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volrath50 on 26 June 2009
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Legend11 said:
SmokedHostage said:
Sales wise, it's selling slowly but nicely. Did anyone expect Smash Bros. Brawl or Pokemon Diamond and Pearl like numbers?


I seem to remember some people expecting it to sell several million, so for those people it has to have disappointed.  I think it'll have its work cut out for it to make it to even a million and it's going to be an extremely long crawl if it manages that feat.

And some people expected MadWorld to sell 1m+ opening. I've seen Conduit predictions as high as 2.5m opening week. I've met people who honestly expected Obama to win Texas and Mississipi or McCain to win California + New York. I heard people predict  PAT BUCHANAN and/or RALPH NADER actually winning in 2000. Here in Canada, every election I see wide-eyed NDP and Green Party supporters honestly predicting they will win government. One guy I met, actually thought the MARIJUANA PARTY would win a few seats.

 

This may seem like irrelevant rambling, but the point is, some people who have "drank the Kool-Aid" and believe their own hype become basically cheerleaders for something, and develop grossly unrealistic expectations. There's always going to be "that guy" that predicts random niche title #32 to bust out of the gates selling 4.5m units in the first week, because he's THAT excited for the game, and expects everyone else will be as well.

 

Not a bad thing to be that excited for a game (or politician), but it is setting oneself up for a massive disappointment.