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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Prediction Thread

Same deal as the Metroid: Other M prediction thread.

We will be predicting according to three milestones, launch-aligned:

1. First Week sales.

2. 13-Week sales.

3. Lifetime sales.

That's all there is. How much do you think Skyward Sword will sell? Who knows? Not me! But we're gonna have fun with this anyways.

I will be recording bets in a table for three days, and thereafter the topic will be left to sit and stew until such a time as the game is released. I will be averaging out our predictions.

Let me go ahead and make mine:

FW: 1.0 million

13W: 3.0 million

LT: 5.5 million

So we go in the list like this:

  First Week 13 Weeks Lifetime
Khuutra 1.0 million 3.0 million 5.5 million
morenoingrato 1.2 million 3.4 million 6.2 million
enrageorange 0.8 million 2.5 million 5.5 million
Kennyheart 1.2 million 4.3 million 6.0 million
SilentWolf 1.2 million 3.35 million 7.5 million
abroZ 1.9 million 4.6 million 7.6 million
Ninpanda 1.0 million 2.94 million 5.73 million
milkyjoe 1.1 million 3.5 million 6.5 million
Mad55 1.5 million 2.8 million 7.5 million
Kynes 1.1 million 3.2 million 8.2 million
Slimebeast 1.3 million 3.2 million 5.7 million
Nintendogamer 0.9 million 2.9 million 6.0 million
melbye 1.2 million 3.1 million 7.0 million
jarrod 1.2 million 3.1 million 5.56 million
radishhead 1.3 million 3.5 million 6.6 million
Zlejedi 0.8 million 2.9 million 5.2 million
SaviorX 1.49 million 3.85 million 6.04 million
im_sneaky 0.9 million 2.7 million 5.0 million
Exblackman 1.3 million 3.1 million 6.8 million
Conegamer 1.1 million 3.2 million 7.0 million
thelifatree 0.8 million 2.5 million 4.75 million
Roar_Of_War 0.8 million 3.5 million 5.0 million
SuprAdrianK 1.3 million 4.0 million 7.1 million
Chrizum 0.8 million 2.0 million 4.2 million
Stefan.De.Machtige 1.45 million 3.3 million 8.03 million
ghost_of_fazz 1.5 million 3.0 million 10.0 million
Nirvana_Nut85 1.4 million 3.8 million 7.8 million
menx64 1.56 million 4.2 million 7.2 million
Mr Khan 1.2 million 5.0 million 7.5 million
Rhonin the wizard 1.5 million 3.0 million 7.5 million
TX109 1.4 million 3.3 million 7.6 million
hatmoza 0.75 million 2.9 million 5.0 million
ph4nt 0.9 million 3.7 million 5.0 million
darthdevidem01 1.04 million 3.3 million 6.53 million
Average 1.17 million 3.31 million 6.48 million

So. Get predicting.



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800k first week, 2.5mil 13weeks, 4.5mil total.



1.2mill

4.3mill

6mill



enrageorange said:

opps





I think I'll go:

FW: 1.2 million

13W: 3.35 million

Lifetime:  7.5 million



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I figure 1 million is a pretty good bet for first week - Twilight Princess was pretty seriously constrained in its first week by te Wii itself and it almost broke 900k.



1.9 mil

4.6 mil

7.6 mil



Think for yourself, question authority

First week - 997,357

After 13 weeks - 2,940,755

Lifetime - 5,726,017



FW: 1.1million

13W: 3.5million

LT: 6.5million



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Ninpanda said:

First week - 997,357

After 13 weeks - 2,940,755

Lifetime - 5,726,017

....I'm rounding this to the nearest ten thousand