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Twisted Metal Apparently Selling Out At Retail

Eat Sleep Play’s first Twisted Metal edition for Sony’s third generation console officially goes on sale today in North America and it already seems to be a hit.

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sinncross4475d ago

Wow, hopefully it brings in good numbers.

Snookies124475d ago

Yeah, it's just too bad he won't be doing another one... :\

Maybe if this is super successful Jaffe will consider a TM2.

NYC_Gamer4475d ago (Edited 4475d ago )

Jaffe wants to create his own experience but lacks the proper funding.he'll prob try to find some way to get his ideas into production.

clank5434475d ago

^He should just use Double Fine's method of asking for money. He's a pretty big name and I'm sure he would get it.

LOGICWINS4475d ago

So a random person tweets that TM is selling out...with no evidence, and an article is written about it? LOL, journalism these days is down the tubes.

lorianguy4475d ago (Edited 4475d ago )

The tweet even says "apparently". Anyone could have said that!

How on earth did some guy's random tweet get approved?!

I mean I really do hope it does well, but you can't trust a random guy on the internet for sales performance.

LightofDarkness4475d ago

That's how it works these days. Watch:

"Democrats cause CANCER?"

See, the question mark makes it OK for me to say that, because I'm not saying it's DEFINITELY true, I'm just "asking questions" and "opening up a discussion." Also, because I say I'm a journalist and post it on my news thingy, that totally makes it news!

True story.

killerhog4474d ago

Oh, so something like;

Republicans cause all the wars , poverty, and hate towards Americans (U.S)?

vickers5004474d ago

*sniff* *sniff*

It smells like fox news in here.

-Alpha4475d ago (Edited 4475d ago )

Yeah, Jaffe retweeted it, which is why I guess it's here.

I don't doubt that it sold out in some stores, I'm hearing from some GameStop employees that they ran out of preorders, but that doesn't mean the sales high, just that it's breaking expectations that may have been set low.

I really wish for it to succeed, too bad Sony couldn't have thrown a TV ad behind this.

YogiBear4475d ago

Why would expectations be low? It's Twisted Metal.

DiRtY4475d ago

this will sell less than most blockbster games in the past years (CoD, Halo, Gears, Uncharted etc). So IF it really sells out, it must be due to very, and mean VERY VERY, bad distribution by Sony.

Zechs344475d ago

Because we all know there's no such thing as sleeper hits... (especially considering the rand recognition Twisted Metal carries)

DiRtY4475d ago (Edited 4475d ago )

Sleeper hit with brand recognition and sold out on release date? Isn't the definition of a sleeper hit something totally different?

sleeper hit = No brand recognition but high sales due to word of mouth

*edit* for the disagrees Who honestly thinks that Twisted Metal will outsell one of the games I mentioned above?

vickers5004474d ago

@Dirty

Nobody. They're disagreeing with you because of your overall negative opinion on the game not being able to sell well.

Outside_ofthe_Box4474d ago (Edited 4474d ago )

"sleeper hit = No brand recognition but high sales due to word of mouth"

No a sleeper hit = unexpected achiever of success.

A sleeper hit is something that is predicted not to sell/do well, but in the end it exceeds expectations, hence your disagrees.

RememberThe3574474d ago

Why did you even bother to post this? There isn't a person here who thinks this game will sell anything close to the games you mention. And how can't you know that if it does sell out it would be due to bad distribution by Sony? Your making all these assumptions and mental leaps and then you wonder why people are disagreeing with you. Are you high?

ginsunuva4475d ago

GO BUY THIS GAME PEOPLE. DONT JUST STAND HERE AND BE CHEAP.

Outside_ofthe_Box4474d ago (Edited 4474d ago )

You do know that games are expensive and that people can't just shell out $60 for every game that comes out right?

People have to buy a game that they like. No matter how great a particular game maybe, there is no game that is for EVERYONE. People have to buy what appeals to them at the end of the day. I do hope TM sells well though.

PixL4475d ago

I don't like the game so I won't buy it but I hope it does well as many people find it to be fun.

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Twisted Metal Retro Review – Nothing Short Of Iconic

Everyone knows Twisted Metal... I mean literally everyone! Whether it is simply a childhood classic for you, or one of the worst, mind-corrupting disgraces to entertainment you can think of, you've at least heard of this iconic title.

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Seven Ways To Reboot The Twisted Metal Games

The WellPlayed crew gathers to pitch an appropriately deranged set of options for the future of Twisted Metal.

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crazyCoconuts299d ago

All I ask for is a new Twisted Metal that allows flat screen & PSVR2 cross play that also supports a wheel.
Would be heaven.

Babadook7298d ago

Wow. I like the idea of VR twisted metal with a wheel.

Rebel_Scum298d ago

They need to get the enemy AI balance right. Thats what made 2 the best in the series. Black was abysmal in that dept.

neomahi298d ago

You don't. Do sequels. If you've gotta reboot, might as well do a new IP. God of War is the only game I can say that did a successful reboot

TiredGamer298d ago (Edited 298d ago )

Isn’t the new GoW just a sequel technically?

I personally think they can leverage the roots of the series. The original TM in 1995 took place on Christmas Eve 2005, and it was the 10th contest in history. Why not “reboot” the franchise by making a prequel of sorts showing the origin story of the series and maybe linking all the future games in a brilliant way. Seems like such an obvious idea to leverage old with the new (kind of look how Doom 2016 did with its lore).

Knightofelemia298d ago

Just make it a good game Twisted Metal has it's fan base.

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PlayStation confirm they are working on Twisted Metal series

The rumours were legit. The Twisted Metal franchise is coming back, Sony
officially announced at CES 2022.

NecrumOddBoy861d ago

I hope this is camp as all hell.

bouzebbal860d ago

They should have made Destruction All star with a Twisted Metal skin as launch title.. With some more content of course.

NecrumOddBoy859d ago (Edited 859d ago )

Rumor mill is that the team used All Stars as a test bed game to make a PS5 Twisted Metal in the future. No idea why they made this though. Total miss and it could hurt them in the end. Twisted Metal is really awesome. I honestly hope they take this series the Forza Horizon route. Maybe a big open world like a destroyed city in an apocalyptic setting. Still can have arenas and races, battles etc, but also add RPG elements and quests, challenges etc.

Dirtnapstor859d ago

Agreed. I am mildly surprised they did not do a Twisted Metal iteration vs DAS. Could have easily reskinned everything, no?

sourOG860d ago

Agreed. I’m playing serious Sam now and I think it’s awful in a great way. I’m enjoying it.

Majin-vegeta861d ago

Looks like the new game is pretty much confirmed now.

Bobertt860d ago

Idk David Jaffe had said he has seen stuff about the TV show but Sony has never told him anything about a new game. I find it hard to believe they would not tell the creator of the franchise they were going to make a new game.

Army_of_Darkness859d ago

Sony owns the franchise and Jaffe is no longer associated with them anymore, so Sony doesn't have to inform him on anything really...

NapalmSanctuary858d ago

...says f2p with Lucid developing. Might wanna keep them expectations low.

isarai861d ago

I hope it follows the gameplay style of hardware rivals, seriously that game was awesome to play

Godmars290860d ago

How about having to race through a destructible city with tons of people to mow down.

burnout with rocket launchers and ability to drive on skyscraper roofs or through office floors.

DarXyde860d ago

That sounds like Carmageddon meets Warhawk.

I'm iffy on reviving Twisted Metal personally. I replayed it on PS3 via PSOne classics because I loved the originals and I must say, these titles haven't aged well. We're now two generations removed from then, which was already 1-2 generations removed from the originals.

There needs to be some serious modernization efforts for these games to do well.

Godmars290859d ago

@DarXyde:
And what would be wrong with a "Carmageddon meets Warhawk" game? Pretty much what you'd want of a PS5 version of a PS1 title.

NapalmSanctuary858d ago

@Godmars Thats not Twisted Metal. Its one thing to do something like that with an alt game mode but Twisted Metal already has an identity. The gameplay needs to stay true to it.

--Onilink--860d ago

The only thing confirmed by Sony so far was a TV series, not a game

Neonridr860d ago

that's great, looking forward to some next gen destruction!

TheDoomedGuy860d ago

Imagine how it'll feel with the dual sense.

--Onilink--860d ago

I get the feeling that most people arent really reading the article. The only thing confirmed by Sony is the TV series.

Anything about a new game is just rumors and speculation at this point

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