How much will SILENT HILLS sell?

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Wright on 16 August 2014

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Franchises can grow and this game has definitely gathered the attention of the gaming community in the last days.

But apparently the game won't be out till 2016 anyway, so there's still a lot that can happen.

Franchises can grow indeed, but you must admit, you can't go from rather niche to sell +5 million units and don't call it "unexpected".

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Silent Hill is a very niche franchise, people! This new one will be lucky to pass 2 million!

Franchises can grow and this game has definitely gathered the attention of the gaming community in the last days.

But apparently the game won't be out till 2016 anyway, so there's still a lot that can happen.

Yes, but Silent Hill is not a franchise that will suddenly start selling 4-6 million with each game!

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DerNebel on 16 August 2014

AZWification said:

DerNebel said:

AZWification said:

Silent Hill is a very niche franchise, people! This new one will be lucky to pass 2 million!

Franchises can grow and this game has definitely gathered the attention of the gaming community in the last days.

But apparently the game won't be out till 2016 anyway, so there's still a lot that can happen.

Yes, but Silent Hill is not a franchise that will suddenly start selling 4-6 million with each game!

That's probably true. 3-3.5 million might be possible though (maybe even more, stranger things have happened). If they really make it as scary as they say they want to, then that could help from a marketing perspective, plus the names of the people involved should also help it get more attention as well.

Kojima is pretty brilliant when it comes to marketing (and game design as well, of course), so I wouldn't underestimate the potential of this title. When even your playable teaser is picked up by Let's Players and people actually watch it, then you know that you've done something right.

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drake_tolu on 16 August 2014

2 million.

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EEJLND on 16 August 2014

It could be just too scary for some and so people will either not even buy it or resell it.
3-4 million, 5 million if reviews are very very good.

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haxxiy on 16 August 2014

More than Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Say some 3 million.

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Probably 2m.

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icykai on 16 August 2014

3m if it does something unexpected.
2m otherwise.

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AZWification on 16 August 2014

DerNebel said:

AZWification said:

Yes, but Silent Hill is not a franchise that will suddenly start selling 4-6 million with each game!

That's probably true. 3-3.5 million might be possible though (maybe even more, stranger things have happened). If they really make it as scary as they say they want to, then that could help from a marketing perspective, plus the names of the people involved should also help it get more attention as well.

Kojima is pretty brilliant when it comes to marketing (and game design as well, of course), so I wouldn't underestimate the potential of this title. When even your playable teaser is picked up by Let's Players and people actually watch it, then you know that you've done something right.

I do hope the new Silent Hill sells very well, but I remain skeptical for now!

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prinz_valium on 16 August 2014

~3m imho


How much will SILENT HILLS sell?
2 million (all consoles).	48	28.07%
3 million (all consoles).	48	28.07%
4 million (all consoles).	24	14.04%
5 million (all consoles).	19	11.11%
6 million (all consoles).	14	8.19%
7 million (all consoles).	4	2.34%
8 million (all consoles).	2	1.17%
9 million (all consoles).	0	0%
10 million (all consoles).	10	5.85%
Total:	169

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