So, megaflop GTA: CW for DS reached 1M

[Carl]

LordTheNightKnight said:

"I'm expecting it to sell at LEAST 5 Million. It's a Grand Theft Auto game on the most popular platform ever."

Pardon my French, but that is bullshit. Owners of any system won't buy 5 million copies of a game just because it has a popular series in the title. It has to follow the winning formula of the series as well (even Final Fantasy has themes that make the formula). Just because we are many doesn't mean we get to be told what to buy like sheep.

It doesn't have to follow a "winning formula" at all. I can name a bunch of games that have took steps back on previous games in a series. GTA4 being a prime example, removing all the "fun" of GTA:SA, yet selling VERY well due to being called Grand Theft Auto.

Gears of War 2. The main pull for the game was the online, and the online was TERRIBLE. Yet it still managed to do blockbuster numbers.

Modern Warfare 2. A huge letdown when compared to the original Modern Warfare. Yet look at the sales of THAT. You think it would have sold so well if it was called "World at War 2"?