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By TheEngiGuy
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I like how the comments section is full of people saying "so that's why Watch Dogs sucked lolololo". Really shows the maturity of the gaming community.

Nevermind that Driv3r was the only unfinished Driver game and after that 2 great Driver games came out.
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By jam_1989
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I knew the game wasn't perfect when it was first released but I never knew it had such a big backlash at the time.
Either way I spent countless hours playing it on the PS2
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Very interesting video, probably back then it didn't have such a backlash for us because most of us didn't have internet access and i don't recall seeing any of this stuff mentioned in gaming magazines of the era. Also being a kid seeing glitches didn't bother me much as long as I enjoyed the game. This practice isn't exclusive in the gaming industry as you can encounter in other entertainment areas. I hate these practices to trick consumers to buy the product, it still happens today but it seems it doesn't have the same impact on some companies.

We know that this is a business and they need revenue from every dollar invested into the game but in my opinion Driv3r could've been a better received game if it wasn't released too soon to compete with GTA. Two games don't need to compete for the market, they can actually coexist sharing the market, you can check The Getaway, 3.5 million copies sold. You don't need a huge marketing campaign to prove your game is good, the players themselves will see that by playing it. I see some companies spending more in marketing than on the actual game.
Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2004-2005 amounted to
€ 171.6 million on a current exchange-rate basis, or € 175.2 million on a
constant exchange-rate basis.
2.5 million copies have been shipped in US and Europe for PS2 and Xbox. The
title topped the charts with approximately 50% of the units already sold to
gamers after 1 month sales.
Source link no longer works, but the info is here in the forum.

Driv3rgate review
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