| digitalentourage said: It's a bomb because it failed to meet the expectations of the developers and retailers. This is a big thing. They shipped 1million units, do you people not understand that if it does not sell over 70k next week that it may _never_ sell its first shipment? That's not good. It's not a bomb based on its sales. Its sales are fine, I'm sure capcom will not loose too much money on the game and possibly pull a little profit as it itches closer to 1m. Monster hunter has had crazy success in japan, the last game sold almost 3.6m units (and its heavily under tracked in Americas/Others on a platform that is supposedly DEAD. success in general, yes. success as a monster hunter title, no. success in the eyes of developers/retailers? absolutely not, it is a failure. |
You can't be serious. The game already sold 1m to capcom. They sold 1m copies to retailers. They made money off of that 1m sold copies. There is not doubt the game ALREADY made a profit. They didn't lose anything. Not only will they sell more copies, they will also have people pay them monthly to pay online. To say that it will churn a little profit is hilarious. If anybody loses money it is the retailers that bought the game, but even that seems unlikely as they make profits off each game as well. Also the PSP is much MORE popular than the Wii is in Japan. So it is quite obvious the games will sell better on a more popular system, but if you don' buy that then let me go on. Let me tell you that the series has ALWAYS found more success on handhelds than consoles, and seems as if it will continue. No matter how you put it nobody loss money, nothing bombed, and nobodies expectations were crashed with the exception of those who bought the game from capcom, the retailers. To say a game that will most likely sell a million in one region will lost money is as ridiculous as it gets.
