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Slimebeast on 29 December 2008
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MontanaHatchet said:
Slimebeast said:
Riachu said:
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ShadowSoldier said:

Most Wii RPGs have failed to go the 1m mark while it seems that WKC is on its way


 

 

Anyone who thinks WKC will sell a million is delusional.

No, it isn't.  WKC already got a fifth of the way there in one week.  1 million in Japan alone is a pipe dream but 1 million worldwide? not so much

 

Everyone knows that Japan first week sales account for rufly 2/3 of total sales in that region.

I want to know why you think WKC has a chance to sell over 700,000 copies in the West. It got only 29/40 on Famitsu, so the scores on Gamerankings will be terrible, guaranteed. Seriously - give me arguments what WKC has that ToV, LO, BD, LR, IU didn't? Western marketing á la Lost Odyssey? 

I have seen no hype whatsoever for WKC in the recent 6 months (but then Im not sure if it's release is imminent in the West.. what are the release dates?). The game is almost dead on Gametrailers, Gamespot, IGN, Gamespy etc.

Yeah, everyone knows that a game's first week in Japan is 2/3 of its lifetime sales there. That's why there are hundreds of counterexamples to disprove that. Oh wait, that doesn't make any sense.

White Knight may not sell 700k copies combined with America and PAL, and maybe it will. Definitely possible, but it's tough to say. If American sales could surpass the Japanese sales (which happens with a lot of JRPGs) then it would have a good chance. Tales of Vesperia is the best scoring JRPG on the 360 (as to my knowledge) but look at its sales compared to lesser scoring games. Lost Odyssey sold tons more in the west with lower review scores. Lost Odyssey may still have a chance at a million, and were its Japanese sales higher, it would definitely reach that goal. If White Knight has lots of commercials in the west, it would sell well there.

As for hype on game sites, there was almost no hype for a lot of 360 JRPGs until a couple days or weeks before they came out in the west. You're certainly not going to see many Japanese gamers on English-speaking forums, and American/PAL gamers aren't going to hype themselves to hell for a game that doesn't even have an announced release date in their regions. Stop with the Sony hate. It's stale.

 

Okay, u have a few good points. But I hope you also can see the possibility that WKC actually could bomb in the West.

I replied to ShadowSoldier saying "it seems that WKC is on its way to 1 million" - and no matter if I dislike Sony I have a right to disagree with that and argue against it.