Mag sold 198k with around 250k preorders?

[jammy2211]

SaviorX said:

Rei said:

SaviorX said:
I think demand for the game was overstated/overassumed here on the website by a large amount.

50,000-125,000 people don't cancel preorders.

That's the only explanation, really. These american pre-order numbers on vgchartz are pure estimates, so they are off quiet often.

   And I dont get this whole "it got bad reviews" thing going on around here, 75 metascore is solid enough.

Honestly, it is not.

Gamers these days (PS360 especially) demand something at least above 80%. Anything below that will suffer the consequences. THere are exceptions to every rule of course, but in order to get a 300k+ debut, you are going to need some review heat, or a great ass brandname.

I've not got a link anymore but I remember some guy at the top of Ubisoft said that 67 was the number on metacritic between success and failure lol.

 Once you get all the gaming whores who post on forums / read N4G all day long, a 7/10 doesn't look so bad to most people. Not to mention most people read the review instead of the digit..