| 68soul said: A few years ago, many people on VGC predicted that Mario & Sonic Olympics would barely sell 2 million: no chance in hell, never gonna be a massive success, etc, etc... look what happened... Now, i don't say that this game will have the same fate: it will depend on its quality, and the attention it'll get... not on gaming websites, but in the most popular medias: TV, general press... If the game's good, and i mean "90+ good" and AAA status and so on, it will sell like madness, and will do between 2 and 5 millions, easily... otherwise, if it's "just" good (80+ and many good critics anyway), it will be a niche success, and will sell between 1 and 2 million... If it's average or bad, then there's no point talking about its future success... but i don't think that will happen when the game's creator usually has a lot of talent and also says that Zelda and Okami were his main influences here... :) |
I actually don't think quality would matter THAT MUCH. Both Mario & Sonic Olympic games (summer and winter) did not receive good reviews and they are big sellers mainly because of the Mario & Sonic name. Hannah Montana game does not good review either and yet it sold 1.2 mil based on the Hannah Montana name. I think this game will sell based on Mickey name alone (and perhaps Mickey on the cover) regardless reviews, especially to the so called casual gamers. With Spector making the game, it's just the added bonus for the so called core gamers.
If de Blob can sell 750K on Wii and Brutal Legend can sell 850K in two month on HD twins, I don't see why Epic Mickey wouldn't clear 1 mil with Mickey's brand name. However, we'll have to wait and see on the 2.5 mil target.
MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.
