I picked Anthem because it's rare to see a major publisher kicking themselves in the nuts tbh.
As you said, some people want to play both modes. To do that, they will play both games. As there's no PVP in Anthem and no PVE in Apex, so they can easily coexist. Even better when the other one is f2p. And only one of them has story campaign, which is a plus for that game. For many the campaign sells it.I think people are way to focused on one being PVP and one being PVE. Sure there are people that will only want to play one over the other but plenty of people will play both modes. The big thing that makes the game similar is that both are shooter co-op experiences. So if you are picking a game to play with your friends are you going to play the free game that has a ton of hype for it or the 60$ game that doesn't?
Idk...i think ea knows what they're tracking and are ok with this launch. Certainly people can play more than one EA title at a time.
What facts back up this notion? Has anyone dropped any numbers that says apex has eaten into pre launch sales or whatever?
With Apex cold launching this month to wonderful reviews and word of mouth do you feel it will hurt Anthem's launch success? I am having so much fun with Apex right now that I don't know if I want to brave the poor fps waters of Anthem after that beta.
EA is kind of in a weird situation where the game they marketed to hell and back is going to get stomped by their wildcard entry.
Let's see... how about Titanfall 2. We often lambast how it was buried in the holiday season because it launched near COD, etc. No one was saying how Mech shooters are different from boots on the ground back then.
the amount of work you put into your post was far too high for something anyone that can realize Era is a bubble already knows.All in all the poll is far too biased to tell us anything as it makes far too many assumptions. Good polls are very difficult to do.
It's very different from AnthemWith Apex cold launching this month to wonderful reviews and word of mouth do you feel it will hurt Anthem's launch success? I am having so much fun with Apex right now that I don't know if I want to brave the poor fps waters of Anthem after that beta.
EA is kind of in a weird situation where the game they marketed to hell and back is going to get stomped by their wildcard entry.
I disagree and think it's harder to justify buying a game at full price if you're still getting tons of enjoyment out of one that didn't cost a cent.
I feel as if every time I see a poll on this forum it's written incredibly leading and used as an extension of 'here is what I believe please validate it for me' by the OP which is textbook bad polling.
Let's talk about what's wrong with this poll, shall we?
All in all the poll is far too biased to tell us anything as it makes far too many assumptions. Good polls are very difficult to do.
- Sample Size:
- ResetERA is not representative of the general population
- Is this aimed at understanding the general population's opinion? Is it aimed at understanding ResetERA's? Would you consider these results as representative of how Anthem will do or what impact, if any, Apex has on Anthem as a product?
- Do we know if Apex and Anthem have the same audience? Are all parties effectively represented here?
- Apex has been out a single week and stealth launched with no marketing campaign, we have no idea who has even heard of this game let alone what it will look like a month from now in terms of opinion
- Thread:
- The OP provides what they consider evidence for their thesis which in turn biases the people taking the poll via the first post and the thread title
- "Kill" is loaded terminology which you needed to elaborate upon later because of that
- The current framing implies it's an either or, when the answer is likely not either because we don't understand the success metrics for Anthem and Apex as products
- Question Statement:
- "How does the success of Apex affect your outlook on Anthem?"
- Do we know Apex is successful yet outside of our own anecdotal opinions at the moment? By what definition is Apex successful? To who?
- Poll Answers:
- "I like Apex and I'm still hyped for Anthem"
- Define hype. What does that mean in this context? Do you account for people's varying definitions of what "hype" means? Does being hyped for something mean you'll purchase it? This could directly conflict with option four as well
- "I don't care for Apex and I'm getting Anthem"
- Does not account for if the person tried Apex and disliked it or if they never tried Apex in the first place due to not liking something about it thus nullifying Apex's impact on the product
- "I like Apex and am staying away from Anthem for now"
- As above, I think your intention here was to capture if someone played it and either liked Apex or didn't like it and thus it impacted their decision on Anthem
- "Waiting for Anthem reviews and Digital Foundry testing to see if frame rates improved"
- In order to select this answer participants need to:
- Be waiting for Anthem's reviews (of which we do not know what they consider "acceptable" criteria for purchase)
- Be waiting for Digital Foundry testing as well as the aforementioned reviews specifically for knowledge of if the frame rates are improved and nothing else
- Poll as a Whole:
- Operates under the assumption that Anthem is perceived as bad
- You're comparing a full game that is free and currently out versus a paid game that had a demo out
- Frequently operates under the assumption that people taking the poll have played both Apex and Anthem
- Implies that Apex being successful means Anthem is hurt by Apex's success
- They're literally different types of games
- We don't know what makes or quantifies either product as successful outside of the opinions of:
- Which I feel is being talked about more (subjective)
- What game I feel is being played more (subjective)
- Which game has the greater number of players (objective, but we don't know if this defines success)
Anthem should've had a dedicated campaign.
It's not the game I want from BioWare and so I'm not gonna but into it.
lol?
While there's no doubt I'm overthinking it and putting in far more effort than I should be for free here, it's not just a topic of discussion when you've used the poll's data to make assertions.You're overthinking it my dude. This is not an independent study - just a topic of discussion on a games forum.
I should add that by "kill" I mean hurt it's sales. The poll so far says that may very well happen. I don't want Anthem to fail. Judging by the demo however EA must not feel the same way.
Anthem should've had a dedicated campaign.
It's not the game I want from BioWare and so I'm not gonna but into it.