starcraft on 14 September 2009
| Skeeuk said: @starcraft ur kidding on the 400k WW prediction? i predict a 700k to 800k 1st week and lifetime of near abouts 4.5million. im taking instal base into consideration i wouldnt separate bundled and unbundled, its not fair. if a popular retail game is bundled the sales should still count, ie demand for a console was such that more copies are published to get into gamers hands. |
The last game just barely made 350k in the first week. The next one is not going to come even close to doubling that. Forza 3 may have been casualised but at it's core it is still the best, most hardcore racing sim out there. As such, it doesn't have the broad popularity (or long-term legacy) of GT.
Furthermore, overwhelmingly bundled titles are obtained incidentally through console purchases. They should be counted as they are games in peoples hands, but they should NOT be used as a major reflection of that title's popularity, or to predict sales of future installments of those games.
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