Rumor: RE:UC sells 100,000 units first day

[Nighteyes_1981]

Cryoakira said:
@bdbdbd & Nighteyes 1981

First, while you're right UC isen't a "main serie" game, it still belongs to a very popular franchise and, don't forget it, isen't the first rail shooter in the RE univers.
IF you check various website, you'll see UC get a huge cover, far greater than RE5 on which infos remain scarce.

Beyond that, you're saying rail shooter don't perform well on console. Are you sure of that ?
We might lack some recent datas but House of the Dead 2 on DC did 260k, in japan only. Time Crisis 300k in japan only.

Beyond what might be considered as my biaised opinion, just ask yourself this :

- If this genre is not really popular, will Namco invest in a new Time Crisis and guncon ?

- If this genre is not really popular, why Konami would have shipped on retailers shelves more than 100 000 copies of UC (once again if the initial figure is real) for day one ?

Because to me, it would be a proof that Konami has high expectations on this title, on this genre, and do not consider it as a mere "cash in". So 100k would not be that surprising.

There are a few rail shooters that have done real well.  Like Lethal Enforcers, House of the Dead, Time Crisis.  For the most part though, even the ones that are super popular in the arcade don't do well on consoles.  Usually because the ports are horrible or they require the purchase of a light gun in order to be fun.  Granted RE: UC has the advantage of the RE name and Wii controls (not having to buy an accessory) but that in itself doesn't promise great sales.  I forget the name of the other RE rail shooter (for the PS1), but I do remember that it was mega crap and it had weak sales if I remember right.  At a time when the PS1 had a larger install base than the Wii does now as well as having the RE name.  As far as coverage goes, RE 5 isn't coming out for awhile yet.  You'll see media coverage well above and beyond RE: UC as RE 5 gets closer to release.

 

Regardless of all that, to me it's a suprise.  I expected the game to do well, but this exceedes my expectations.  I hope that it's all true.  If it is true then it makes me very happy for one simple reason:  When third party games like this sell well it encourages developers to work harder and realease more games for the Wii.  Even if it sells 500k lifetime, it's a big profit for Capcom because of the low development costs for the Wii.  By comparison someone from Namco, I forget who, stated that a PS3 game would have to sell 500k just to break even.  Now that's an exaggeration I'm sure, but what it means is that 100k for the Wii is worth more than 100k for the PS3, and that's why it's a great sales number even if it isn't earth shattering.  Basically, they've made a profit the first day if the rumor holds true.

 

Woo, I'm out of breath now.  Sorry for the long winded post, I kind of ran away with it :D 

Oh, and if anyone disputes anything I say just refer to my sig :P