Ubisoft Cuts Sales Projections In Half For Red Steel 2.

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Inigo13 said:

kingofwale said:

NJ5 said:

kingofwale said:
considering the continuing failing of first person shooting genre, dispite much hype and developer's dedication (and I'm talking about Conduit)

Does it take a genius in Ubisoft to realize the game probably won't sell like hotcake first party games??

Why didn't you choose one of the better-performing Wii FPSs as your example? Like for example COD at 1.40 million?

You don't really have to answer.

 

a CoD game selling only 1.4 million??? To me, that is a massive failure in itself. Much smaller install-based were able to sell much more. This argument is old, look at threads talking about Madden or Fifa games and you will get a sense of this

Much like Wii music, selling millions but still considered a failure.

 

I am happy, for once, that Ubisoft realize this game will not sell too much. Overshipping will destory Ubisoft's profit margin. It's much easier to ship second shipment after selling out the first.

Let's see how much Call of Duty would sell on PS3/XBox360 with zero advertising and gimped versions. I think it's pretty impressive that Call of Duty brings in as much money as it does on the Wii.

Red Steel 2 will sell just as most "hardcore" games do on the Wii. The first month won't be in line with internet fanboy/gaming journalists expectations. They'll label it a bomb, and never look at the real sales again. Six months to a year later, Ubisoft will come out with shipped numbers for Red Steel 2 showing it sold far more than anyone expected. It's such a predictable cycle.

This.