What the hell is up with infamous

[mrstickball]

MontanaHatchet said:

mrstickball said:
I'd say Prototype launching alongside it didn't help.

Throw in the fact it was a PS3 exclusive, and that didn't help a ton either. Oh wow, I had no idea that inFamous was re-adjusted. Here, I thought it had outsold Crackdown. Ouch. Bomba.

Amazing that mods can get away with trolling.

Anywho, the game is selling fantastically. It's having really steady sales, and it's well on its way to a million. What more could you want? This game had next to no hype until shortly before release (say, 2 weeks or so), and even then, it wasn't that big. I'd say it's doing great.

Would you mind replying to what I said that was factually wrong in my post, rather than say I am trolling?

Infamous is a Playstation 3 exclusive, and like most exclusives, it needs a decent amount of copies sold to be profitable. Infamous is 3+ months old now, and not close to 1 million copies, given it's sales velocity (~17,000 units last week). Because of this, I would argue that the price has, or will, drop, reducing the profit per title sold, and increasing the number needed to be profitable for such a nice HD exclusive.

Maybe inFamous will redeem itself with great legs like Uncharted did, due to boosts from the PS3 Slim. However, with 14 weeks in the bag, it's selling ~17,000 units a week. At such a velocity, it will take approximately another 10 weeks, or 'til December to hit 1 million copies. Assuming it hits that (and it's still dropping), it may redeem itself from. Maybe not a bomb, but I'd still argue it was below expectations, and not very good, given sales of similar titles.

Again, I'd really like you to discuss the matter. It seems you love calling people out about trolling, yet never really bother discussing what they're presenting. Please provide a counter-argument, sir.