Sega: Madworld on Wii was a “mismatch”

[LordTheNightKnight]

theprof00 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
"I saw that gt5 cost and was like "wow! It's a good thing they released gt5p, it's probably already profitable!""

At 3.64 million, I would say it's close. The real issue here is the timing. It could have been a great system seller, but it might be too late now.

It's possible that gt5p already sold the consoles that gt5 would have sold. I would actually say that it is a better idea to release it later than sooner, though because that should attract different buyers. We'll have to wait and see, but I think it will still sell quite a few systems, especially when gt usually sells ~10m, there is evidence that consumers weren't convinced that gt5p was the real deal, and therefore not the system seller, comparitively.

It would work that way, but most system sales show that steady hits work better than holding hits back for the right moment or to try to perfect them.