| Gutbuster said: @Yakuzaice: I was asking for NA and UK numbers for comparison. NGS2's 27k on Day 1 in Japan, where they just had a price drop, isn't exactly noteworthy. Something like Tales of Vesperia's Day 1 numbers (147k), or even half that would be another story. At this rate NGS2 will probably sell less than 100k in its home country lifetime. That is a territory where PS3 is MUCH more popular than any MS brand product. It's also supposedly the reason they butchered the gore effects and put in sixaxis breast controls. I'm just being honest. I prefer the PS3 as a console this gen for the most part, so save the nonsense. So all in all, that leaves NA and the UK for them to try to make up over 900k sales. Just wondering if they're off to a good start with Uncharted 2 and Co. on the holiday horizon. |
Yeah, but you have to be realistic about sales expectations in different territories. This version has had the best start for any entry in the franchise for 15+ years. (can't find any data for the NES games. I'd assume they did better, but you never know) Perhaps if they had revived the franchise on the PS2 rather than the Xbox they might have been able to get it to DMC levels.
Tales had multiple 500k+ games last generation, so there was already a large existing fanbase waiting to be tapped. You can't reasonably expect 100k+ people to suddenly start buying Ninja Gaiden when they haven't before. It didn't happen on the DS, and it certainly wasn't going to happen on a platform that already had one NG game.
