Sony: Motorstorm Pacific Rift hits over a million sold

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Deviation59 said:

stof said:

So why is there an uproar over the idea that perhaps the game hasn't sold nearly what it has shipped?

It all comes down to the extreme nature of the disparity in numbers. The idea that 750,000 copies of the game are sitting on shelves just seems ridiculous to me.

 

 For me it's the fact that I don't believe retailers would have ordered that many copies.

Retailers order by demand. Retailers guess demand by preorders. Preorders are usually picked up first week. First week sales werent impressive. Preorders probably werent impressive.

On top of that the first game sold 3.67 mil with bundles with budget re-release and in 2 years. The first game didn't sell EXTRORDINARILY WELL to make retailers believe the second would be a smash hit.