hsrob on 21 October 2009
| Erik Aston said: ^^^Huh? The game isn't even out, so it can't have any word of mouth. Hype can build pre-release, but you can't have word-of-mouth without a product-in-hands. I'm starting to wonder if this game will actually do worse than expected long-term due to Super Guide. No one wants to feel like they are being babied. And to whoever said that sales of 5 million wouldn't be a bomb... I disagree entirely. When Mario Kart is on it's way to 25 million lifetime sales, for a main series 2D Mario designed to anchor 2009 holiday, and really a lot of 2010, lifetime sales of 5 million would be a disasterous failure and an embarassment for Nintendo. And even sales of 10 million would pretty much be a bomb. This game needs to sell at LEAST 15 million to be considered a success. |
If you are regularly dying more than eight times in a stage then perhaps you need some babying or at least the option to be babied.
I know there are some fairly big expectations for the sales of this game but to say that it would be a flop at 10 million sales is going a little far. Having said that I think 10 million will be a piece of cake considering Wii Sports is already passed 5 and it was released at just about the slowest time of the year.
