The first 10-week sales of Monster Hunter 3- Predictions

[JTurner82]

SaviorX said:

JTurner82 said:

SaviorX said:
TheSource's Japan Preview said that the 2nd week for Monster Hunter 3 managed only 125k, but there was a bundle shortage.

A deeper drop than I expected, but it's still over 100k. Maybe due to Obon next week, the drop won't be as large as it would've been in a "non-holiday" week.

Meaning that it still has a chance to sell 1 million on the Wii and prove to 3rd parties that its big IP franchises CAN sell, right?

Yes, it can still sell one million. However, it won't prove anything to 3rd parties. This game actually had effort put into it, and they don't want to waste their time doing that so their games can sell. It's better to have a 5th-string team make a mediocre game, then blame the consumers for its failure on the marketplace.

 

@cliffhanger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Festival

True, but what about DQX?  I'm sure that game will have a lot of effort put into it too.

 

I'm not saying that I'm hoping for a huge surge of 3rd party big IP titles, but I hope that those won't be the only two big major IPs the Wii will have.