D-Day for the launch of Uncharted 2 is rapidly descending upon us, with PS3 owners worldwide able to get their paws on Naughty Dog's new game in just under a week. Following the release of the multiplayer demo and the first reviews of game, the hype level has hit a feverish pitch. Will all this pre-release excitement convert into sales though? Naughty Dog certainly is banking on it, hoping the game manages to outsell the first game and do more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.

"We’d love to grow the franchise - that’s the bottom line. No matter what you do it’s always very difficult to grow from one game to another. And that‘s what our milestone is." said Naughty Dog Community Manager Arne Meyer during a recent interview. "If we can do better than we did with the previous game then we’re set." 

So what was that bar set by the first title?  Naughty Dog revealed that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, released in November 2007, did an impressive 2.5 million copies worldwide.   Multiplayer designer Justin Richmond added "And then for this game hopefully it’ll be higher."

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is set for release next week on October 13, exclusively on the PS3.

With just about a million in pre-orders already, doing 2.5m+ should be no difficult task, this is the one and only big exclusive for PS3 this christmas (beside FFXIII).

Tell me what you guys think. 2.5m+ or 2.5m-????

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2.5+

who knows.. I certianly cant buy it this month.

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already posted i believe

2.5m+, ill be pissed if it doesnt, either way software has been doing good for ps3 in recent weeks

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I'll be picking it up eventually. It just makes me sad that I haven't finished Uncharted yet, and the Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo servers will be shut off upon release, and I don't have enough money to buy Uncharted 2 even just for the multiplayer. So I'm Uncharted 2-less for awhile.

I'm stuck on a big battle scene in Uncharted and it makes me cringe to think about playing it, so it'll be awhile before I finish. :(

I could see it doing 2.5+. It's in a really good position with the surge of sales now that the PS3 is $299.

I think it will sell closer to 3.5 million only because the 2.5 million will buy it again + the many other people who just became a fan after playing the demo.