Ron Paul, Snakes on a Plane, and videogame sales.

[Esmoreit]

I was actually joking in my post. Should have structured it more like:

step 1: Define goal.
step 2: Find plausible factors.
Step 3: (Something)
Step 4: Profit (or: pull number out of ass for comedic value)

But in all seriousness, Slimebeast and Richard are onto something here. I'd say, work with larger or smaller then symbols. For instance, the blob. People expecting it to sell alright at... 100.000 units. Then the formula could be something like:

(250.000 /= 250.000) x factor (0.25?) x (People not hyping x acces to communication means) - (people hyping x acces to communication methods).