5 Biggest Flops This Generation
Number 5.
Lair
Once hyped to be the first game to show off the “powah of teh cell”, Lair’s release was an utter catastrophe. Factor 5’s insistence on forcing the player to use Sony’s six axis tilt functionality was the main reason for most complaints. This was coupled with the incredible hype attached to a game that already didn’t have mass appeal just based on its genre. There just wasn’t a market for a dragon game in the day in age where first person shooters dominate the charts.
Metascore=53
Number 4.
Socom Confrontation
I dare anyone to name another title that shipped with more problems than this title. From the missing features on the back of the box, to the complete inability to connect with friends online, this game had it all. It has to make one question the reason for a beta. How can you beta test a game 2 weeks before the release anyway? Your guess is as good as mine. I bet these guys wish they could have a do-over.
Metascore=62
Number 3.
Haze
As soon as this title was revealed to be a PS3 exclusive, the hype started to build. Developed by Free Radical, the great minds behind the incredible Timesplitters franchise, gamers assumed that the title was in good hands. Boy were they wrong. Although it is not clear as to what exactly happened to this title during its development, we do know that when it finally arrived it was nothing more than a mediocre shooter. Maybe it was nothing more than a mediocre shooter all along, with PS3 owners hyping it to be the second coming due to the lack of impressive titles at the time.
Metascore=55
Number 2.
Too Human
Too Words(see what I did there). Denis Dyack. That is all
Metascore=65
Number 1.
Playstation Home
I think Home has been bashed enough at this point, so I won’t really speak on it any further.
By the way, this guy is just hilarious.
Metascore=Undefined
as much as i dislike home and socom, they shouldn’t be in this list seeing how socom has a huge install base and home isn’t really a game so it doesn’t compare to the other games levels. Halo 3 was a flop, most over rated game ever. GTA4 as well and also Unreal Tournament 3, they shit was garbage even after the expansion.
Huge install base? Mainly because people went out and purchased it based on the previous success of the title, but this doesn’t take away from the fact that the game grossly underdelivered.
Also, if install base is indicitive of a successful title, then GTAIV could never be considered a flop. But I do agree with UT3, maybe I’ll have to do a part 2.
bakerboy is an xbot. i ignore his lame threads now.
I can kind of see socom, but people still play that on a regular basis. since it’s an online only game alot of the problems that it shipped with can be fixed right after a while. the problem is the dev team. they’ve somewhat gotten better with the game, but they still sucked it up. I won’t lie. But even tho the media looked at socom badly, but because a large amount of people still play it, I find it hard calling it a flop.
as for Home… Home isn’t even a game so I don’t think it should even be on the list. Even though your title didn’t specify, it seems to only be directed towards video games in general. If you take into account that home is pretty much growing every day and that it’s a beta… it’s hard to really consider it a flop, I think. Especially taking into consideration that the Home of today most definitely won’t resemble the Home of 2010 or 11. By those times, people might be saying that Home was one of the most revolutionary things every to hit this generation. But until the life cycle of the system has run it’s course, and Home will continue to mature…that statement…I don’t think fits it right now.
@hexfix
You disagree with his choices? The list sounds about right to me.
I slightly agree with HyDRo but I love Socom and Home. I guess you could call me a fanboy or whatever but I love what Sony is doing. Microsoft doesn’t have anything like socom or home. Microsoft has NO online-only games. Their avatars are a joke. People just don’t understand that Home was made to evolve.
One day down the road, playstation home is going to be the biggest thing out there. Look how far it has come already.
Perfect Dark Zero and Red Steel should be up there. Not PS Home and Socom. (Socom just had a bad launch. In the pre-launch Beta everything worked fine until patch 1.5. Not only that but surprisingly a lot of people still play Socom.)
Home isn’t a flop considering it generates a lot of money from well… Stupid people buying stupid things. I am one of them yes, but I only bought a pair of pants by accident. I don’t feel like paying 2 dollars for a designer copyright T-Shirt. However I am a sucker for life sized statues of monsters for my home space…. Sony…. Don’t you dare! If I walk into… log* into Home again and the mall’s new shop is for purchasing a Bahamut statue… I’m going to go mad crazy….
MattG and bakerboy are douchebags.
i agree with those games (except for home, its not a game dude come on
)
not the order tho,
what about banjo kazooie nuts and bolts, and perfect dark zero, and kamiyo the 360s launch games, or Wii music, tabula rasa (r.i.p lol)
^^ how are halo 3 and GTA4 flops, come on meng, prob overrated, but any game selling over 5 milli cant be considered flops
actually, dude always playing ps3,
ok bakerboy, let me correct myself, it has a huge install base still playing the game. but in the games defense i never like tactical shooters nor the socom series. however i always loved GTA series but there was nothing new in GTA4 in fact it had deductions in terms of game play when compared to GTA: SA
The Last Remnant (65) would have been a good choice based on the insane hype.
After facepalming I wrote out a real response but halfway through realized I didn’t care anymore.
Incase you hadnt noticed, hydro writes for this website too. It goes to to show what kind of writers you have working for the site when one of their own will come and slam a crappy article. We all know that bakerboy is a small time jabroni who is eagerly avoiding all the microsoft flops out there. Hydro is actually worth reading because he is like the HHG, balanced. Maybe HHG should be a bit more selective in who he has write for him, because this bullshit makes the site look like garbage
Nah put lips and wii music in there.
Lair was awesome Level 5 owns.
Socom Hahahahahaha gears of war 2 has alot more bugs.
haze is one of the best Shooter of 2008, another masterpiece from Free Radical.
i do agree about too human the 10 year Flop.
and Home OMG HOME is sick, only xbots and wiiboys with no games to play in 2009 bash Home.
1.- Infinite undiscovery
2.- too human
3.- star ocean 4
5.- last Odyssey
6.- vampire rain
and the rest of the 360 exclusives that are not halo or gears
dear hiphop gamershow why have you said home is a flop now when u brag about it and say how good it is in your shows plzz coment bak or tell me in your show
Red Steel ? Infinite Undiscovery ? Microsoft hardware ? Wii’s online system/friends codes ?
Those might be better choices than Socom and Home.
commonsense, vampire rain isn’t a 360 exclusive.
MOO FUCK
stupidjerk, vampire rain is so ugly that it deserves to be mentioned as a 360 exclusive
@ jim
I’ve noticed the dissapointment with the inclusion of home in this list. It seems that everyone would be alot happier if I had included more X-box titles in there. Although home isn’t a game, it still has to be considered as one of if not the most underwhelming products this generation.
I disagree with Hydro on his points and agree with Baker Boy. GTA4 is one of the best selling and highest reviewed games ever. Just because Hydro doesn’t personally like GTA4 doesnt mean that it was a bad game.
UT3 received a gamerankings score of 86% on the PS3, so I wouldn’t really compare that to games like Lair, Too Human, and Haze. All three were super hyped exclsuives that failed horribly. UT3 wasnt great, but it wsnt nearly as bad as the other 5 on the list.
I would give HOME a break since it isnt near being what Sony wants it to be. Though I do see Baker Boy’s point. The community doesnt impress. I don’t really like running around to play average arcade games and talk to people I don’t know with a slow keyboard. Also paying for items is something MS would do, and I expect better from Sony
Thats whats up MattG, finally someone sees where I’m coming from.
@MattG
So we have to go buy the metascores now in order to tell if a game was a flop or not? If you really talk to many gamers you will hear more disappointment in GTA4 than Socom just because of the fact that it felt as if it wasn’t nearly as big as it’s predecessors. I’m not saying that it was a bad game, but if you really want to talk about a flop and what constitutes it, why not ask all of the gamers as a whole instead of using 1 person’s own thoughts as the criteria.
Just because IGN says it’s a good game doesn’t mean I’ll enjoy it. I have a hard time considering Socom as a flop considering how well it sold and how many people still play it. Scores are starting to lose more and more of it’s values since reviewers aren’t merely playing games to have fun any more but instead to meet a due date.
And that comment about Home… Seriously? Sony is an organization and needs to get a profit in some way. It’s good enough that some games like Street Fighter 4 are having it to where you can actually win items for you Home space, but if the money is there, then why not get it? Especially when it costs money to put the product out anyway.
wak, this foo, have you read my “since when did gaming become about journalists and sales”? you need to read it since you’re talking about how good it sold and how well the reviews were. they game still sucked horribly.
Socom should be taken off that list, so should HOME…One socom rocks tits, and doesn’t have any problems anymore also scores aren’t everything play the game for yourself….three HOME isn’t a game
and The list should be two human, two worlds, farcry, haze, and age of conan
Plus I hate you that is all
@Incognegro-
I understand the disappointment in some gamers, but I played and beat the game and really enjoyed it. I could see where the journalists got their scores from. Was it perfect? Nope, but it was one of the better games I played this gen. It was a 9/10 game for me. The group you are talking about is a small minority. I bet you that a majority of those who played it had a very enjoyable time with it. I think the proof in that is the sales in “Lost and Damned”. If people didn’t care about the game and thought it sucked, then no one would have downloaded it. People did though because they enjoyed the GTA4 expierence.
Also yeah I stand behind my statement on HOME. I try to make my character reflect me or make my personal space look the way I want, but the only way to do that is to buy stuff? They should at least make the options in HOME larger at first. I notice how many say that MS charges for every little thing, and I agree. While Sony gives the fans everything for free, but to charge for things to customize your home expierence is kind of ridiculous. HOME isn’t even that great at the moment, and with the economy in bad shape why would I want to buy stuff for a virtual character?
Yeah they need to make money, but there are better things they could charge for.
@Hydro-
I havent had the chance to finish your article on journalists and sales, but I could get the drift on what you were going for from the title. I agree, that reviews aren’t as credible as they once were. This is really important in publications like GameInformer that have agendas.
But back to GTA4 since this is where we disagree in this post:
You said in one posts that SOCOM wasn’t a failure since it sold well, but since GTA4 sold well it must have been a success as well according to the logic you used for SOCOM.
Also after playing and beating GTA4, I agree with IGN’s review. You and I simply disagree on the game which is fine. I think the game creates a great open world expierence, with great graphics, an amazing physics engine, good music, the best story in the series, a solid combat system, fun missions, and succeed on what it was going for.
Many open world games fail IMO. Look at Far Cry 2. No other game has put as much attention to detail in their game than Rockstar did with GTA4
I enjoyed the missions and goofing around. The world was what I hoped GTA3 could have been for years. I enjoyed the game and so did a lot of other people. Even if IGN said the game was awful I would have disagreed and enjoyed the game.
GTA4 has no reason to be on a list like this. Maybe your own personal list, but GTA4 pleased a lot more people than LAIR, Too Human, Socom, and Haze
so why is home in here and no Xboxs NXE, netflix is cool but seriously the layout is more of a pain in the ass than the old layout and its filled with ads(it feels liek 1 step forward and 2 steps back).What are u basing it on? they both make money. do u just hate home that much? Why make a list of games and end it with something that is not a game? You might as well of said the glowing blue light on the wii to indicate a message was recieved or OS X cuz it doesnt play PC games.
why no shovelware wii titles?Super Smash Bros Brawl is a good example, thou not shovelware exactly.
Socom is not a flop. the game sold over half a million in America alone, still not out in EU. The game was launched with bugs yes but alot of games across all platforms were
its just hard for me to take this article seriously
but in all fairness to bakerboy, 3 of the 5 titles are great contenders for top flops of ‘08.
and I agree with everyone on IU, that game was made by Tri-Ace and Im literally too scared to play Star Ocean because of the horrifying experience I had with IU.
@ commonsense
Dude Lost Odyssey is an Amazing game!!!Best rpg of this gen, not biggest flop.
Home? A Free avatar-driven social project that raked in $1 million in (entirely optional) in-game sales, not counting how much in advert revenue.
I’m not Home’s biggest fan (haven’t played it since the first week), but I don’t think Flop means what you think it means.
ummmmmm iznt hiphopgamer always defendin ps home? plus its not a game? but i agree with evrything else, maybe socom shoulnt be there tho, its fun as anything
@ Jim
HipHopGamer didn’t write it so his views on Home still stand the same as what you hear/see from his shows.
You missed a few:
Mirror’s Edge
NXE
Star Ocean 4
Halo 3
Gears Of War 2
Street Fighter IV
Also, Lost Oddysey is NOT the best RPG of this gen, not even close. White Knight Chronicles is 20X the game Lost Oddysey could ever be.
how could you forget LEGENDARY or THE LAST REMANENT or INFINITE UNDISCOVERY motherfucker ?
how bout VAMPIRE RAIN and ALONE IN THE DARK ?
this whole room is full of ps3 dick suckers. It’s kinda sad. You guys should probably find a way to get over yourselfs, and stop trying to justify the fact that you paid way to much money for your system.
1. Home sucks period, if you think it rocks then you’re a diehard fanboy. the NXE is way better. It is a little overwhelming at first, but its very useful. (if you don’t have both systems (like me) then shut the hell up)
2. I was the biggest socom fan, since socom 1. But socom was flop. But the game way different now. It probably shouldn’t be on the top 5 flops though. With all of the patch updates the game is pretty damn fun now. GOW2 has a lot of glitches still, which needs to be fixed so i can agree with that.
3. But if you think halo 3 is a flop, then you never played the game. Or you’re just pure ass. Halo 3 is fun. Similiar to LBP, you don’t need top of the line graphics (killzone) for a game to be very fun. Halo 3, has forge, in came screenshots, you can create you’re own games and share with friends. No shooter on the ps3 has gone that far with fun. (dont lie)
If you are a true gamer (like myself) you should probably own more than just your ps3. PSN is getting up there, but it is no XBL yet. but hey its free.
FUCK.YOU.
Home is not a failure. It’s a very ambitious project. If people would stop being so damn impatient about Home, it may turn out better than they think it is.
how about them… You actually think that you’ll be taken seriously with that name? Do you honestly believe that Vampire Rain was a bigger flop than the titles I listed?
stupid fanboys. I agree with whoever said Banjo Kazooie shld be on the list, and we already know Rock Revaluation is going to fail.
How is home a flop? there are plenty of users on home everyday. People actually use it to socialize, play games, meet new gamers..where’s the flop? Just because you hate it doesn’t mean it’s a flop. hey, I have a 360 at home collecting dust but even I can’t say xbl is a flop because the fact that matters is, it’s widely used and highly regarded. Without the xbl, the 360 would’ve been buried six feet under long time ago. Home is not so integral for ps3, but hey, it’s free to use, you can or will be able to exchange trophies for items, and that gives the gamers replay value and some incentive to get trophies. Why not..
Now let me ask you this, if Home is such a flop then why are so many developers/sponsors spending their money creating their personal space in Home? Are they so blind that they are willing to risk investing their money and resources into a virtual home space? Can’t they see that Home is a complete flop?
this isn’t a personal blog here you know…you can write junk like this somewhere else, or better yet keep it to yourself
Only 1 of 4 games is from 360? I say 1 of 4 because Home is NOT and NEVER will be a game! This is really biased Bakerboy…
This article is pure bullshit. I love me some HOME and Too human.
You biased FUCK>
Mr HELLRAZOR (Did you purposefully give yourself a misspelt name to humiliate and discredit yourself?) – if you think Home is a flop then you are either a retarded fanboy or just pure penis. Killzone 2 takes everything Halo 3 does and does it better – including the online play.
This THREAD (It’s not a room you moron – rooms have walls, LOL.) is full of 360 testicle – less losers who don’t want to accept the fact that they paid good money for a console that breaks all the time and has no games coming out this year.
there it is with Home again…. STFU about Home. one, its still being worked on, its not a finished product. two, ALOT more stuff is being added on. three, developers will release new spaces from time to time as we move along, so that will keep it even more interesting.
stop with all this Home bashing cuz its F’n annoying. srry for the language but it needs to stop, sir.
and seriously, i can come up with a couple 360 titles that are worse than the games you mentioned that are actually games since Home isn’t a game. so don’t even count it as a game.
cryin ass fanboys. HOME IS TRASH. and will always be trash. sony was misguided on what they feel gamers want. i don’t wanns run around in an open world unless i got a gun a car and a few grenades. bakerboy didn’t say top 5 GAME flops. he said top 5 flops PERIOD. even if it aint as bad as you fanboys say it is(need to quit lying to yourselves) it was hyped up for two years. when it finally dropped all i smelled was HOT GARBAGE. now all i hear from you fanboys is “give it time to grow” or “just wait 5 more years and it’s gonna be awesome” lol. We live in an on demand society now. That’s why playstation is in last place now. They think people are really ignorant enough to buy a 6 or 5 hundred dollar system then wait 6 years for it to really shine. well i guess they found 20 million dummies and counting. Well how bout this sony? How bout i wait to purchase your system when when it’s “shining” and your price has dropped 5 or 6 times and you have to sell it for dirt cheap to save your business from losing any more ground in the videogame market
By flop do you mean commercial flop? How is home a flop? Didn’t they generate $1 million in the first month? Unless your definition is that no one uses it in which case you haven’t been on it lately. Also, your list is too short you should have only included 2008. How about Alone in the Dark, Golden Axe and Ninja Gaiden II.
@ Mr. HELLRAZOR
I love how when someone owns more than one console they have to let the world know and they think their opinions are better than others. Seriously,owning both systems doesn’t make what you say better.
@Matt G
You seem to have missed the point as to what I was saying about GTA4. I said the experience that “I” had and many other gamers didn’t feel fulfilling. Yes, you did go and say that the experience you had with the game was great, but when making an article like this, especially when it’s subjective is extremely pointless whether you agree with it or not. What I was trying to say is that if you guys want to make a list of this caliber, instead of making your own opinions (looking at you bakerboy), make some kind of list asking to recommend for a period of time what 5 games were some gamers biggest disappointment this gen.
If you haven’t noticed by looking at these comments that there were many people who were disappointed by many games, some agree with the list, others agree with some on the list, and a lot more don’t agree with it at all. Your experiences with the same product just won’t be the same since we’re different people, and because of the differences, where can you make the statement on what a “flop” is, especially when a title like that is purely subjective? You get what I’m saying?
On Home, dude… I really don’t care that they sell products in it, I actually understand and yes, I can see it disappointing, but looking at it from a business stand point, they know from actual games like Second Life that people will pay for virtual objects, so why not exploit it? The problem with the purchasing of these items is that they have nothing but a visual aspect. If there was some type of fulfillment to the purchases, then I think they’d succeed in that department, but until they get their act together, it’s hard for me to get mad.
@ bakerboy
You seem to become extremely defensive with people refuting your comments. Word of advice, if you’re going to lash back at people and their opinions because they don’t see eye to eye with you, you might want to hold off on opinionated articles. If you want to debate, don’t be so hostile and give off the impression that you think everyone is against you. If you laid your points and used other descriptions besides metascores, I’d be pretty sure you’d get a better response.
Seriously, do some of you guys even know what flops means ?
Flop is something that doesn’t turn out profits or completely fails at what it tries to be, i mean how the hell is gears 2 a flop? or halo 3 ? they were some awsome titles and some of the bestsellers of 2008, so before you call something a flop, just think about what a flop actually is ( i have both consoles btw, so don’t call me an xbot or nothing stupid like that )
STUPID ASS PLAYSTATION HOME IS NOT A FUCKING GAME GET IT RIGHT ASSTARD
STOP TAKING INFO FROM OTHER WEBSITE AND TRYING TO TURN IT IN TO NEW NEWS A 5YEAR OLD KID CAN DO THAT YOU EVEN THE HIPHOP RETARD IS TRYING TO DO HIS OWN THING BUT STILL USE OTHER SITE’S TO GET HIS INFO TRY GETTING YOU OWN INFO THEN YOU CAN SAY YOU ONLINE SHOW IS A SHOW NOT A SHOW THAT RECAPES ALL THE INFO ON THE WEB MONDAY TO SAT. SO YOU CAN VIDEO POST IT ON SUNDAY
Home is considered a game? I don’t think it’s that bad actually.
Bakerboy get smarter.
HipHop why the hell do you let this xbot post articles on your side?
Every article is about how Sony fails…Home really?
1. its not a game
2. Sony still considers this as a beta version.
Over 50 comments…WOW
You must have really hit a nerve…all the SONY fans are HOT!!!
Notice all the profanity in the comments that defend HOME LMAO.
How about state why you think HOME isnt a flop instead of cussin the author out.
What I got from the article is that HOME didnt live up to expectations. As long as it took to come out..and now ppl are sayin…BUT wait…wait..it will get better!!
We will see…
I love how anytime someone says anything NEGATIVE about the PS3 they are automatically (BIASED…a XBOT….a 360 FANBOY)
Home isn’t even a game so thats a big fail.
5 Biggest Flops This Generation ? My take on it is different…it’s not the reference of HOME, but listing of the games that really makes your list a horrendous…
5 Biggest Flops of this generation really are :
5. Sony PS3 HOME (the only one that can move to the opposite end of the scale)
4. Nintendo WiiMote
3. X-Box HD Add-on Drive
2. X-Box RROD
1. Your article (It’s honestly the worst i’ve read this generation)
You should have either excluded HOME, replaced it with another game and inserted “game” into your article heading…or you should have just listed my list!
@ David Macphail
see this is exactly what im talking about. Killzone 2 did everything halo 3 did? shut the hell up. I’ve never seen someone suck such a good sony dick. Ok where is a map editor in kz2? is there a file share on kz2? i’ve been playin kz2 for a while , now and i haven’t seen such a thing. But i guess when sony nutted over your eyes, you just see what they want you to. I’m not a fanboy, I gave good points for both systems. the rrod of death sucks, but plenty of my friends PS3’s won’t read disks anymore. I play all my systems , and all my games. im the one with oout balls? plz. take them out ur mouth and give them back then.
@ aaronisbla
because i own both systems makes my opinion waaay better. Than yours atleast. Stop taking everything so personal. take ur head out of ur ass.
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p.s. i know u fags are fanboys. You guys sound real hurt over what i said. I love my ps3, and i love 360 despite what you might think. Just because i’d rather play my fps on my 360 for better competition. and i’d rather play my driving, fighting, and adventure games on my ps3 because of the more space and beetter graphics does not make me a fanboy.
i think hiphopgamer should check some of the stupid shit his sites people post this baker guy has nothing good to say about ps3 like wtf. home are you serious. its a beta and its expanding rapidly i think home is a great idea and i can see wat sony is trying to do im expecting some really cool stuff from home. i meen 3 new home spaces in less than 2 weeks. wow. and then matanance. not to mention the sony crew are doig all this free of charge !!! why the fuck would you winge and wine about a fucking beta and a free service im sick of ignorant xbots bashing it
If we’re talking about the greatest flops PERIOD then the Xbox 360’s hardware has to be numero uno!
Real talk fuck this bullshit list and bakerboys fanboy ass. Hip keep doing what you do.
And BTW bakerbitch home isn’t a game and it made sony a million bucks in 1 week how the hell is that a flop for a free service dumbass. Get the 360 out your ass before you type another article.
Your list is dead-on!
I’d even go as far as putting Too Human in first place because it has been announced 10 years ago, it got rid of the unreal engine even though its engine is based on it, and it’s supposed to be a trilogy. Denis Dyack made a hate-it-or-love-it game, and with that, there’s 50% change that many people will hate it.
I really wanted it to be good, but it felt like a mediocre AAA game that was trying too hard.
and Home is not technically out yet, since it’s only an open beta. But I wonder, “why is Sony selling things through a beta stage of development? Odd, ain’t?” It’d be like MSFT charging for extra armors in a Halo 3 beta. Think about it a little…
Hey HHG, get bakerboy off your staff list please. He clearly does not understand the principals of “one love and God bless.” This guy has all the attributes of the journalists you rebuke. He can’t mention anything positive about ps3’s home. It’s all negatives and he posted a similar article like this recently. BAN HIS ASS or at least prevent him from posting these types of articles in the future, please.
This would have been a good list
Games
5. The Last Remnant
4. Infinite Undiscovery
3. Haze
2. Lair
1. Too Human
Other
6. UMD movies
5. Gameboy Micro
4. HD – DVD add-on
3. $599 U.S. Dollars
2. The Wii’s online/friend codes
1. 360 HARDWARE – RROD
WOW what a Surprise an xbot posting gamings biggest flops this generation and 4 of them are PS3 games…………….
Bakerboy you don’t own a PS3…..you have no idea what HOME is……how is HOME a flop WHEN IT IS FREE….you can enjoy it without paying a dime, There are no rooms you have to pay to get into……you can earn free stuff with playing arcades that even if you wanted to buy you can’t get.
If you want to compare HOME to the Wii’s and 360 Avatars….the 360 has the weakest avatar cause there isn’t a damn thing you could do with it.
Oh, #1 of “5 Biggest Flops This Generation” is the 360’s reliability that even 3 years later still plagues them……Your list Fails.
how can you say bakerboy does’t own a ps3, he’s on it everyda. look at the editors page and you’ll see his psn id right there.
First off how can you include Home as a flop when it has produced north of million dollars while in BETA! I’m not a big Home user i get on once in a while but to say it was a flop i think is a stretch considering that it stays populated almost anytime I’VE been on it.
I would heavily consider Devil May Cry 4 to pop in that list i mean it really was OKAY. It had it’s moments and it was far from the best in the franchise. Constant backtracking, poor level design, they script sucked and seriously NERO!
Also others with which i agree that should have at least been an honorable mention:
Infinite Undiscovery
The Last Remnant
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Ninja Gaiden II
Tomb Raider: Underworld
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
I understand where your coming from with Too Human, Haze and Lair because just the pure HYPE for those games prior to the launch and the sub par quality game suffice their spots. Socom is debatable at best and like i said Home is always populated, generates money and is in beta. I’d replace those two with any two off of the list i have…
@ Mr. HELLRAZOR
Whats wrong did i strike a nerve or something? why so hostile? I own all 3 systems this gen, not sure what your point is about owning those makes your opinion better, you dipshit, you don’t seem to get it, opinions are just that, opinions, there isn’t a such thing as a better one.
I just get tired of dipshits like yourself who come on to a website and proclaim from the highest mountain that they own all systems and they should be listened to because they can’t possibly have any type of bias in them. Thats a bunch of bullshit.
If you must know, i actually agree with bakerboy’s list, with the exception of home since it isnt a game, although im not a fan of home, including it on the list wasn’t needed when there are plenty of other flops in terms of sales this gen.
To anyone claiming GTA4, Gears2, or even Halo 3 ( a game i don’t like ) as a flop should look up the word flop. You might hate those games, but flop shouldn’t be associated with them.
@ Mr. HELLRAZOR
Did you know its possible to be a “true gamer” and only own a ps3 or a 360? thats what bothers me about your first post, its this whole sense of entitlement. I’m a true gamer also, what the fuck is your point with that statement though?
@ aaronisbla
I’m a “true gamer” because i own almost every system ever released. I’ve played the best games ever made. i said “both” as in xbox 360, and ps3. only because these are the systems everyones talking about. I’ve gotten serious in damn near every PC game also. And i don’t bitch about what system is better. All my systems are good. Its fanboys likeyou aaronisbla that piss me off. Why don’t you give me ur psn , xbl , and wii codes. Cuz im not sure i believe you. Owning all systems gives you a very strong opinion on what each game is like, so it matters quite a bit. So go to sleep. You tried your best.
AND TO EVERYONE BITCHING ABOUT HOW HOME IS NOT A GAME. REREAD THE TITLE FAGGOTS. “5 BIGGEST FLOPS THIS GENERATION”, NOT “5 BIGGEST VIDEO GAME FLOPS THIS GENERATION”. STOP STATING THAT HOME IS NOT A GAME. BECAUSE THE LIST ISN’T JJUST FOR GAMES. ALL THIS TYPING, AND YOU BITCHES FORGET TO READ.
@HipHopGamer
I think you a cool dude and I watch your show every Sunday but honestly your the laughing stock of the gaming community right now and if you keep letting these random fools write these ridiculous articles on your site then your not going to succeed as much as you want to in the gaming scene.
wtf socom a flop? it hasn’t even launched in the UK and I play my US version all day! The last patch basically fixed lag issues and all making this game awesome!
@HellRazor : THE FACT IS : THE ARTICLE IS A FAIL !
If he had home as a FLOP of this generation, the X-Box RROD and external HD drive should have featured and being on TOP!He obviously didn’t think it through, needed something to do while taking a crap …and he produced this pile of sh|t!
Hey I enjoy SOCOM, LAIR, and HOME. Too Human and Haze not so much. like BORAT says.
@ Jason
your damn straight RROD should have been up there. I’m not saying that it shouldn’t. I just don’t like when ps3 dicksuckers start taking random strikes at xbox 360, because their feelings are hurt.
Seriously, point out anything that makes me seem like a fanboy, and point out for which system. Point out anywhere in my last few posts in this article where i defend any system. Ok done? alright dipshit, as you see i defended none of them.
You are just a lil pissed i called you out like i did so you have to resort to the fanboy insults, which really doesn’t apply here. Never mind the fact that i pretty much agree with most of the list he posted (although RRoD probably should have been in it also). “nah, you a fanboy because i say so and i own all systems ever made so imma true gamer” …..is that all you got? lame, try harder next time and read before you call someone a fanboy
All i said was owning all three systems doesn’t make you a “true gamer” whatever the fuck thats suppose to mean, it means exclusives aren’t so exclusive anymore. It doesn’t make your opinion any more valid than the next person, so quit acting like a dipshit who just wanna be heard.
u think by calling me a dipshit somehow gives you the illusion that you make sense? you lost this one scrape the remains of your pride off of the floor, and go to sleep.
@mr razor
If i lost this one, why you cant let it go? seriously. It seems like you have stopped calling me a fanboy once you looked back at my past comments and noticed that not once did i defend any console.
i called you a dipshit since you resorted to childless name calling, showing me my lil comment got under your skin lol. Try not to let stuff get to you, its shows immaturity, but then again this is the internet, i’m sure you can’t help it