due to Microsofts anti-consumer acquisitions.

Taking games off other platforms in the hopes they can force people to play where they don't want to.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Funny, i got banned on Gaf for saying “Hi Fi Rushed” and it looks like there was actually a lot of truth to that. Maybe they should have actually taken the time to market and sell the game

 

[daniel5043]

Maybe some exec saw the metascore and thought that it should and sold more

 

[Dabaus]

I doubt ghostwire will chart on the NPD next npd charts the following month. Did deathloop chart the week it released on xbox? If not that'd be 3 bethesda games that dont even chart and i suspect redfall might be number 4. Thatd be 4 complete no show top 20's after spending 7.5 billion dollars.

 

[Entropi]

I bought it and played it. I’m not part of the problem.

 

[Gediminas]

I doubt ghostwire will chart on the NPD next npd charts the following month. Did deathloop chart the week it released on xbox? If not that'd be 3 bethesda games that dont even chart and i suspect redfall might be number 4. Thatd be 4 complete no show top 20's after spending 7.5 billion dollars.

Redfail of course won't chart. Game is garbage looking. Xbots won't buy neither cheapass pc dudes.

 

[AshHunter216]

Funny, i got banned on Gaf for saying “Hi Fi Rushed” and it looks like there was actually a lot of truth to that. Maybe they should have actually taken the time to market and sell the game

I've seen some zealots argue that the existence of Gamespass means that sales don't matter for Xbox anymore. Been a week or two full of cope for them.

 

[Bryank75]

Funny, i got banned on Gaf for saying “Hi Fi Rushed” and it looks like there was actually a lot of truth to that. Maybe they should have actually taken the time to market and sell the game

Ridiculous reaction for such a benign comment. Just shpws how they protect one side from even the slightest of slights.

 

[ethomaz]

Pretend to be shocked

99% of posters here predicted the same at reveal/launch.

PS. The 1% was Adam.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Does Microsoft releases official sales figures of their game

They do when they sell well. They don't hide Minecraft sales.

All their other game just bombed since forever, that is why they don't mention sales for them.

 

[Yurinka]

Welcome to day one releases on GamePass, Tango