| Reasonable said: Hype is irrelevant if the install base isn't there to go for it. KZ2 sold very well for a console with approx 20M install base and smaller user base focused on FPS (than the 360), particularly in the US where console FPS has the best market. No amount of hype can make a game in those circumstances suddenly achieve amazing numbers. It's just not possible. Look at the install base for SSBB to hype to, or the attach rate for Halo on 360 and you'll see what I mean - in those cases the circumstances made the sales possible. For KZ2 1M first week was an outside chance - a solid 700 K or so always looked more likely. |
CoD:WaW managed 735k week 1, where as this is an exclusive, and a very pretty looking one at that. From the demo it looks like a really good game (haven't picked it up yet) So 1m seemed (to me) like a very good chance. It also would have made it the 3rd biggest launch week for the PS3. It probably will make 3rd biggest once it launches in Japan in April as it is ~10k back right now.
