| Erik Aston said: Hyped but unproven new franchises like Mass Effect and Shadow Run aren't going to be more than minor hits. They may well do over 1 million units eventually, but they won't sell to a lot of new owners, and they don't have the appeal of a Gears of War. Forza 1 only did 1 million units on XBox. The summer is Nintendo's. The 360's summer lineup are merely the types of games which kept sales steady for the XBox brand for the last 5 years, but nothing which will put it past Wii in any region. Edit: Eh, we are in the "gaming" section, not "sales." I don't want to argue the "quality" of unreleased games, though. |
Wait a sec. Gears of war WAS a hyped but unproven new franchise. I really expect Mass Effect to be big. System selling big. Haven't even heard of Shadow Run though.
And you're right on the Nintendo part.
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Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
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