Serious_frusting said:
Onyxmeth said:
Serious_frusting said:
My Op is not a fallacy. I was just using as an example because GT3 has more in commin with 5 then what 4 does. And i was just stating you cant call a franchise not a killer app in NA if it can sell as much as The HUGE Halo 3.
Obviously the potential is dare. And how can you say the NA is on a downwards trend when we have had only one GT game since Number 3.
and we all know that 9 times out of 10 a 2nd installment of a franchise on the same console declines in sales. Then the series sales will rise again when on a new console.
I am not saying that GT5 will sell 15 mill or anything. I am just telling you past trends.
Plus this thread was just to shut up those people who keep saying that GT is not Huge in NA |
Actually Prologue has the most in common with GT5. That is telling you on the current userbase which regions are most interested in the franchise. The fallacy in your new argument is thinking this has something to do with a decline in worldwide sales. It's not about that. It's about the decline in NA sales. Europe is actually going to continue to rise and make up the difference. The 5 million drop between GT3 and GT4 doesn't matter. What matters is how much less NA made up the sales percentage in GT4 in comparison to GT3 and that trend has continued with Prologue.
I'm glad you've tried to shut up some argument, but your counter argument won't do a damn thing, because it makes no sense. People aren't going to change their minds that GT is not as big anymore so long as you use an 8 year old game to try and prove your point. You might as well just use the original GT to base your argument off of for all the difference it'll make. The further you have to go back to prove your point, the more right you make them seem.
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Being as this thread is about NA i already knew you ment that ;)
And if you think a prologue can tell you how well the real game is going to do in each region the i suggest you check the sales figures for GT4: Prologue in Europe.
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You don't understand what I'm saying. I think Prologue is a good example of how the regional percentages will go, not the actual sale numbers. I'm going to pull the following numbers out of my ass, but you'll get the point. Let's say the breakdown for Prologue is like this:
25% of sales in NA
25% of sales in JPN
50% of sales in EU
I believe these percentages will be closer to how GT5 will sell than the percentages of GT3, which clearly favor a dominant NA percentage of sales. With the series only realistically able to do like 10 million or so without massive bundling, the best case scenario for GT5 in NA is like 2.5-3 million, which is far lower than GT3's 7 something million and shows a decline in NA.
