Crash Bandicoot 4 Did WAY Better Than You Think...
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time was a game that had bad press since Day one. Saying it flopped, failed, bad sales, etc. But today, im here to tell you that Crash Bandicoot 4 Did ALOT better than you may think; LETS TALK ABOUT IT!
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I remember back then that you pointed out that Crash 4 only sold poorly in terms of physical sales in the UK and that's what everyone was cherry picking. Yeah it definitely sold well. Crash Bandicoot is definitely not dying. They'd have to screw up pretty badly with Crash if it ends up "dying" again.
Um, they just did.
Rumble?
@@greatsageclok-roo9013 rumble had absolutely no effect on the series what so ever . It’s a spinoff that reused literally all assets from its about time . Activision even confirmed this entry would have no impact on the series what so ever .
The irony of this is Crash Team Racing where they thought they did so lousy they threw in the towel for that game thinking it would conclude it completely but nope it just made it much better. Crash will never die. I do hope that the next game can conclude the whole story and Cortex will forever retire or something.
Those sales numbers were definitely some needed good news for Crash fans, especially after the last few months. I also remember (I think it from was one of your videos a while back) that Activision specifically mentioned Crash 4 as being successful in a quarterly financial report. Clearly, this lines up with that report from Activision.
Especially the fact they brought up it was more financially successful than the Call of Duty title released the same year it debuted, being Blacks Ops Cold War, the fact one of Activision's own IPs actually managed to be more successful than CoD shows the potential in their IPs that if they actually put effort into their IPs it pays for itself, unlike CoD which hasn't been as amazing as it once was at least consistently.
@@bobafett4265 Seriously...imagine if Crash (and Spyro, for that matter) had even a fraction of the promotional and resources support as CoD or other big, big franchises.
@@el_chaveezy true and maybe for once it could do even better, I just wish the marketing for Crash 4 wasn't targeted at people like myself who already knew about it, let alone pre ordered it. Like if they targeted towards that age demographic that would likely have played the Crash trilogy back in the day or at least has an interest in Platformers I think Crash 4 could've done better at launch and onwards.
@@bobafett4265 They did over here, I think. And Playstation people.
1:36 Oh, by the way.
It'd better be Spyro 4.
No. It'd better be a pretty Darn GOOD Spyro game, whether it has 4 on its name or it's called whatever I see in the title.
This time I want a brand new Spyro game that is so good it will be worth all this wait, maybe even on par with the original trilogy.
With Toys for Bob gone indie, don't expect any more Spyro unless Activision finds a willing an inexperienced, no-name developer, or abuse contractor exploits like Microsoft does for a quick cash grab.
Believe me, that strategy is why we got Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, Diablo 4, and Super Pitfall from Activision.
@@X2011racer Well, from what I see, the news hasn't reached you yet! Toys For Bob went indie, made an agreement to work on an exclusive game for Xbox, and has already heard of reports of working on an IP, certainly Spyro, as they will then be able to work with that IP if Microsoft allows what has already happened to them. They both have an agreement 😊 for everyone's happiness.
@@NickReymond I am aware about the Microsoft partnership, but that doesn't mean that Toys for Bob is working with an IP that they don't own. Dust: An Elysian Tail and Cuphead were games made under similar Microsoft partnerships, and they were both original IPs. Whatever original IP Toys for Bob is creating, it's going to be interesting to put it safely given Microsoft's recent track record with the Series X so far.
Spyro and Crash seem to humble the haters when it comes to its sales numbers. Spyro was quiet for 5 years until it later revealed its 10+ million copies sold. Crash doing the same thing but in a 3 year period is why I never doubt my boys
Just wait till it gets that Game Pass drop.. Its going to explode
It didn't.
Because I was aware that Crash 4 wasn't a failure at all. I always knew that all those catastrophic statements about the game selling poorly were incorrect at best. I was perfectly calm while the Crash fanbase was overreacting and fearing for the future of this series again.
It would be different if companies were more public about their sales numbers and profits, cause keeping more people in the dark like this causes problems like what happened with the Crash fanbase overreacting as you said.
@@bobafett4265 As a matter of fact, they lack transparency
@@bobafett4265 what you expect, they don't wanna scare away shareholders and potentially investors, it's business after all
good to see we got another big platformer series outside of mario, sonic, and kirby that still does well
i would like to see a spyro 4 do double the amount of crash 4
Honestly, crash bandicoot 4 it about time is a great game because it has wonderful levels, and instead of walking, you slide on the rail and use a different mask powers. Some people don't like it because of that and I don't care what they say.
This is a BIG Surprise!!!!
The sales were poor at first, but now the sales are doing so well.
I'm speechless..... 😮😮😮
But excited inside!!!🤩🤩🤩
Why did people ever think it did poorly? If a game is in every wal-mart and gamestop every time you go in there for over 3 years it's definitely doing well
I have all achievements unlocked for Crash Bandicoot 4. 1000G 🏆 106% ✅️ Series X player 😊
The playstyle is amazing 🥲.
Hopefully Crash 5 happens
@@tk32502 strongly agreed 👍 💯
@@Songwritersbehindthecurtain
1. crush bandicoot to return
2. the elementals to return
3. old crash enemies to return not sence crash 4
4. all ways have aku aku even in boss battles
5. spyro team up
6. epic fight between crash aku aku the quantum masks vs cortex uka uka the elementals
@@tk32502 strongly agreed 👍 💯
also keep in mind the fact that Crash Bandicoot N Sane *Trilogy* consists of three games, regardless of the length of the games, getting 3 classic well-liked games completely remade with good graphics and bundled in a single disc with the price of 40$, that's more attractive than buying one new game for 60$ that you have less reason to believe you will like since people talk more about the classic games and how game-changing they were. again, there's nostalgia involved, if you are a person who grew up with even one PS1 Crash game, you just had Crash 3, chances are you will buy the N Sane Trilogy to relive that experience in HD AND get two extra new games with the same core gameplay for you to try as a bonus. the fact that Crash 4 sold half as much copies as the NST is impressive
3:05 THAT LAUGH XDDD
Could you make a video on the person that made a crash 4 mod where he fixed its biggest flaws to complete it 100% cause I think they deserve recognition , thank you
To be fair, a flop is relative.
Most companies would love releasing a game like Crash 4, but Activision Blizzard is not like this, they could have used the money and resources to make yet another Call of Duty game instead, and they will still consider Crash 4 a failed product despite selling 5 million copies and being profitable.
And Microsoft might be just as dumb, killing the Crash franchise once again despite good numbers and despite the fact that you can't make the franchise more profitable if you don't release more games.
@@silverdamascus2023well also to be fair if Phill Spencer was telling the truth about “giving their studios the liberty to work on what (IP) they want to” it would be the developers fault just like how Rare doesn’t give a fck about anything other that Fcking sea of thieves… awggh
@@TheDarknash What about Rare Replay and Killer Instinct???
@@orangeslash1667 both of them released way before season of thiefs witch came out 2018 so 6 years and counting
@@TheDarknash The good news is that former Rare staff formed Playtonic Games.
They made Yooka-Laylee and the impossible Lair. As well as publish Blossom Tale 2, and Demon Turf Neon Slash.
Yeah sure... Bro the game SUCKED ASS! And didn't sold well as the result. That combined with rumble & on the run disasters? Just accept the fact that It's not looking good...
My friend watches me playing trough the Trilogy and Crash 4 since a few weeks. He didn't understand how I can enjoy the Trilogy, as he felt it to have repetitive and boring level design. But after watching me play Crash 4 he added THIS game to his wish list. To him, it looks much more flegded out, fun and diverse in terms of gameplay and level design. The Trilogy pulled in people based on nostalgia, while Crash 4 does a better job to gain new friends.
💯 - As much as I love NST, it feels super stiff to me. Crash 4 is so much more lively, almost youthful even (in a good way). Rather than taking players back to the 90s, it puts our favorite marsupial where players are today.
My friend was like this,he found the trilogy boring but he adored Titans,Crash 4,GBA games and Tag team racing.
Yeah, at the end of the day, everyone seems to like something different when it comes to Crash… the fanbase has differing interests within the series
See, I never really went along with the idea that Crash 4 had “flopped” or not done well. However, for me personally, whether a game sells well or not matters not to me, it’s about how I feel about the game as a whole, and, in my opinion, regardless of whether it did well or not, I didn’t enjoy Crash 4 as much as N. Sane Trilogy or Nitro-Fueled for a variety of reasons. I’m basing my opinion off of my own enjoyment of the game and I personally don’t need to take into account sales figures and critic scores for that (since sometimes or I should say most of the time, I also largely disagree with those, as I’m sure many others do as well, I really see very little need to do that 😂). Oh, and I just wanna say this is not me arguing or trying to start anything, this is simply me just sharing my thoughts and mentioning how I feel. Also, this is not me saying you’re wrong for thinking what you think, I’m not like that, and I’m not at all saying the same thing as what other people might be saying. Just to clarify that. 😂 Critic scores and sales figures don’t mean everything to me when it comes to me forming an opinion about a game. In fact, they mean very little to me. There are many other factors at play, like, did I actually have fun playing the game or is this game just overhyped or underrated? Or how did I feel about the overall experience? How did the character designs look in the game? Were things faithful to the original games? So, yeah, just many things I consider. I personally could care less if millions of people liked or didn’t like a particular game (based on reviews and such), and really want to form my own opinion on things first (and if millions of other people disagree, well then, I guess you disagree and that’s totally fine and A-OK, I’m just not of the same mindset. Also, see, I don’t typically change my opinion just because everyone else thinks one thing and I think something else. If you disagree, fine bro, but I do too, and we’re allowed to, I mean let’s be real here 😂).. And my opinions don’t necessarily stay the same, lol. I mean they can change and vary depending on the circumstances. I mean I figured that was obvious, but I figured I’d explain anyways. I like to keep it real folks… That’s not to say of course, I don’t consider those other things (like sales and critical reception), it’s just not the sole determining factor for whether or not I liked a game is what I’m saying. But that’s just me. I’m a very particular guy.
i am only scared for Crash 5 sales because Crash 4 was labeled as a very hard game
for some, the difficulty is a plus. Too many recent big budget platformers tend to be too easy nowadays.
And that is a GREAT thing. The Crash games were rarely challenging. Crash 3 was generally easy, Crash 2 had a few challenging stages but usually only if you go for 100%, Crash 1 had a limited moveset but I think it adapted the difficulty the best in the trilogy (seriously Stormy Ascent should have stayed in the final game). And Crash 4 went a further step forward in a good way as even if some stages were more challenging than any classic Crash stage, they are always fair and that only makes the game more fun in my opinion. If there was a Crash 5 it shall be just as hard as Crash 4 (wouldn't mind an even harder game). They could just make less hidden boxes and that's it.
I think getting 106% is what makes it very hard
Too bad I find the game so lacking then. Art direction isn't what I want from Crash, redesigns suck, story's one of the worst in the franchise (they should have continued Twinsanity), gameplay feels off (something I had only felt with WoC before from mainline), soundtrack was a snooze fest, the whole design of the game isn't what I wanted (again, would have preferred Crash Twinsanity 2 instead of Crash 3: Warped 2).
I just fundamentally disagree with the direction the franchise took, I was unironically kinda hoping this game would just bomb hard so I wouldn't have to keep up with it.
If you wanted the franchise to have a twinsanity 2 instead of a crash 3 2, you simply didn't want the franchise to be what it should be
You are allowed to have your opinion and not like the game, but actually crash 4 did it right on a lot of things and art style & soundtrack are just a matter of opinion too. For many people, including me, crash 4 soundtrack was simply addicting, and the art style & redesigns did it justice to nearly all characters.
Gameplay is way lighter than nst, more similar to original crash 2 and with a double jump better than crash 3, but it's very precise when you need it to be.
Real trilogy fans really liked crash 4 even though it has its problems of being repetitive to reach 106% and having to get all platinum relics, but each level and its challenges are well made and very detailed.
This game had the recipe for keeping the franchise alive while still being good, crash 5 must remove some things that crash 4 did wrong but overall the game is what people wanted for a long time.
And i don't see what's wrong with the story. It's not like crash always had focus on story or like crash twinsanity is a big deal; twinsanity just relies on humor, but its story isn't awesome or something like that. The worst crash 4 did with the story, is that aku aku appears for some few minutes during the whole game. That's it.
But it's not like people play crash because of the story.
Again, you are allowed to have your opinion but it doesn't make the game bad. Actually overall crash 4 is a great game, but it's ok not to like it also because it is a hard game.
@@JVSemLimites Would even have preferred a fourth Titans game over what we got 👍
@@KOTSOSMC2002 that's exactly what i said, you are simply not a fan of the classic style, you prefer the ps2 era style of gameplay. Unfortunately now you are trying to be fan of the wrong franchise as we are not anymore in the ps2 era and crash returned to its roots
But i'm not judging you, that's only your opinion after all and you can have it.
@@JVSemLimites I never said I'm not a fan of the classic style of Crash, that was your own assumption. The OG trilogy, N-Sane remakes, Huge Adventure, N-Tranced, WoC, I either like or love all of those games, I've played them a thousand times. The N-Sane Trilogy was one of the first games I ever got all achievements for on XBOX. The approach Twinsanity, Tag Team Racing and the Titans games took was that open of throwing Crash into open levels with a mix of old-school gameplay and modern design philosophy and that is simply fundamentally more enjoyable and intricate when done right. Crash 4 refused to build off of those games or create a hybrid of the 2 styles, it threw away (figuratively and quite literally since it practically decanonized everything post-C3 which was so divisive they had to retcon it online later) everything from WoC all the way to Mind Over Mutant, Men In Black mind wiped all the lessons the franchise had learned and could have learned along the way and *regressed* to trying to copy paste the OG trilogy. Calling the game Crash 4 is similar to what SEGA did with Sonic 4, it's dangling familiar keys in front of people and watching the money rain like wild.
You keep seeing platformers improve all around, Rift Apart was flawed AF but a step up from the reboot, Sonic is arguably better than ever, Mario is also arguably better than ever, some classic bangers are getting remastered and remade left and right, almost everyone in the platforming genre seems to be improving and progressing except from Crash, Crash feels stuck, stuck in the past and stuck trying to appease a fanbase that only selectively liked Crash, the OG trilogy elitists, the ones disregard everything past Bash as 🐕💩.
Crash 4 shouldn't have been Crash 4, it should have been a spin-off aimed to appease that old-school itch. Crash *6*, cause yes it should have been 6, should have either been a new formula or an evolution of Twinsanity simply because that's how sequels work. At the very least a coinciding release with an actual legitimate effort at an evolved Crash. Crash 4 will be forgotten eventually, it's a meanspirited byproduct of its time, it is not timeless the same way Crash 1, Crash 3 or even Twinsanity are.
I am not trying to be "a fan of the wrong franchise", the franchise is going 1 step forward and 4 steps back.
@@JVSemLimites See I HATE that approach with many people, and I think it's WHY Crash 4 got the hatred from some fans that caused these inaccuracies. That fans of it are treating it as the gold standard and those that didn't like it? "Well screw you, I guess this franchise isn't for you then." Crash 4 is not a perfect continuation of the ND games, it is 'Toys For Bob's Crash', the difficulty, the level design, the art/character/story direction all read that pungently, it is a 'loyal' follow on at surface level only. Crash has always been a fair compromise for casual and veteran gamers, and Toys For Bob nixxed that completely to do their own thing. Fine if the veteran gamers enjoyed it, but telling the casuals who got snubbed that they're not REAL fans and to quit raining on their parade rather than letting them vocalise their complaints so that maybe developers will take it in and the next game will be fairer compromise again is only faning the flames.
Crash Bandicoot 4 is one of my favorite games. 💙
I even bought that game three times.
Once when it was released at full price back in 2020, and twice when it was on sale.
Thank you for continuing to post cool new videos.😎
I stand corrected then! I remember when everyone came with the UK sales data and i spread that mis-information...
I'm glad that both Spyro and Crash are doing well :))
When it drops on gamepass people will suddenly be rejoicing.. Like how the movie Megamind received all of this praise years later
in all fairness, sales don't stop after release and could've increased later on, such as with Steam having occasional sales putting it at 20 bucks or so
I got the platinum for this game, it was a nightmare
I bought the game digitally when it first came out but in english, im planning on buying the game again physically with arabic dub! :D
If you only track physical sales now a days….yeah of course it’s low, people mostly go digital now a days.
Man...crashfan42069 doesn't have to be a jerk anytime he shows up
The people who said this game flopped raged because this game became a success after selling 5 million copies 🤣🤣.
Now they just got backfired and trolled
I want Sony and Will Smith to make a Crash Origins movie.
I am really optimistic even though i didn't want microsoft acquisition to happen, i don't think that the franchise has died
I really hope we get a crash 5 or a ctr 2
an almost great game did almost great what is surprising about that?
Hopefully at this point people who claimed crash 4 was a flop will give it a rest (im sure some will still groan and moan despite the proof)
Crash fans been on the Hopium Copeium 😒
I like this video it gave a lot of details out.
doesn't matter if the game sucks. I regred buying this garbage.
Well...I have a copy of the game, it sold to me at least lol. I was enticed enough to get it, despite not being a Crash fan myself (hadn't played any Crash games). I did get the Nintendo Switch port, which came out later than the game's launch and thus wouldn't be in the initial sales data. I wouldn't be surprised if, like Sonic, due to being a cartoony 3D platformer, Crash might have a decently large appeal on a Nintendo platform relative to other platforms, and so a lot of people who got it simply wouldn't have been there in the initial non-Nintendo launch sales. I don't know how well the Switch port did though so that's just conjecture.
You know the story about why there even was a Switch port, right?
@@sacrificiallamb4568 No, there's a story to it? I heard people talking about how it was a surprisingly good port but that's about it. I thought it was just releasing on the Switch because why wouldn't they port it to the Switch, nothing more.
@@legoboy7107 Someone on the team ported the first level in their spare time, and it was apparently well-done. Later their boss saw it. The guy thought they were getting fired but the boss loved it. I think Activision got involved, not sure.. Long story short, Switch port happened because one person in their spare time happened to own a Switch.
@@sacrificiallamb4568 Oh wow, that's really cool!
Also, those initial sales reports were based on physical sales only, which were disincentivised both by the pandemic and by digital-exclusive skins.
Dreamcastguy joining in the Crash 4 flop talk was about the time I stopped watching him. David Jaffe was that? Gosh him being inaccurate is hardly a surprise.
It would be cool if you did this with all the other crash and spyro games the legend of spyro was about 3 million $ in cost including the handheld and mobile versions it actually made probably more MONEY then crash 4 i think all 3 of them any way the trilogy was about 3 to 4 mill units no official number for ANB but it was deff more then a mill since it was the 1st 1 and it was a reboot that plays in how sales work and then dropped off a lot at the Eternal night
I BEET THAT GAME WITHOUT BREATH UPGRADES AT ALL IT WAS EASY FOR ME MWAHAHAHA
I think Crash 4 should’ve been delayed a year, to avoid Covid issues, the new console competition, and have the cut content put back in. Would of been much better
Crash 4 was ace, it's hard as fook to complete.Truly gave the original a lot mor modern update. Well done Boy's for Tob, 👌 it was outstanding ❤
If this video has taught me anything. It's that haters for animal mascot platformers weather it be crash,spyro,sonic or some other thing are very vocal and simply can stand any of them doing well
N Sane Trilogy has basically been out for twice the amount of time as Crash 4, so it’s actually pretty good that Crash 4 has half as many sales.
This is why you shouldn't listen to youtubers when something comes out. UA-camrs should remain silent.
another thing to note is not everyone who bought n. sane trilogy got into it, or at least not enough to stick around.
word-of-mouth is a powerful thing and the general consensus is positive, but i know a few people who ended up not liking it
If you consider US big fans "my first PS1 game was crash bandicoot 2" it is a no brainer, wish to hear about 5 in the near future!
Since it is successful like the original Naughty Dog Trilogy on THE original Playstation, I can definitely say long-term sales eventually outweighs early sales and Fan-games that failed to capture the spirit of the original Naughty Dog Trilogy.
I would hope that no one in good faith actually argued "game X sold bad because game Y sold better!"
Did you also take into account marketing costs? Doubt it was enough to offset estimated $55 mil you came too, but was curious how much it did eat into the final net profit.
I did notice some people buy out the physical copies of Crash Bandicoot 4 and some people did buy out the digital copies of Crash Bandicoot 4. The game was first released for PlayStation 4 in late 2020 and later released for PlayStation 5 in 2021.
Unrelated, but I wish CTRNF got ported to PC or at least the loading times were fixed
Quick question : Where did you find this t-shirt? It's very cool!
Whats the name of the remix of crash bandicoot warped pls its not meka imperfect im still trying but nothing pls whats the name
I still love Crash bandicoot 4 no matter what!
People’s half a decade old comments on this game’s sales lives rent free in this man’s head lmfao
5:58 critic scores aren’t the gospel,it’s an opinion that rooted in bias. Just cause a game has good reviews doesn’t mean the game is good.
I get yall like certain games but try to explain why you like the game beyond “game sold well,game got good reviews.”
You still got it, buddy.
I love Crash 4. In no way a flop. We need a new one.
Another domination by Crash 🎇🎇
Best birthday gift ever :3
The only way this could have been seen as a failure is if Activition had insane sales expectations
They always have insane sales expectations. That's essentially why Activision wrote Spyro off as a financial failure. It didn't make as much money as Call of Duty does in a short amount of time.
Yes, it sold a lot of copies, but it took years, rather than about 3 months, to hit about 10 million. Call of Duty usually sells 10 million copies within 3 months, if not within 1 month.
As shown on 1:52 even skylanders too.
Crash 4 did it's job at bringing back to life the Crash community and further development of Crash games.
In my opinion however your either failing to take into consideration or under estimating the impact that Crash n Sane trilogy and Spyro reignited trilogy had on Crash 4 sale's.
Toy's for Bob was involved and everyone thought based of their track record of Spyro reignited trilogy and Crash n Sane trilogy they would do a good job at Crash 4.
The we run into the problem with Crash 4 it's the ridiculous difficulty making the game not injoyable. When Toy's for Bob was criticised for the difficulty instead of taking valuable information from the Crash community they tribled down and was under the mindset we are right and you are wrong.
They could have easily listened to feedback and adjusted the difficulty settings to add more checkpoints etc for non hardcore gamers.
For the real answer to is Crash 4 successfull is does it have returning player's? How long does those players stay on the game?
I am willing to say more people play Crash n sane and have returning player's compared to Crash 4.
crash 4 was forgiving to casual players tho, u could play the game with infinite lives and if u kept dying enough times you would respawn immediately where u left off and u would have a free aku aku mask
really the only thing that was bs was trying to 106% the game, also platinum relics being required even tho in pervious games you only needed sapphire relics if u dont like doing time trials
and n.sanely perfect relics too screw them, padding for the sake of padding
Finally someone who understand!
They missed alot of things thats made crash enjoyable and just killed it. Lives and wumpa are kinda pointless now and the boxes are always hidden and the levels are way too long for relics and obviously were not design for relics.
I wanna crash 5!
$20 games always surge.
Bubble Bass Leto returns!
Strongly agreed 👍 💯
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While Mario is always the very hitter, Sonic is still more popular as a brand. Crash Bandicoot sells more than Sonic which is great. Crash Bandicoot has been my favorite game franchise since I was 7.
Not really. Mario has always been the heavy hitter and the more popular brand. Mario Just sells way more
@@TimeMakerMan Mario sells more but Sonic is a more popular character in terms of brand recognition.
And yet the studio got fired by Activision, I call BS. If the numbers aren't confirmed by the Publisher or in an investor report (of which it is illegal to file false information), grain of salt.
NOOOOO /V/ TOLD ME THIS GAME WAS A FAILURE PLEASE TELL ME IT FLOPPED I NEED NU TAWNA TO GO AWAY
"...TAWNA TO GO AWAY"
Stopped reading there
@@R.Kardos I usually stop at "Nu Tawna", personally
Nobody who calls her that way has anything worthwhile to say
hopefully 🙏 that BANJO KAZOOIE are owned by toys for bob 🤎💙❤️💛
I recommend Demon Turf Neon Splash, Hat in Time, and Tinykin as Banjo successors.
@@orangeslash1667 recommending alternatives is always a good thing, thank you