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Post by aganar on May 6, 2012 14:19:14 GMT -5
I always hear it spouted as common knowledge that Demon's Crest sold terribly and/or was so disappointing to the first batch of American gamers who purchased it that it triggered a massive wave of returns, causing the game's sales to actually register as negative for a week or so on the charts.
Is there any truth to this? Can someone point to as source or point of origination for this rumor?
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Post by ReyVGM on May 6, 2012 14:33:03 GMT -5
I remember reading that in an EGM back in the day. But it wasn't in the form of news. I think it was in the Sushi-X column or the mail bag section.
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Post by Wildcat on May 6, 2012 14:33:52 GMT -5
Ah, one of the classic rumors. I wish I could remember where I heard it the first time.
All I know is that the rumor works, as it made the used copy I bought $30. XD
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Post by Scylla on May 6, 2012 15:02:54 GMT -5
It was stated in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power. The game appeared on the Top 100, and in the little write-up, they mention that fact. So I'd say it's definitely more than just a "rumor". Granted, that Nintendo Power issue was in 1997, so that was already a few years past the release of Demon's Crest. There's no knowing if the Nintendo Power editor got the info straight from the source, or if it had be stated somewhere previously and the NP editor got the info from another mag or some such. But we're talking about professionals not fans, so I doubt they'd print any random thing they hear along the grapevine without being confident that it's true (at least in terms of historical info, not rumors relating to upcoming products, which is a whole other can of worms).
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2012 15:24:07 GMT -5
But... but why would anyone return Demon's Crest? It's such a good game!
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Post by aganar on May 6, 2012 15:28:38 GMT -5
It was stated in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power. The game appeared on the Top 100, and in the little write-up, they mention that fact. So I'd say it's definitely more than just a "rumor". Granted, that Nintendo Power issue was in 1997, so that was already a few years past the release of Demon's Crest. There's no knowing if the Nintendo Power editor got the info straight from the source, or if it had be stated somewhere previously and the NP editor got the info from another mag or some such. But we're talking about professionals not fans, so I doubt they'd print any random thing they hear along the grapevine without being confident that it's true (at least in terms of historical info, not rumors relating to upcoming products, which is a whole other can of worms). Do you happen to have the excerpt in question, just so we can maintain some kind of consistency on the rumor? |
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Post by Snarboo on May 6, 2012 15:36:06 GMT -5
But... but why would anyone return Demon's Crest? It's such a good game! That's what confuses me about this story, too! I can't understand how a game this good could see so many returns. |
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Post by shelverton on May 6, 2012 16:14:05 GMT -5
Can you even return a game because you don't like it? Ok if the game's broken or something, but it sounds weird. People could buy a game, finish it and then get their money back.
Maybe Demon's Crest was ahead of its time or something? People didn't get it? But still, it's not THAT different from other action platformers of its time.
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Post by Scylla on May 6, 2012 16:31:12 GMT -5
Do you happen to have the excerpt in question, just so we can maintain some kind of consistency on the rumor? I don't have the issue on hand, but it should be available for download from Retromags. |
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Post by caoslayer on May 6, 2012 17:20:04 GMT -5
I know that Demon Crest have an anticopy system that don't allows you to kill a boss. Maybe it activated with some versions or something.
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Post by Super Orbus on May 6, 2012 19:32:50 GMT -5
Can you even return a game because you don't like it? Ok if the game's broken or something, but it sounds weird. People could buy a game, finish it and then get their money back. Back in the day you could. Piracy concerns, along with the situation you describe, pretty much put an end to it most places, at least in the US. |
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Post by megatronbison on May 7, 2012 14:55:53 GMT -5
Well, I never, ever seen a copy of it in the UK. I couldn't even be 100% it was released here- it got decent enough reviews in most of the magazines though so I have to assume it was released here too. I think a lot of the latter day Capcom titles ended up getting a stupidly low print run after Super Street Fighter 2.
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Post by Namakubi on May 7, 2012 15:25:36 GMT -5
I remember reading an article about a fringe religious group buying up a few shipments worth of Demon's Crest games that were to be shipped to Wal Mart, only to return them all to Wal Mart as some kind of war against demonic influences on children. Does anybody else remember this article? It might've been linked to on this board.
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Post by shelverton on May 7, 2012 16:48:31 GMT -5
Well, I never, ever seen a copy of it in the UK. I couldn't even be 100% it was released here- it got decent enough reviews in most of the magazines though so I have to assume it was released here too. I think a lot of the latter day Capcom titles ended up getting a stupidly low print run after Super Street Fighter 2. I'm wondering the same thing. Game was reviewed in scandinavian magazines, but then I don't know what happened. It's one of few PAL SNES games I've never ever seen irl. Same with stuff like TMNT Tournament Fighters and Parodius, but that's because the swedish Nintendo distributor at the time was in some kind of argument with Konami. We missed out on a couple of Konami games because of it around 1993-1994-ish (Cybernator and Batman Returns comes to mind too). But all PAL Capcom games came here as far as I know... |
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Post by Kid Fenris on May 7, 2012 17:59:04 GMT -5
Do you happen to have the excerpt in question, just so we can maintain some kind of consistency on the rumor? The writeup: "The graphics were great and the play was varied and intense, but Demon's Crest never sold well. One week it actually managed to generate negative sales. How is that even possible? More people returned the game than bought it. They must have been even more brain damaged than our electorate that voted for this game." Note that it doesn't specify the week in which Demon's Crest had negative sales. It could've been months after the game shipped. |
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