Madworld not selling confirmed

[mike_intellivision]

SlumsofOhio said:
57k? Okay, for those who say "It will have legs", would lack of replay value hurt sales in the long run? I can see people opting to rent it now rather than purchasing it. And another thing, some here are saying "it should sell 500k when its done", how long do you think it will take to get there? A year? 2 years? At what point does it become meaningless for third parties to look at sales of Madworld?

 

The first point is a valid one. If people don't find it has replay value, used copies of Madworld may start gumming up the shelves at Gamestop. This is exactly what happened a couple of weeks after GTA IV was released. (Not that the game isn't longer than Madworld -- but its players are far more obsessive).

I am not sure this will be as much of a problem though because Wii owners tend to hold things closer to the vest and don't trade games in because they realize how poor a return they receive on their investment. Also, many of the gamers tend to be older -- meaning they are not as good a gamer. So that six hour completion time could double (or more) for them.

On the second one, I think most people are thinking somewhere between a six to nine month span -- and the outter reaches of that time horizon would take it into the holiday period when many game purchases are made.  Beyond a year though and your point does become valid.

 

Mike from Morgantown